Hermippus
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Hermippus was an Athenian playwright of Old Comedy known for his politically charged and satirical dramas in classical Greece.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hermippus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15581709 — 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: Hermippus Context triple: [Attic Old Comedy, majorPlaywright, Hermippus]
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A.
Theopompus of Chios
Theopompus of Chios was a 4th-century BC Greek historian and rhetorician best known for his extensive historical works, including the "Hellenica" and the "Philippica."
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B.
Heraclides Ponticus
Heraclides Ponticus was a 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher and astronomer known for proposing that the Earth rotates on its axis and for early heliocentric ideas.
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C.
Cleitarchus
Cleitarchus was an ancient Greek historian best known for his influential but often sensationalized account of Alexander the Great’s campaigns, which shaped much of the later Alexander tradition.
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D.
Apollodorus of Carystus
Apollodorus of Carystus was an Athenian playwright of the New Comedy period, known for his influential and refined domestic comedies.
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E.
Heraclides of Syracuse
Heraclides of Syracuse was a 4th-century BC Syracusan military leader and political figure involved in the turbulent power struggles surrounding Dion and the rule of Dionysius II.
- 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: Hermippus Target entity description: Hermippus was an Athenian playwright of Old Comedy known for his politically charged and satirical dramas in classical Greece.
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A.
Theopompus of Chios
Theopompus of Chios was a 4th-century BC Greek historian and rhetorician best known for his extensive historical works, including the "Hellenica" and the "Philippica."
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B.
Heraclides Ponticus
Heraclides Ponticus was a 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher and astronomer known for proposing that the Earth rotates on its axis and for early heliocentric ideas.
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C.
Cleitarchus
Cleitarchus was an ancient Greek historian best known for his influential but often sensationalized account of Alexander the Great’s campaigns, which shaped much of the later Alexander tradition.
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D.
Apollodorus of Carystus
Apollodorus of Carystus was an Athenian playwright of the New Comedy period, known for his influential and refined domestic comedies.
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E.
Heraclides of Syracuse
Heraclides of Syracuse was a 4th-century BC Syracusan military leader and political figure involved in the turbulent power struggles surrounding Dion and the rule of Dionysius II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.