Sacred Way at Delphi

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ancient processional road archaeological feature religious route

The Sacred Way at Delphi is the ancient processional road that winds through the sanctuary of Apollo, lined with treasuries, monuments, and votive offerings left by Greek city-states and pilgrims visiting the famous oracle.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Sacred Way at Delphi canonical	8
Sacred Way	3
Sacred Way of Delphi	2
Sacred Way entrance to the sanctuary	1
processional Sacred Way	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T619359 — 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: Sacred Way at Delphi
Context triple: [Oracle of Apollo at Delphi, associatedWithSite, Sacred Way at Delphi]

A. Gymnasium of Delphi
The Gymnasium of Delphi is an ancient Greek athletic and training complex located below the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, where athletes prepared for competitions associated with the famous oracle and Panhellenic games.
B. Sanctuary of Apollo
The Sanctuary of Apollo at Cyrene is an important ancient Greek religious complex in modern-day Libya, dedicated to the god Apollo and central to the civic and spiritual life of the classical city.
C. Roman Agora of Delphi
The Roman Agora of Delphi is an ancient marketplace complex built during the Roman period at the sanctuary of Delphi, featuring shops and public spaces that served as a commercial and social hub.
D. Tholos of Delphi
The Tholos of Delphi is a circular 4th-century BCE sanctuary building at the ancient Greek site of Delphi, renowned for its elegant Doric and Corinthian architecture and its enigmatic religious function.
E. Theatre of Delphi
The Theatre of Delphi is an ancient Greek open-air theater built into the hillside of the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, renowned for its panoramic views over the valley and its role in religious festivals and dramatic performances.
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: Sacred Way at Delphi
Target entity description: The Sacred Way at Delphi is the ancient processional road that winds through the sanctuary of Apollo, lined with treasuries, monuments, and votive offerings left by Greek city-states and pilgrims visiting the famous oracle.

A. Gymnasium of Delphi
The Gymnasium of Delphi is an ancient Greek athletic and training complex located below the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, where athletes prepared for competitions associated with the famous oracle and Panhellenic games.
B. Sanctuary of Apollo
The Sanctuary of Apollo at Cyrene is an important ancient Greek religious complex in modern-day Libya, dedicated to the god Apollo and central to the civic and spiritual life of the classical city.
C. Roman Agora of Delphi
The Roman Agora of Delphi is an ancient marketplace complex built during the Roman period at the sanctuary of Delphi, featuring shops and public spaces that served as a commercial and social hub.
D. Tholos of Delphi
The Tholos of Delphi is a circular 4th-century BCE sanctuary building at the ancient Greek site of Delphi, renowned for its elegant Doric and Corinthian architecture and its enigmatic religious function.
E. Theatre of Delphi
The Theatre of Delphi is an ancient Greek open-air theater built into the hillside of the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, renowned for its panoramic views over the valley and its role in religious festivals and dramatic performances.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient processional road ⓘ archaeological feature ⓘ religious route ⓘ
accessibleTo	tourists ⓘ
associatedWith	Delphic oracle ⓘ linked to: Oracle of Apollo Pythian Games ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
culturalSignificance	display of Greek city-state prestige ⓘ focus of Panhellenic religious activity ⓘ
currentCondition	archaeological remains ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Apollo ⓘ
function	access route to the Temple of Apollo ⓘ processional route for pilgrims ⓘ route for religious festivals and rituals ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Archaeological Site of Delphi" ⓘ
leadsTo	Temple of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
linedWith	monuments ⓘ statues ⓘ treasuries ⓘ votive offerings ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Greece ⓘ linked to: central Greece Delphi ⓘ Phocis ⓘ Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ linked to: Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi
managedBy	Hellenic Ministry of Culture ⓘ
material	stone paving ⓘ
near	Polygonal Wall at Delphi ⓘ Temple of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ theater of Delphi ⓘ linked to: Theatre of Delphi
orientation	ascends the slope of Mount Parnassus ⓘ
partOf	Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi ⓘ
passesBy	Athenian Treasury ⓘ Siphian Treasury ⓘ linked to: Siphnian Treasury Treasury of the Corinthians ⓘ multiple city-state treasuries ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
shape	winding path ⓘ
startsNear	sanctuary entrance ⓘ
timePeriod	Archaic Greece ⓘ Classical Greece ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ
usedBy	Greek city-states ⓘ individual pilgrims ⓘ theoroi (sacred envoys) ⓘ
usedFor	approaching the Delphic oracle ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

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

Oracle of Apollo at Delphi → associatedWithSite → Sacred Way at Delphi ⓘ

subject linked to: Oracle of Apollo

Treasury of the Athenians → locatedOn → Sacred Way at Delphi ⓘ

Sibyl Rock → visibleFrom → Sacred Way at Delphi ⓘ

Roman Agora of Delphi → adjacentTo → Sacred Way of Delphi ⓘ