Lyco of Troas
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Lyco of Troas was a prominent 3rd-century BCE Peripatetic philosopher who led Aristotle’s Lyceum and was renowned for his eloquence and educational influence in Hellenistic Athens.
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| Lyco of Troas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15555423 — 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: Lyco of Troas Context triple: [Strato of Lampsacus, successor, Lyco of Troas]
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Athenodorus of Tarsus
Athenodorus of Tarsus was a Stoic philosopher from the city of Tarsus in Cilicia, known for his influence on Roman intellectual life in the late Hellenistic period.
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Epaphras
Epaphras is a Christian minister mentioned in the New Testament as a close associate of the Apostle Paul and a founder or leader of the church in Colossae.
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Philitas of Cos
Philitas of Cos was an early Hellenistic Greek poet and scholar, renowned as a pioneer of elegiac poetry and as an influential teacher of later poets such as Theocritus.
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Demetrius of Acts 19
Demetrius of Acts 19 is the Ephesian silversmith mentioned in the New Testament who incited a riot against the Apostle Paul over fears that Christian teaching would undermine the profitable trade in silver shrines of Artemis.
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Rufus of Ephesus
Rufus of Ephesus was an influential 1st–2nd century Greek physician and medical writer known for his works on anatomy, pathology, and dietetics that shaped later Greco-Roman and Islamic medical traditions.
- 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: Lyco of Troas Target entity description: Lyco of Troas was a prominent 3rd-century BCE Peripatetic philosopher who led Aristotle’s Lyceum and was renowned for his eloquence and educational influence in Hellenistic Athens.
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A.
Athenodorus of Tarsus
Athenodorus of Tarsus was a Stoic philosopher from the city of Tarsus in Cilicia, known for his influence on Roman intellectual life in the late Hellenistic period.
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B.
Epaphras
Epaphras is a Christian minister mentioned in the New Testament as a close associate of the Apostle Paul and a founder or leader of the church in Colossae.
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C.
Philitas of Cos
Philitas of Cos was an early Hellenistic Greek poet and scholar, renowned as a pioneer of elegiac poetry and as an influential teacher of later poets such as Theocritus.
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D.
Demetrius of Acts 19
Demetrius of Acts 19 is the Ephesian silversmith mentioned in the New Testament who incited a riot against the Apostle Paul over fears that Christian teaching would undermine the profitable trade in silver shrines of Artemis.
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E.
Rufus of Ephesus
Rufus of Ephesus was an influential 1st–2nd century Greek physician and medical writer known for his works on anatomy, pathology, and dietetics that shaped later Greco-Roman and Islamic medical traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
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