cult of Artemis
E768077
The cult of Artemis was an ancient Greek religious worship centered on the goddess Artemis, emphasizing her roles as a protector of wildlife, young women, and childbirth, and often associated with local sanctuaries and festivals.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| cult of Artemis canonical | 4 |
| cult of Artemis Brauronia | 1 |
| cult of Artemis Ephesia | 1 |
| cult of Artemis in Tauris | 1 |
| cult of Artemis of Ephesus | 1 |
| priesthood of Artemis at Ephesus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8954394 — 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: cult of Artemis Context triple: [Mantineia, hasCult, cult of Artemis]
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A.
cult of Hera
The cult of Hera was an ancient Greek religious tradition centered on the worship of the goddess Hera, especially prominent at sanctuaries such as the Heraion of Olympia.
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B.
altar of Artemis
The altar of Artemis was a central sacred structure within the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, used for ritual offerings and worship of the goddess Artemis in one of the most renowned sanctuaries of the ancient world.
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C.
sanctuary of Artemis
The sanctuary of Artemis at Elateia was an ancient Greek religious site dedicated to the worship of the goddess Artemis, serving as a local center for ritual and cult activity.
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D.
sanctuary of Artemis
The sanctuary of Artemis at Pherae was an ancient Greek religious site dedicated to the goddess Artemis, serving as a local center of worship and ritual in the city of Pherae in Thessaly.
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E.
sanctuary of Artemis
The sanctuary of Artemis at Scillus was an ancient Greek religious site dedicated to the goddess Artemis, known from Xenophon’s writings and situated near Olympia in the Peloponnese.
- 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: cult of Artemis Target entity description: The cult of Artemis was an ancient Greek religious worship centered on the goddess Artemis, emphasizing her roles as a protector of wildlife, young women, and childbirth, and often associated with local sanctuaries and festivals.
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A.
cult of Hera
The cult of Hera was an ancient Greek religious tradition centered on the worship of the goddess Hera, especially prominent at sanctuaries such as the Heraion of Olympia.
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B.
altar of Artemis
The altar of Artemis was a central sacred structure within the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, used for ritual offerings and worship of the goddess Artemis in one of the most renowned sanctuaries of the ancient world.
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C.
sanctuary of Artemis
The sanctuary of Artemis at Elateia was an ancient Greek religious site dedicated to the worship of the goddess Artemis, serving as a local center for ritual and cult activity.
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D.
sanctuary of Artemis
The sanctuary of Artemis at Pherae was an ancient Greek religious site dedicated to the goddess Artemis, serving as a local center of worship and ritual in the city of Pherae in Thessaly.
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E.
sanctuary of Artemis
The sanctuary of Artemis at Scillus was an ancient Greek religious site dedicated to the goddess Artemis, known from Xenophon’s writings and situated near Olympia in the Peloponnese.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Artemis worship
ⓘ
ancient Greek religious cult ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Apollo
ⓘ
Leto ⓘ Zeus ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
local sanctuaries
ⓘ
religious festivals ⓘ |
| centeredOnDeity | Artemis ⓘ |
| cultTitlesOfArtemisInclude |
Artemis Agrotera
ⓘ
Artemis Brauronia ⓘ
linked to:
Artemis
Artemis Ephesia ⓘ Artemis Munychia ⓘ Artemis Orthia ⓘ
linked to:
Artemis
|
| emphasizesRoleOfArtemisAs |
goddess of childbirth
ⓘ
protector of wildlife ⓘ protector of young women ⓘ |
| hasFestival |
Artemisia
ⓘ
Brauronia ⓘ
linked to:
Brauron
Ephesia ⓘ Munychia ⓘ |
| hasMajorSanctuaryAt |
Arcadia
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Asia Minor ⓘ Attica ⓘ Brauron ⓘ Delos ⓘ Ephesus ⓘ Sparta ⓘ |
| importantFor |
hunters
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midwives ⓘ pregnant women ⓘ young girls ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
fertility rites
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hunting rituals ⓘ initiation rituals ⓘ protection of animals ⓘ protection of childbirth ⓘ protection of virginity ⓘ rites of passage for girls ⓘ |
| practicedIn |
Aegean region
ⓘ
linked to:
Aegean Sea region
Ionia ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Archaic Greece
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Classical Greece ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
| worshipOf | Artemis ⓘ |
| worshipPracticesInclude |
animal sacrifice
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choral dances ⓘ dedication of garments ⓘ dedication of statues ⓘ processions ⓘ ritual races ⓘ votive offerings ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: cult of Artemis Description of subject: The cult of Artemis was an ancient Greek religious worship centered on the goddess Artemis, emphasizing her roles as a protector of wildlife, young women, and childbirth, and often associated with local sanctuaries and festivals.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: cult of Artemis
linked to: cult of Artemis
linked to: cult of Artemis
subject linked to:
temple of Artemis Soteira
subject linked to:
Curetes Street in Ephesus
linked to: cult of Artemis
linked to: cult of Artemis