Polyphron of Pherae
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Polyphron of Pherae was a 4th-century BC tyrant of the Thessalian city of Pherae who briefly ruled after Jason of Pherae and was known for his harsh and oppressive governance.
All labels observed (1)
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| Polyphron of Pherae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16155800 — 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: Polyphron of Pherae Context triple: [Jason of Pherae, successor, Polyphron of Pherae]
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Timaeus of Locri
Timaeus of Locri is a Pythagorean philosopher, known primarily as the central speaker in Plato’s dialogue "Timaeus," where he expounds a cosmological account of the universe’s creation and structure.
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Polemon of Athens
Polemon of Athens was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Platonic tradition who led the Academy in the early 3rd century BCE and emphasized practical ethics and living in accordance with nature.
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Prodicus
Prodicus was a 5th-century BCE Greek sophist and philosopher from Ceos, known for his precise distinctions between words and his influential moral allegory "The Choice of Heracles."
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Hegesias of Cyrene
Hegesias of Cyrene was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Cyrenaic school known for his extreme pessimism and advocacy of the view that happiness is unattainable, earning him the nickname "the Death-Persuader."
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E.
Hegesias of Salamis
Hegesias of Salamis was an ancient Greek orator and sophist from Cyprus, sometimes associated with early rhetorical and literary works.
- 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: Polyphron of Pherae Target entity description: Polyphron of Pherae was a 4th-century BC tyrant of the Thessalian city of Pherae who briefly ruled after Jason of Pherae and was known for his harsh and oppressive governance.
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A.
Timaeus of Locri
Timaeus of Locri is a Pythagorean philosopher, known primarily as the central speaker in Plato’s dialogue "Timaeus," where he expounds a cosmological account of the universe’s creation and structure.
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B.
Polemon of Athens
Polemon of Athens was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Platonic tradition who led the Academy in the early 3rd century BCE and emphasized practical ethics and living in accordance with nature.
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C.
Prodicus
Prodicus was a 5th-century BCE Greek sophist and philosopher from Ceos, known for his precise distinctions between words and his influential moral allegory "The Choice of Heracles."
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D.
Hegesias of Cyrene
Hegesias of Cyrene was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Cyrenaic school known for his extreme pessimism and advocacy of the view that happiness is unattainable, earning him the nickname "the Death-Persuader."
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E.
Hegesias of Salamis
Hegesias of Salamis was an ancient Greek orator and sophist from Cyprus, sometimes associated with early rhetorical and literary works.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.