Larisa (ancient city)

E73187

ancient Greek city polis

Larisa was an important ancient Greek city in the region of Thessaly, known as a political and cultural center of the area.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Larissa (figure in Greek mythology)	2
Larisa (ancient city) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T585376 — 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: Larisa (ancient city)
Context triple: [Thessaly, containsCity, Larisa (ancient city)]

A. Naissus
Naissus was an important ancient Roman city in the province of Moesia, located at the site of modern-day Niš in Serbia.
B. Panticapaeum
Panticapaeum was an important ancient Greek city and trading center on the Cimmerian Bosporus, located where the modern city of Kerch in Crimea now stands.
C. Scythian Neapolis
Scythian Neapolis was an ancient fortified city and political center of the Scythians located near present-day Simferopol in Crimea.
D. Pella
Pella is a well-known American brand specializing in the design and manufacture of windows and doors for residential and commercial buildings.
E. Pella, Greece
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.
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: Larisa (ancient city)
Target entity description: Larisa was an important ancient Greek city in the region of Thessaly, known as a political and cultural center of the area.

A. Naissus
Naissus was an important ancient Roman city in the province of Moesia, located at the site of modern-day Niš in Serbia.
B. Panticapaeum
Panticapaeum was an important ancient Greek city and trading center on the Cimmerian Bosporus, located where the modern city of Kerch in Crimea now stands.
C. Scythian Neapolis
Scythian Neapolis was an ancient fortified city and political center of the Scythians located near present-day Simferopol in Crimea.
D. Pella
Pella is a well-known American brand specializing in the design and manufacture of windows and doors for residential and commercial buildings.
E. Pella, Greece
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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek city ⓘ polis ⓘ
connectedBy	ancient road network of Thessaly ⓘ
coordinateApprox	39.64°N 22.42°E ⓘ
country	Ancient Greece ⓘ linked to: Greek Antiquity
currencyUsed	Thessalian coinage ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod	Classical period of Ancient Greece ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ
governedBy	Thessalian aristocracy ⓘ linked to: Thessalians
hadBuilding	acropolis ⓘ agora ⓘ theater ⓘ
hadFortifications	city walls ⓘ
hadInstitution	local council (boule) ⓘ popular assembly (ekklesia) ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite	remains beneath modern Larissa ⓘ
hasModernSuccessor	Larissa ⓘ
inhabitedBy	Thessalians ⓘ
knownFor	cultural activities ⓘ political influence in Thessaly ⓘ strategic location in the Thessalian plain ⓘ
languageUsed	Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Thessaly ⓘ central Greece ⓘ
locatedInValley	Thessalian plain ⓘ linked to: Thessaly
locatedOnRiver	Peneus River ⓘ linked to: Pineios River
mentionedBy	Herodotus ⓘ Livy ⓘ Strabo ⓘ Thucydides ⓘ
modernCountry	Greece ⓘ
partOf	Thessalian League ⓘ
politicalRole	center of Thessalian federal institutions ⓘ
politicalStatus	regional hegemon in Thessaly ⓘ
regionType	Thessalian city-state ⓘ
religion	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
servedAs	cultural center of Thessaly ⓘ political center of Thessaly ⓘ
subregion	Pelasgiotis ⓘ
timeInhabitedFrom	at least Archaic period ⓘ
timeInhabitedUntil	late antiquity ⓘ
wasCapitalOf	Thessaly ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Thessaly → containsCity → Larisa (ancient city) ⓘ

Larissa → namedAfter → Larissa (figure in Greek mythology) ⓘ

linked to: Larisa (ancient city)

Neptune VII → namedAfter → Larissa (figure in Greek mythology) ⓘ