On the Catalogue of Ships
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On the Catalogue of Ships is an ancient scholarly work by Apollodorus of Athens that analyzes and comments on the famous ship list in Book 2 of Homer’s Iliad.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| On the Catalogue of Ships canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1386362 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On the Catalogue of Ships Context triple: [Apollodorus of Athens, notableWork, On the Catalogue of Ships]
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A.
The Ship
The Ship is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s time-traveling spacecraft and time machine in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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B.
The Brigs of Ayr
"The Brigs of Ayr" is a poem by Robert Burns that personifies the old and new bridges over the River Ayr in Scotland to reflect on change, progress, and local life.
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C.
British fleet at Porto Bello
The British fleet at Porto Bello was the naval force that captured the Spanish colonial port of Portobelo (in present-day Panama) in 1739 during the War of Jenkins’ Ear under Admiral Edward Vernon.
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D.
The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet
*The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet* is a narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson that dramatically recounts the heroic last stand of the English ship Revenge and its captain Sir Richard Grenville against overwhelming Spanish forces.
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E.
White-Jacket
White-Jacket is a semi-autobiographical 1850 novel by Herman Melville that critiques life and discipline aboard a U.S. Navy warship.
- 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: On the Catalogue of Ships Target entity description: On the Catalogue of Ships is an ancient scholarly work by Apollodorus of Athens that analyzes and comments on the famous ship list in Book 2 of Homer’s Iliad.
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A.
The Ship
The Ship is an informal nickname for the TARDIS, the Doctor’s time-traveling spacecraft and time machine in the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who.
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B.
The Brigs of Ayr
"The Brigs of Ayr" is a poem by Robert Burns that personifies the old and new bridges over the River Ayr in Scotland to reflect on change, progress, and local life.
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C.
British fleet at Porto Bello
The British fleet at Porto Bello was the naval force that captured the Spanish colonial port of Portobelo (in present-day Panama) in 1739 during the War of Jenkins’ Ear under Admiral Edward Vernon.
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D.
The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet
*The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet* is a narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson that dramatically recounts the heroic last stand of the English ship Revenge and its captain Sir Richard Grenville against overwhelming Spanish forces.
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E.
White-Jacket
White-Jacket is a semi-autobiographical 1850 novel by Herman Melville that critiques life and discipline aboard a U.S. Navy warship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient scholarly work
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philological commentary ⓘ work of classical scholarship ⓘ |
| analyzes |
ethnic designations in the Catalogue of Ships
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geographical information in the Catalogue of Ships ⓘ numbers of ships and contingents in the Catalogue of Ships ⓘ textual problems in the Catalogue of Ships ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Athenian scholarly tradition
ⓘ
Hellenistic scholarship ⓘ |
| author | Apollodorus of Athens ⓘ |
| commentaryOn |
Homer
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Iliad Book 2 ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Ancient Greek literature ⓘ |
| focusesOn | ship list in Book 2 of the Iliad ⓘ |
| genre |
commentary
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scholarly analysis ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | prose treatise ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Greek epic poetry
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Homeric geography ⓘ ancient mythography ⓘ textual criticism of Homer ⓘ |
| scholarlyDiscipline |
Homeric studies
ⓘ
classical philology ⓘ |
| subject |
Book 2 of the Iliad
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Catalogue of Ships ⓘ Homer's Iliad ⓘ
surface form:
Homer’s Iliad
|
| timePeriod | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| title | On the Catalogue of Ships self-link ⓘ |
| tradition | Homeric scholarship ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
historical-geographical analysis
ⓘ
philological analysis ⓘ |
| usesSource |
Homer's Iliad
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surface form:
Homer’s Iliad
|
| workOf | Apollodorus of Athens ⓘ |
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