Isthmian Games
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The Isthmian Games were one of the major Panhellenic athletic and religious festivals of ancient Greece, held near Corinth in honor of the sea god Poseidon.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Isthmian Games canonical | 14 |
| Isthmian Games (in some traditions) | 1 |
| Isthmian festival | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T156980 — 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: Isthmian Games Context triple: [Ancient Greek religion, hasFestival, Isthmian Games]
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A.
Pythian Games
The Pythian Games were one of the four major Panhellenic festivals of ancient Greece, featuring athletic and musical competitions held in honor of Apollo at Delphi.
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B.
Nemean Games
The Nemean Games were one of the major Panhellenic athletic and religious festivals of ancient Greece, held at Nemea in honor of Zeus and featuring competitions similar to those of the Olympic Games.
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C.
National Assembly at Epidaurus
The National Assembly at Epidaurus was the revolutionary Greek representative body that in 1822 proclaimed Greece’s independence from the Ottoman Empire and adopted its first constitution.
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D.
Stadium of Delphi
The Stadium of Delphi is an ancient Greek athletic arena located above the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, where athletic contests of the Pythian Games were held.
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E.
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games were a major ancient Greek athletic and religious festival held in honor of Zeus, featuring competitions among city-states that inspired the modern international sporting event.
- 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: Isthmian Games Target entity description: The Isthmian Games were one of the major Panhellenic athletic and religious festivals of ancient Greece, held near Corinth in honor of the sea god Poseidon.
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A.
Pythian Games
The Pythian Games were one of the four major Panhellenic festivals of ancient Greece, featuring athletic and musical competitions held in honor of Apollo at Delphi.
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B.
Nemean Games
The Nemean Games were one of the major Panhellenic athletic and religious festivals of ancient Greece, held at Nemea in honor of Zeus and featuring competitions similar to those of the Olympic Games.
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C.
National Assembly at Epidaurus
The National Assembly at Epidaurus was the revolutionary Greek representative body that in 1822 proclaimed Greece’s independence from the Ottoman Empire and adopted its first constitution.
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D.
Stadium of Delphi
The Stadium of Delphi is an ancient Greek athletic arena located above the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, where athletic contests of the Pythian Games were held.
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E.
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games were a major ancient Greek athletic and religious festival held in honor of Zeus, featuring competitions among city-states that inspired the modern international sporting event.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Panhellenic Games
ⓘ
ancient Greek athletic festival ⓘ religious festival ⓘ |
| alternativeFoundingAttribution | Sisyphus ⓘ |
| approximateStartCentury | 7th century BC ⓘ |
| associatedSanctuary |
Sanctuary of Poseidon at Isthmia
ⓘ
linked to:
Temple of Poseidon at Isthmia
|
| category |
Ancient Greek athletics
ⓘ
Greek religious festivals ⓘ |
| continuedUnder | Roman rule ⓘ |
| country |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| culturalSphere |
Hellenic world
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| dedicatedTo | Poseidon ⓘ |
| frequency | biennial ⓘ |
| heldAtSanctuaryOf | Temple of Poseidon at Isthmia ⓘ |
| heldEvery | two years ⓘ |
| honoredDeity | Poseidon ⓘ |
| includedEvent |
boxing
ⓘ
chariot racing ⓘ heralds’ contests ⓘ horse racing ⓘ musical contests ⓘ pankration ⓘ pentathlon ⓘ poetry contests ⓘ stadion footrace ⓘ trumpeters’ contests ⓘ wrestling ⓘ |
| languageOfParticipants | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| laterPrizeMaterial | pine ⓘ |
| location |
Isthmus of Corinth
ⓘ
near Corinth ⓘ |
| mainDiscipline | athletics ⓘ |
| mythicOriginAssociatedWith | funeral games for Melicertes-Palaemon ⓘ |
| nearByCityState | Corinth ⓘ |
| openTo | Greeks from all city-states ⓘ |
| organizedBy | Corinth ⓘ |
| originalPrizeMaterial | dry wild celery ⓘ |
| partOf |
Panhellenic cycle of games
ⓘ
linked to:
Panhellenic Games
|
| peakPeriod | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| politicalFunction | panhellenic gathering ⓘ |
| prizeType | wreath ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Nemean Games
ⓘ
Olympic Games ⓘ Pythian Games ⓘ |
| religiousFunction | cult of Poseidon ⓘ |
| sacredTruce | yes ⓘ |
| season | spring ⓘ |
| traditionalFoundingAttribution | Theseus ⓘ |
| typeOfCompetition |
artistic
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athletic ⓘ equestrian ⓘ musical ⓘ |
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Subject: Isthmian Games Description of subject: The Isthmian Games were one of the major Panhellenic athletic and religious festivals of ancient Greece, held near Corinth in honor of the sea god Poseidon.
Referenced by (16)
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