Hippias of Athens
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Hippias of Athens was a 6th-century BCE Athenian tyrant, known for ruling alongside and then after his father Peisistratus before being overthrown and exiled.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hippias | 4 |
| Hippias of Athens canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1229906 — 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: Hippias of Athens Context triple: [Hipparchus of Athens, sibling, Hippias of Athens]
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A.
Timaeus of Tauromenium
Timaeus of Tauromenium was an ancient Greek historian of Magna Graecia, best known for his extensive universal history that greatly influenced later writers like Polybius and Diodorus Siculus.
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B.
Cebes of Thebes
Cebes of Thebes was an ancient Greek philosopher, a disciple of Socrates, and a prominent interlocutor in Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo."
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C.
Euclid of Megara
Euclid of Megara was an ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the Megarian school, known for combining Socratic ethics with Eleatic logic and dialectical methods.
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D.
Aristippus
Aristippus was an ancient Greek philosopher from Cyrene, best known as the founder of the Cyrenaic school, which taught that immediate physical pleasure is the highest good.
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Echecrates
Echecrates is a Pythagorean philosopher who appears in Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo" as the interlocutor to whom Phaedo recounts the final conversation and death of Socrates.
- 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: Hippias of Athens Target entity description: Hippias of Athens was a 6th-century BCE Athenian tyrant, known for ruling alongside and then after his father Peisistratus before being overthrown and exiled.
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A.
Timaeus of Tauromenium
Timaeus of Tauromenium was an ancient Greek historian of Magna Graecia, best known for his extensive universal history that greatly influenced later writers like Polybius and Diodorus Siculus.
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B.
Cebes of Thebes
Cebes of Thebes was an ancient Greek philosopher, a disciple of Socrates, and a prominent interlocutor in Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo."
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C.
Euclid of Megara
Euclid of Megara was an ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the Megarian school, known for combining Socratic ethics with Eleatic logic and dialectical methods.
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D.
Aristippus
Aristippus was an ancient Greek philosopher from Cyrene, best known as the founder of the Cyrenaic school, which taught that immediate physical pleasure is the highest good.
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E.
Echecrates
Echecrates is a Pythagorean philosopher who appears in Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo" as the interlocutor to whom Phaedo recounts the final conversation and death of Socrates.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athenian politician
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historical figure ⓘ tyrant ⓘ |
| allyOf | Darius I of Persia ⓘ |
| attemptedReturnToPower | during the Persian invasion that led to the Battle of Marathon ⓘ |
| causeOfEndOfReign |
Spartan intervention in Athenian politics
ⓘ
expulsion of the Peisistratids ⓘ |
| coRuler |
Hipparchus of Athens
ⓘ
Peisistratos ⓘ
surface form:
Peisistratus
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
Classical Athens
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Athens
Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| dynasty | Peisistratid tyranny in Athens ⓘ |
| endOfReign | c. 510 BCE ⓘ |
| era | Archaic period of Greece ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Athenian ⓘ |
| father |
Peisistratos
ⓘ
surface form:
Peisistratus
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| givenName |
Hippias of Athens
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Hippias
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| governmentForm | tyranny in Athens ⓘ |
| knownFor | increasingly harsh rule after the assassination of Hipparchus ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Peisistratid
ⓘ
surface form:
Peisistratid dynasty
|
| mentionedIn |
works of Herodotus
ⓘ
surface form:
Herodotus' Histories
History of the Peloponnesian War ⓘ
surface form:
Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War
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| notableEvent | assassination of his brother Hipparchus in 514 BCE ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being overthrown and exiled from Athens
ⓘ
co-ruling with his father Peisistratus ⓘ ruling Athens after the death of Peisistratus ⓘ ruling Athens in the late 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| occupation |
politician
ⓘ
ruler ⓘ |
| participantIn | events leading to the Battle of Marathon ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Athens ⓘ |
| placeOfExile |
Achaemenid Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Persian Empire
Sigeion ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | tyranny ⓘ |
| politicalOpponent | Alcmaeonid family ⓘ |
| positionHeld | tyrant of Athens ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Peisistratos
ⓘ
surface form:
Peisistratus
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| relative |
Megacles of the Alcmaeonidae
ⓘ
surface form:
Megacles (by marriage ties between Peisistratids and Alcmaeonids)
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| responseToEvent | tightened control over Athens after Hipparchus' death ⓘ |
| sibling | Hipparchus of Athens ⓘ |
| startOfReign | c. 527 BCE ⓘ |
| successor | Cleisthenic democratic reforms ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Persian forces during his attempt to return to power ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| wasOverthrownBy |
Athenian aristocrats
ⓘ
Cleomenes I of Sparta ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Hippias of Athens Description of subject: Hippias of Athens was a 6th-century BCE Athenian tyrant, known for ruling alongside and then after his father Peisistratus before being overthrown and exiled.
Referenced by (6)
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Hippias
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Hippias
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Hippias
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Hippias