temple of Poseidon
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The temple of Poseidon at Troizen was an ancient Greek sanctuary dedicated to the sea god Poseidon, serving as a major religious center for the coastal city in the northeastern Peloponnese.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Temple of Poseidon | 2 |
| temple of Poseidon canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8970472 — 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: temple of Poseidon Context triple: [Troizen, hasTemple, temple of Poseidon]
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A.
sanctuary of Poseidon Hippios
The sanctuary of Poseidon Hippios was an ancient Greek cult site near Mantineia in Arcadia dedicated to Poseidon in his aspect as protector of horses and horsemanship.
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B.
Temple of Poseidon at Sounion
The Temple of Poseidon at Sounion is an ancient Greek seaside sanctuary dedicated to the god of the sea, renowned for its dramatic clifftop ruins overlooking the Aegean.
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C.
temple of Zeus
The temple of Zeus at Dodona was an ancient Greek sanctuary dedicated to the chief Olympian god, renowned for its oracle and sacred oak used for divination.
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D.
Temple of Aphaia
The Temple of Aphaia is an ancient Doric sanctuary on the Greek island of Aegina, renowned for its well-preserved architecture and significant sculptural decoration that bridges the Archaic and Classical periods.
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E.
Temple of Poseidon at Isthmia
The Temple of Poseidon at Isthmia was an important Panhellenic sanctuary in ancient Greece dedicated to the sea god Poseidon and closely associated with the Isthmian Games.
- 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: temple of Poseidon Target entity description: The temple of Poseidon at Troizen was an ancient Greek sanctuary dedicated to the sea god Poseidon, serving as a major religious center for the coastal city in the northeastern Peloponnese.
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A.
sanctuary of Poseidon Hippios
The sanctuary of Poseidon Hippios was an ancient Greek cult site near Mantineia in Arcadia dedicated to Poseidon in his aspect as protector of horses and horsemanship.
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B.
Temple of Poseidon at Sounion
The Temple of Poseidon at Sounion is an ancient Greek seaside sanctuary dedicated to the god of the sea, renowned for its dramatic clifftop ruins overlooking the Aegean.
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C.
temple of Zeus
The temple of Zeus at Dodona was an ancient Greek sanctuary dedicated to the chief Olympian god, renowned for its oracle and sacred oak used for divination.
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D.
Temple of Aphaia
The Temple of Aphaia is an ancient Doric sanctuary on the Greek island of Aegina, renowned for its well-preserved architecture and significant sculptural decoration that bridges the Archaic and Classical periods.
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E.
Temple of Poseidon at Isthmia
The Temple of Poseidon at Isthmia was an important Panhellenic sanctuary in ancient Greece dedicated to the sea god Poseidon and closely associated with the Isthmian Games.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek temple
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sanctuary ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Greek temple architecture ⓘ |
| associatedCity | Troizen ⓘ |
| civilization |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
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| coastalCitySanctuaryFor | Troizen ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Poseidon ⓘ |
| deityType | sea god ⓘ |
| function | religious center ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | coastal area ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Classical antiquity ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Troizen
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northeastern Peloponnese ⓘ |
| primaryCult | Poseidon ⓘ |
| region | Peloponnese ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| usedFor |
religious rituals
ⓘ
worship of Poseidon ⓘ |
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: temple of Poseidon Description of subject: The temple of Poseidon at Troizen was an ancient Greek sanctuary dedicated to the sea god Poseidon, serving as a major religious center for the coastal city in the northeastern Peloponnese.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.