Nicaea (wife of Lysimachus)
E223672
Nicaea (wife of Lysimachus) was a noblewoman of the early Hellenistic period, known as the spouse of the Diadoch king Lysimachus and as the namesake of several cities he founded.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nicaea (daughter of Antipater) | 1 |
| Nicaea (wife of Lysimachus) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1994481 — 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: Nicaea (wife of Lysimachus) Context triple: [Nicaea, namedAfter, Nicaea (wife of Lysimachus)]
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A.
Hipparchia of Maroneia
Hipparchia of Maroneia was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher, renowned as one of the few known female philosophers of antiquity and for her unconventional life and public rejection of traditional gender roles.
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B.
Olympias
Olympias was a Molossian princess and fourth wife of Philip II of Macedon, best known as the powerful and politically influential mother of Alexander the Great.
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C.
Macrina the Younger
Macrina the Younger was a 4th-century Christian nun, theologian, and ascetic revered for her spiritual leadership and influence on the Cappadocian Fathers.
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D.
Stateira II
Stateira II was a Persian princess, daughter of Darius III, who became one of Alexander the Great’s wives as part of his political integration of the Achaemenid royal line.
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E.
Amytis of Media
Amytis of Media was a Median princess and queen of Babylon, traditionally associated with the legendary Hanging Gardens, which were said to have been built to remind her of her mountainous homeland.
- 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: Nicaea (wife of Lysimachus) Target entity description: Nicaea (wife of Lysimachus) was a noblewoman of the early Hellenistic period, known as the spouse of the Diadoch king Lysimachus and as the namesake of several cities he founded.
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A.
Hipparchia of Maroneia
Hipparchia of Maroneia was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher, renowned as one of the few known female philosophers of antiquity and for her unconventional life and public rejection of traditional gender roles.
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B.
Olympias
Olympias was a Molossian princess and fourth wife of Philip II of Macedon, best known as the powerful and politically influential mother of Alexander the Great.
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C.
Macrina the Younger
Macrina the Younger was a 4th-century Christian nun, theologian, and ascetic revered for her spiritual leadership and influence on the Cappadocian Fathers.
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D.
Stateira II
Stateira II was a Persian princess, daughter of Darius III, who became one of Alexander the Great’s wives as part of his political integration of the Achaemenid royal line.
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E.
Amytis of Media
Amytis of Media was a Median princess and queen of Babylon, traditionally associated with the legendary Hanging Gardens, which were said to have been built to remind her of her mountainous homeland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic-period figure
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ancient Greek noblewoman ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lysimachian foundations
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Lysimachus ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Macedon ⓘ |
| era |
3rd century BC
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4th century BC ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasNamesakeCity |
Nicaea
ⓘ
surface form:
Nicaea in Bithynia
Nicaea ⓘ
surface form:
Nicaea in Thrace
|
| historicalContext | Wars of the Diadochi ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| lifeLocation |
Macedonian court
ⓘ
Thrace ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| namedAfterBy | Lysimachus ⓘ |
| nameUsedFor | Hellenistic city foundations ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being namesake of cities founded by Lysimachus
ⓘ
being the wife of Diadoch king Lysimachus ⓘ |
| region | Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ |
| spouse | Lysimachus ⓘ |
| spouseOccupation | Hellenistic king ⓘ |
| spouseOfTitle |
Diadoch ruler
ⓘ
king of Thrace ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early Hellenistic period ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Nicaea (wife of Lysimachus) Description of subject: Nicaea (wife of Lysimachus) was a noblewoman of the early Hellenistic period, known as the spouse of the Diadoch king Lysimachus and as the namesake of several cities he founded.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.