Sacred Way between Athens and Eleusis
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The Sacred Way between Athens and Eleusis was the ancient ceremonial road along which initiates traveled during the famed Eleusinian Mysteries, one of the most important religious rites in classical Greece.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sacred Way | 1 |
| Sacred Way between Athens and Eleusis canonical | 1 |
| Sacred Way from Athens | 1 |
| Sacred Way to Eleusis (urban section) | 1 |
| Ἱερὰ Ὁδός (Hiera Hodos) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T897011 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sacred Way between Athens and Eleusis Context triple: [Eleusinian Mysteries, processionRoute, Sacred Way between Athens and Eleusis]
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A.
Sacred Way at Delphi
The Sacred Way at Delphi is the ancient processional road that winds through the sanctuary of Apollo, lined with treasuries, monuments, and votive offerings left by Greek city-states and pilgrims visiting the famous oracle.
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B.
Sacred Way
Sacred Way is the ceremonial stone pathway lined with statues that forms the grand processional approach to the Ming Tombs near Beijing, China.
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C.
Sacred Way
Sacred Way is the ancient processional road at the sanctuary of Delphi in Greece, once lined with treasuries, statues, and monuments used by pilgrims approaching the Temple of Apollo.
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D.
The Royal Road
The Royal Road is a historic route name traditionally used for important long-distance roads that connected major cities or regions under royal or imperial authority.
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E.
Telesterion at Eleusis
The Telesterion at Eleusis was the great initiation hall and central sanctuary of the Eleusinian Mysteries, one of ancient Greece’s most important religious cult centers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sacred Way between Athens and Eleusis Target entity description: The Sacred Way between Athens and Eleusis was the ancient ceremonial road along which initiates traveled during the famed Eleusinian Mysteries, one of the most important religious rites in classical Greece.
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A.
Sacred Way at Delphi
The Sacred Way at Delphi is the ancient processional road that winds through the sanctuary of Apollo, lined with treasuries, monuments, and votive offerings left by Greek city-states and pilgrims visiting the famous oracle.
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B.
Sacred Way
Sacred Way is the ceremonial stone pathway lined with statues that forms the grand processional approach to the Ming Tombs near Beijing, China.
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C.
Sacred Way
Sacred Way is the ancient processional road at the sanctuary of Delphi in Greece, once lined with treasuries, statues, and monuments used by pilgrims approaching the Temple of Apollo.
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D.
The Royal Road
The Royal Road is a historic route name traditionally used for important long-distance roads that connected major cities or regions under royal or imperial authority.
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E.
Telesterion at Eleusis
The Telesterion at Eleusis was the great initiation hall and central sanctuary of the Eleusinian Mysteries, one of ancient Greece’s most important religious cult centers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient road
ⓘ
processional route ⓘ religious route ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity |
Demeter
ⓘ
Persephone ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient Greek religion
ⓘ
Ancient Greek roads ⓘ Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ |
| ceremony |
Eleusinian initiation rites
ⓘ
Greater Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ
linked to:
Eleusinian Mysteries
Lesser Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ
linked to:
Eleusinian Mysteries
|
| connects |
Athens
ⓘ
Eleusis ⓘ |
| country |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| crosses |
Cephisus River
ⓘ
linked to:
Cephissus River
|
| culturalSignificance |
central to Eleusinian cult practice
ⓘ
one of the most important sacred roads in ancient Greece ⓘ |
| endingPoint |
Sanctuary of Demeter at Eleusis
ⓘ
linked to:
Telesterion at Eleusis
|
| feature |
boundary markers
ⓘ
bridges ⓘ roadside altars ⓘ shrines ⓘ tombs ⓘ wayside sanctuaries ⓘ |
| follows |
Cephisus River valley
ⓘ
linked to:
Cephissus River
|
| GreekName |
Ἱερὰ Ὁδός (Hiera Hodos)
ⓘ
linked to:
Sacred Way between Athens and Eleusis
|
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Attica ⓘ |
| modernCountry | Greece ⓘ |
| nearbyModernCity | Athens ⓘ |
| nearbyModernTown | Elefsina ⓘ |
| partiallyPreservedAs | archaeological remains ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Daphni
ⓘ
Thriasian Plain ⓘ
linked to:
Thriasio Plain
|
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| ritualActivity |
hymns and chants
ⓘ
processions with sacred objects ⓘ ritual stops at shrines ⓘ |
| startingPoint | Kerameikos in Athens ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Archaic Greece
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Classical Greece ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Athenian citizens
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foreign pilgrims ⓘ initiates of the Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Eleusinian Mysteries
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pilgrimage ⓘ religious processions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sacred Way between Athens and Eleusis Description of subject: The Sacred Way between Athens and Eleusis was the ancient ceremonial road along which initiates traveled during the famed Eleusinian Mysteries, one of the most important religious rites in classical Greece.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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