Pella, Greece

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ancient city archaeological site

Pella, Greece is an ancient city in northern Greece that served as the capital of the Kingdom of Macedon and the birthplace of Alexander the Great.

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Label	Occurrences
Pella	64
ancient city of Pella	4
Macedonian royal court at Pella	1
Pella (initially)	1
Pella, Greece canonical	1
archaeological site of Pella	1
court of Pella	1
modern town of Pella	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T84713 — 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: Pella, Greece
Context triple: [Pella, Iowa, namedAfter, Pella, Greece]

A. Ithaca, Greece
Ithaca, Greece is a small Ionian island off western Greece, traditionally identified as the legendary home of Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey.
B. Athens
Athens is Greece’s largest city and a historic center of ancient civilization, renowned as the birthplace of democracy and Western philosophy.
C. Piraeus
Piraeus is the main port of Athens and one of the largest and busiest seaports in the Mediterranean, serving as a key hub for Greek and international maritime trade and passenger transport.
D. Rhodes
Rhodes is a historically significant Greek island in the eastern Aegean, renowned for its medieval Old Town, ancient ruins, and role as a major cultural and trading hub in the Mediterranean.
E. Propylaea
Propylaea is the monumental classical gateway that serves as the grand entrance to the Acropolis in Athens.
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: Pella, Greece
Target entity description: Pella, Greece is an ancient city in northern Greece that served as the capital of the Kingdom of Macedon and the birthplace of Alexander the Great.

A. Ithaca, Greece
Ithaca, Greece is a small Ionian island off western Greece, traditionally identified as the legendary home of Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey.
B. Athens
Athens is Greece’s largest city and a historic center of ancient civilization, renowned as the birthplace of democracy and Western philosophy.
C. Piraeus
Piraeus is the main port of Athens and one of the largest and busiest seaports in the Mediterranean, serving as a key hub for Greek and international maritime trade and passenger transport.
D. Rhodes
Rhodes is a historically significant Greek island in the eastern Aegean, renowned for its medieval Old Town, ancient ruins, and role as a major cultural and trading hub in the Mediterranean.
E. Propylaea
Propylaea is the monumental classical gateway that serves as the grand entrance to the Acropolis in Athens.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
ancientRegion	Bottiaea ⓘ
birthplaceOf	Alexander the Great ⓘ Antigonus II Gonatas ⓘ Cassander of Macedon ⓘ Philip III Arrhidaeus ⓘ
capitalOf	Kingdom of Macedon ⓘ linked to: Macedon
conqueredBy	Roman Republic ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
declinedAfter	Roman conquest of Macedon ⓘ linked to: Macedonian Wars
distanceFrom	about 40 km northwest of Thessaloniki ⓘ
excavatedBy	Greek Archaeological Service ⓘ linked to: Hellenic Ministry of Culture
excavationsBegan	20th century ⓘ
flourishedDuring	reign of Alexander the Great ⓘ reign of Philip II of Macedon ⓘ
foundedBy	Archelaus I of Macedon ⓘ
hasFeature	Hellenistic urban grid plan ⓘ drainage system ⓘ mosaic-floored houses ⓘ palace complex ⓘ paved streets ⓘ public agora ⓘ residential quarters ⓘ sanctuaries ⓘ
hasMuseum	Archaeological Museum of Pella ⓘ
hasStructureType	megaron-type houses ⓘ stoas ⓘ theatre ⓘ
hasWaterFeature	former harbor on a lagoon or lake ⓘ
heritageStatus	major archaeological site of Greece ⓘ
knownFor	Hellenistic mosaics ⓘ House of Dionysus mosaic ⓘ Lion Hunt mosaic ⓘ Stag Hunt mosaic ⓘ
languageUsed	Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Macedonia ⓘ Macedonia (Greece) ⓘ northern Greece ⓘ
near	Giannitsa ⓘ modern town of Pella ⓘ linked to: Pella, Greece
partOf	ancient Macedon ⓘ linked to: Macedon
prosperedIn	3rd century BC ⓘ 4th century BC ⓘ
religionPracticed	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
replaced	Aigai ⓘ
replacedAs	capital of Macedon ⓘ
timePeriod	Classical Greece ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ

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Referenced by (74)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pella, Iowa → namedAfter → Pella, Greece ⓘ

Alexander the Great → birthPlace → Pella ⓘ

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Hellenistic kingdoms → hasCapital → Pella ⓘ

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Macedonia (Greece) → containsArchaeologicalSite → Pella ⓘ

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Pella, Greece → near → modern town of Pella ⓘ

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Hellenistic period → majorCity → Pella ⓘ

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Via Egnatia → passesThrough → Pella ⓘ

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Euripides → deathPlace → Pella ⓘ

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Argead dynasty → capital → Pella ⓘ

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Argead dynasty → ruledFrom → Pella ⓘ

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Philip II of Macedon → birthPlace → Pella ⓘ

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Philip II of Macedon → capitalDuringReign → Pella ⓘ

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Macedon → capital → Pella ⓘ

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Macedon → majorCity → Pella ⓘ

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Philip III Arrhidaeus → birthPlace → Pella ⓘ

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Pella regional unit → namedAfter → Pella ⓘ

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Pella regional unit → contains → ancient city of Pella ⓘ

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Pella regional unit → contains → archaeological site of Pella ⓘ

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Macedonian Kingdom under the Antipatrids and Antigonids → capital → Pella ⓘ

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Edessa → countrySubdivision → Pella ⓘ

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Archaeological Museum of Pella → locatedIn → Pella ⓘ

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Bottiaea → capital → Pella ⓘ

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Bottiaea → majorCity → Pella ⓘ

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Stag Hunt mosaic → originalLocation → Pella ⓘ

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Stag Hunt mosaic → currentCity → Pella ⓘ

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Lion Hunt mosaic → placeOfOrigin → Pella ⓘ

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Lion Hunt mosaic → foundInArchaeologicalSite → Pella ⓘ

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Antigonus II Gonatas → capital → Pella ⓘ

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Archelaus I of Macedon → capital → Pella ⓘ

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Archelaus I of Macedon → movedCapitalTo → Pella ⓘ

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Imathia → bordersRegionalUnit → Pella ⓘ

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Amyntas III → residence → Pella ⓘ

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Eurydice I → residence → Pella ⓘ

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Eurydice I → associatedWith → court of Pella ⓘ

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Thessalonike of Macedon → birthPlace → Pella ⓘ

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Thessalonike of Macedon → residence → Pella ⓘ

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province of Macedonia → includedCity → Pella ⓘ

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Lychnidus → connectedTo → Pella ⓘ

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Philip V of Macedon → capitalDuringReign → Pella ⓘ

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Nicesipolis of Pherae → residence → Pella ⓘ

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Macedonian navy → hadBase → Pella ⓘ

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Alexander’s Asian campaign → baseOfOperations → Pella (initially) ⓘ

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Empire of Alexander the Great → hasCapital → Pella ⓘ

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Cleopatra of Macedon → placeOfBirth → Pella ⓘ

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Aegae → abandonedAsCapitalInFavorOf → Pella ⓘ

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Antigonid dynasty → capital → Pella ⓘ

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Antipatrid dynasty → capital → Pella ⓘ

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Phila of Elimeia → residence → Pella ⓘ

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Philinna of Larissa → residence → Macedonian royal court at Pella ⓘ

linked to: Pella, Greece

Pella municipality → contains → ancient city of Pella ⓘ

linked to: Pella, Greece

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