Cyrrhus
E283687
Cyrrhus was an ancient city in northern Syria, notable as a regional center in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cyrrhus canonical | 8 |
| Cyrrhus in Macedonia | 1 |
| Cyrrhus in Syria | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2637470 — 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: Cyrrhus Context triple: [Avidius Cassius, birthPlace, Cyrrhus]
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A.
Tarsos
Tarsos is the ancient name of the historic city of Tarsus in Cilicia, a significant cultural and commercial center in the eastern Mediterranean world.
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B.
Caesonia
Caesonia is a Roman cognomen (family name) used by women of the gens Atia in ancient Rome.
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C.
Anticyra
Anticyra is an ancient Greek coastal town in the region of Phocis, historically noted for its harbor and its association with medicinal hellebore.
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D.
Cassope
Cassope is an ancient Greek city in the region of Epirus, known for its well-preserved Hellenistic urban remains and panoramic hilltop location.
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E.
Carneia
Carneia was an important ancient Spartan and Dorian festival in honor of Apollo, marked by rituals, music, and athletic contests that reflected both military and agricultural aspects of the community.
- 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: Cyrrhus Target entity description: Cyrrhus was an ancient city in northern Syria, notable as a regional center in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
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A.
Tarsos
Tarsos is the ancient name of the historic city of Tarsus in Cilicia, a significant cultural and commercial center in the eastern Mediterranean world.
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B.
Caesonia
Caesonia is a Roman cognomen (family name) used by women of the gens Atia in ancient Rome.
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C.
Anticyra
Anticyra is an ancient Greek coastal town in the region of Phocis, historically noted for its harbor and its association with medicinal hellebore.
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D.
Cassope
Cassope is an ancient Greek city in the region of Epirus, known for its well-preserved Hellenistic urban remains and panoramic hilltop location.
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E.
Carneia
Carneia was an important ancient Spartan and Dorian festival in honor of Apollo, marked by rituals, music, and athletic contests that reflected both military and agricultural aspects of the community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Seleucid foundation
ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| conqueredBy |
Arab Muslims
ⓘ
linked to:
Arabs
Byzantines ⓘ
linked to:
Byzantine Empire
Romans ⓘ |
| coordinateApprox | 36.5°N 36.8°E ⓘ |
| country | Syria ⓘ |
| currentCondition | ruins ⓘ |
| distanceFrom |
approximately 12 km from Afrin
ⓘ
approximately 70 km northwest of Aleppo ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod |
Byzantine period
ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
| foundedBy | Seleucus I Nicator ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Hagioupolis
ⓘ
Kyrros ⓘ Nebi Huri ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Roman bridge
ⓘ
basilicas ⓘ city walls ⓘ fortifications ⓘ theatre ⓘ tombs ⓘ towers ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | archaeological heritage site of Syria ⓘ |
| languageInAntiquity |
Greek
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hellenistic Syria
ⓘ
linked to:
Coele-Syria
Roman province of Syria ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Syria
northern Syria ⓘ region of Cyrrhestica ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Afrin, Syria
ⓘ
linked to:
Afrin District
modern town of Nebi Huri ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Afrin River ⓘ |
| modernCountry |
Syrian Arab Republic
ⓘ
linked to:
Syria
|
| namedAfter |
Cyrrhus in Macedonia
ⓘ
linked to:
Cyrrhus
|
| notableBishop | Theodoret of Cyrrhus ⓘ |
| partOf |
Byzantine Empire
ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ Seleucid Empire ⓘ |
| religionInAntiquity | Greek polytheism ⓘ |
| religionInLateAntiquity | Christianity ⓘ |
| usedAs |
bishopric
ⓘ
military base ⓘ regional administrative center ⓘ |
| wasEpiscopalSeeOf | Eastern Christianity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Cyrrhus Description of subject: Cyrrhus was an ancient city in northern Syria, notable as a regional center in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cyrrhus
linked to: Cyrrhus