Hipparchus of Athens
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Hipparchus of Athens was a 6th-century BCE Athenian tyrant of the Peisistratid family, known as a patron of the arts and for his assassination, which became a celebrated event in Athenian democratic lore.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hipparchus of Athens canonical | 3 |
| Hipparchus | 2 |
| Hipparchos | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Hipparchus of Athens Context triple: [Anacreon, patron, Hipparchus of Athens]
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Alexander of Alexandria
Alexander of Alexandria was a 4th-century Patriarch of Alexandria best known for his staunch defense of Nicene orthodoxy and his early opposition to the teachings of Arius.
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Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler was a pioneering 17th-century German astronomer and mathematician best known for formulating the three laws of planetary motion that laid crucial groundwork for classical mechanics.
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Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe was a Danish nobleman and astronomer whose precise naked-eye observations of the heavens greatly improved astronomical data and paved the way for Kepler’s laws of planetary motion.
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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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Anaxagoras
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Hipparchus of Athens Target entity description: Hipparchus of Athens was a 6th-century BCE Athenian tyrant of the Peisistratid family, known as a patron of the arts and for his assassination, which became a celebrated event in Athenian democratic lore.
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Alexander of Alexandria
Alexander of Alexandria was a 4th-century Patriarch of Alexandria best known for his staunch defense of Nicene orthodoxy and his early opposition to the teachings of Arius.
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Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler was a pioneering 17th-century German astronomer and mathematician best known for formulating the three laws of planetary motion that laid crucial groundwork for classical mechanics.
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Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe was a Danish nobleman and astronomer whose precise naked-eye observations of the heavens greatly improved astronomical data and paved the way for Kepler’s laws of planetary motion.
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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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Anaxagoras
Anaxagoras was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher known for introducing the concept of Nous (Mind) as the cosmic ordering principle and for offering naturalistic explanations of celestial and physical phenomena.
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Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athenian tyrant
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human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Athenian tyranny
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Peisistratid tyranny ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| chronologicalPlacement | before the establishment of full Athenian democracy ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Athenian democratic lore ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Classical Athens
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Athens
Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| culture | Classical Greek culture ⓘ |
| era |
Archaic Greece
ⓘ
surface form:
Archaic period of Greece
|
| familyName | Peisistratid ⓘ |
| father | Peisistratos ⓘ |
| governmentForm | tyranny in Athens ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | Athenian democratic ideology ⓘ |
| influenced | Athenian collective memory of tyranny ⓘ |
| killedBy |
Harmodius
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surface form:
Aristogeiton
Harmodius ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being assassinated by Harmodius and Aristogeiton
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patronage of the arts ⓘ role in Athenian political history ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| legacy | assassination celebrated as a milestone in the story of Athenian democracy ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Peisistratid
ⓘ
surface form:
Peisistratid dynasty
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| notableEvent | assassination of Hipparchus ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Harmodius
ⓘ
surface form:
Harmodius and Aristogeiton
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| partOf |
history of Ancient Greece
ⓘ
history of Athens ⓘ |
| patronage |
artists
ⓘ
cultural activities in Athens ⓘ poets ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Athens ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Athens ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | symbol of tyranny in Athenian tradition ⓘ |
| positionHeld | tyrant of Athens ⓘ |
| relative |
Hippias of Athens
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Peisistratos ⓘ |
| residence | Athens ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Hippias of Athens ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 6th century BCE ⓘ |
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Subject: Hipparchus of Athens Description of subject: Hipparchus of Athens was a 6th-century BCE Athenian tyrant of the Peisistratid family, known as a patron of the arts and for his assassination, which became a celebrated event in Athenian democratic lore.
Referenced by (6)
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