Description of Greece

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ancient Greek prose ancient travelogue cultural guide geographical work literary work

"Description of Greece" is an ancient travelogue and cultural guide to mainland Greece, originally written in Greek by Pausanias in the 2nd century CE, detailing its geography, monuments, myths, and religious practices.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Description of Greece canonical	6
Description of Greece by Pausanias	2
Description of Greece, Book I (Attica)	1
Description of Greece, Book II (Corinth and Argolis)	1
Description of Greece, Book IV (Messenia)	1
Description of Greece, Book IX (Boeotia)	1
Description of Greece, Book V (Elis I)	1
Description of Greece, Book VI (Elis II)	1
Description of Greece, Book VII (Achaea)	1
Description of Greece, Book VIII (Arcadia)	1
Description of Greece, Book X (Phocis and Ozolian Locris)	1
Pausanias Description of Greece	1
Periegesis Hellados	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3482174 — 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: Description of Greece
Context triple: [Pausanias’ Description of Greece, translatedTitle, Description of Greece]

A. Les Phocéens
Les Phocéens is the traditional nickname for Olympique de Marseille, referencing the ancient Greek settlers of the city of Marseille (Phocaea).
B. Treasury of the Athenians
The Treasury of the Athenians is an ancient marble building at Delphi, erected by Athens to house votive offerings and commemorate its military victories, notably at the Battle of Marathon.
C. Age of Pericles
The Age of Pericles was the height of Athenian power and cultural flourishing in the 5th century BCE, marked by democratic reforms, imperial expansion, and major artistic and architectural achievements such as the Parthenon.
D. Letter to Herodotus
Letter to Herodotus is a foundational philosophical work by Epicurus that concisely outlines his views on physics and the nature of reality.
E. The Apotheosis of Homer
The Apotheosis of Homer is a neoclassical painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres that idealizes the ancient Greek poet Homer enthroned and venerated by great figures from art and literature.
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: Description of Greece
Target entity description: "Description of Greece" is an ancient travelogue and cultural guide to mainland Greece, originally written in Greek by Pausanias in the 2nd century CE, detailing its geography, monuments, myths, and religious practices.

A. Les Phocéens
Les Phocéens is the traditional nickname for Olympique de Marseille, referencing the ancient Greek settlers of the city of Marseille (Phocaea).
B. Treasury of the Athenians
The Treasury of the Athenians is an ancient marble building at Delphi, erected by Athens to house votive offerings and commemorate its military victories, notably at the Battle of Marathon.
C. Age of Pericles
The Age of Pericles was the height of Athenian power and cultural flourishing in the 5th century BCE, marked by democratic reforms, imperial expansion, and major artistic and architectural achievements such as the Parthenon.
D. Letter to Herodotus
Letter to Herodotus is a foundational philosophical work by Epicurus that concisely outlines his views on physics and the nature of reality.
E. The Apotheosis of Homer
The Apotheosis of Homer is a neoclassical painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres that idealizes the ancient Greek poet Homer enthroned and venerated by great figures from art and literature.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek prose ⓘ ancient travelogue ⓘ cultural guide ⓘ geographical work ⓘ literary work ⓘ
approximateDate	c. 150–180 CE ⓘ
author	Pausanias ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Roman Empire ⓘ
coversRegion	Achaea ⓘ Arcadia ⓘ Attica ⓘ Boeotia ⓘ Corinthia ⓘ Elis ⓘ Laconia ⓘ Messenia ⓘ Ozolian Locris ⓘ linked to: Locris Phocis ⓘ
describesSite	Athens ⓘ Corinth ⓘ Delphi ⓘ Olympia ⓘ Sparta ⓘ
focusesOn	cult practices ⓘ local myths ⓘ sanctuaries ⓘ statues ⓘ temples ⓘ
genre	periegesis ⓘ travel literature ⓘ
hasPart	Book I ⓘ Book II ⓘ Book III ⓘ Book IV ⓘ Book IX ⓘ Book V ⓘ Book VI ⓘ Book VII ⓘ Book VIII ⓘ Book X ⓘ
historicalValue	primary source for ancient Greek religion ⓘ primary source for ancient Greek topography ⓘ primary source for lost works of art ⓘ
mainSubject	Greek geography ⓘ Greek monuments ⓘ Greek mythology ⓘ Greek religious practices ⓘ mainland Greece ⓘ
originalLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ
structure	ten books ⓘ
timePeriod	2nd century CE ⓘ

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