Leonidas at Thermopylae
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Leonidas at Thermopylae is a large Neoclassical history painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting the Spartan king Leonidas preparing to defend the pass at Thermopylae against the Persian army.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leonidas at Thermopylae canonical | 2 |
| Léonidas aux Thermopyles | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T117591 — 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: Leonidas at Thermopylae Context triple: [Jacques-Louis David, notableWork, Leonidas at Thermopylae]
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A.
Desert Fox
Desert Fox is the famous wartime nickname of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, renowned for his tactical brilliance in North Africa during World War II.
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B.
Glory
"Glory" is an Academy Award–winning civil rights anthem by John Legend and Common, written for the 2014 film *Selma* and celebrated for its powerful commentary on racial justice.
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C.
Fida'i
Fida'i is the national anthem of the State of Palestine, expressing Palestinian identity, struggle, and aspirations for freedom and self-determination.
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D.
The Arts of War
The Arts of War is a pair of monumental equestrian bronze sculptures by Leo Friedlander that symbolize martial valor and sacrifice, installed at the Washington, D.C. entrance to Arlington Memorial Bridge.
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E.
Luftbrücke
Luftbrücke is the German term for the Berlin Airlift, the Allied operation that supplied West Berlin by air during the Soviet blockade of 1948–1949.
- 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: Leonidas at Thermopylae Target entity description: Leonidas at Thermopylae is a large Neoclassical history painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting the Spartan king Leonidas preparing to defend the pass at Thermopylae against the Persian army.
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A.
Desert Fox
Desert Fox is the famous wartime nickname of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, renowned for his tactical brilliance in North Africa during World War II.
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B.
Glory
"Glory" is an Academy Award–winning civil rights anthem by John Legend and Common, written for the 2014 film *Selma* and celebrated for its powerful commentary on racial justice.
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C.
Fida'i
Fida'i is the national anthem of the State of Palestine, expressing Palestinian identity, struggle, and aspirations for freedom and self-determination.
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D.
The Arts of War
The Arts of War is a pair of monumental equestrian bronze sculptures by Leo Friedlander that symbolize martial valor and sacrifice, installed at the Washington, D.C. entrance to Arlington Memorial Bridge.
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E.
Luftbrücke
Luftbrücke is the German term for the Berlin Airlift, the Allied operation that supplied West Berlin by air during the Soviet blockade of 1948–1949.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Neoclassical painting
ⓘ
history painting ⓘ painting ⓘ |
| appliesToPart | canvas ⓘ |
| artForm | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| collection |
Louvre Museum
ⓘ
surface form:
Musée du Louvre
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| commissionedBy | none ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | public domain ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator |
Jacques-Louis David
ⓘ
surface form:
French painter Jacques-Louis David
Jacques-Louis David ⓘ |
| depicts |
Battle of Thermopylae
ⓘ
Leonidas I ⓘ Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ
surface form:
Persian Wars
Spartan king preparing for battle ⓘ Spartan warriors ⓘ Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Greece
heroic self-sacrifice ⓘ military strategy ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | defense of the pass at Thermopylae ⓘ |
| depictsTime | 480 BC ⓘ |
| describedAtURL | https://www.louvre.fr/en/explore/the-palace/leonidas-at-thermopylae ⓘ |
| exhibitionHistory | Salon of 1814 ⓘ |
| genre | Neoclassicism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Greek hoplite armor
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Spartan shields ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ rocky landscape ⓘ spears ⓘ |
| inception | 1814 ⓘ |
| influencedBy | classical antiquity ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Herodotus ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Paris ⓘ |
| location | Louvre Museum ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Leonidas I
ⓘ
Battle of Thermopylae ⓘ
surface form:
Thermopylae
|
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Neoclassicism ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Leonidas at Thermopylae
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Léonidas aux Thermopyles
|
| partOf | French national collections ⓘ |
| significantFigure | Leonidas I ⓘ |
| title | Leonidas at Thermopylae self-link ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Leonidas at Thermopylae Description of subject: Leonidas at Thermopylae is a large Neoclassical history painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting the Spartan king Leonidas preparing to defend the pass at Thermopylae against the Persian army.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Léonidas aux Thermopyles