Pelopidas
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Pelopidas was a prominent 4th-century BCE Theban statesman and general, known for his leadership of the Sacred Band and his role in challenging Spartan dominance in Greece.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pelopidas canonical | 10 |
| Pelopidas as a courageous general | 1 |
| Pelopidas as a patriotic Theban leader | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2789454 — 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: Pelopidas Context triple: [Thebes, producedPerson, Pelopidas]
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A.
Leonidas of Naxos
Leonidas of Naxos was an ancient Greek figure from the island of Naxos, notable enough in antiquity to have the Leonidaion building named in his honor.
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B.
Brasidas
Brasidas was a prominent Spartan general renowned for his bold and skillful campaigns during the Peloponnesian War.
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C.
Pleisthenes
Pleisthenes is a relatively obscure figure in Greek mythology, sometimes described as a son of Atreus and father of Agamemnon and Menelaus, and associated with the royal house of Mycenae.
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D.
Leonidas of Tarentum
Leonidas of Tarentum was an ancient Greek epigrammatist of the Hellenistic period, known for his concise, often melancholic poems preserved in the Greek Anthology.
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E.
Tlepolemus
Tlepolemus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a son of Heracles who became a leader of Rhodian forces in the Trojan War.
- 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: Pelopidas Target entity description: Pelopidas was a prominent 4th-century BCE Theban statesman and general, known for his leadership of the Sacred Band and his role in challenging Spartan dominance in Greece.
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A.
Leonidas of Naxos
Leonidas of Naxos was an ancient Greek figure from the island of Naxos, notable enough in antiquity to have the Leonidaion building named in his honor.
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B.
Brasidas
Brasidas was a prominent Spartan general renowned for his bold and skillful campaigns during the Peloponnesian War.
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C.
Pleisthenes
Pleisthenes is a relatively obscure figure in Greek mythology, sometimes described as a son of Atreus and father of Agamemnon and Menelaus, and associated with the royal house of Mycenae.
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D.
Leonidas of Tarentum
Leonidas of Tarentum was an ancient Greek epigrammatist of the Hellenistic period, known for his concise, often melancholic poems preserved in the Greek Anthology.
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E.
Tlepolemus
Tlepolemus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a son of Heracles who became a leader of Rhodian forces in the Trojan War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
4th-century BCE person
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Theban statesman ⓘ ancient Greek general ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| allyOf | Epaminondas ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sacred Band military tactics
ⓘ
Theban democracy ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in battle ⓘ |
| citizenship | Thebes ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf | Epaminondas ⓘ |
| country |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| culture |
Aeolic Greek
ⓘ
surface form:
Boeotian Greek
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| diedIn | Thessaly ⓘ |
| era | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfMention | ancient biography ⓘ |
| hasSource |
Life of Pelopidas
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surface form:
Plutarch's Life of Pelopidas
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| historicalCategory |
Ancient Greek military leader
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Ancient Greek politician ⓘ Theban general ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | key architect of Theban power in the 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | contributed to the decline of Spartan military supremacy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
challenging Spartan dominance in Greece
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leadership of the Sacred Band of Thebes ⓘ role in the Theban hegemony ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| militaryStrategy | use of elite hoplite corps ⓘ |
| militaryUnitCommanded |
Theban Sacred Band
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surface form:
Sacred Band of Thebes
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| notableFor |
courage in close combat
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personal leadership on the battlefield ⓘ |
| occupation |
military commander
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| opponentOf | Sparta ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Leuctra
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Theban uprising against Spartan garrison in Thebes ⓘ campaigns in Thessaly ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Boeotia
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Thebes ⓘ Thessaly ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | anti-Spartan faction in Thebes ⓘ |
| region |
central Greece
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surface form:
Central Greece
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| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| roleInEvent |
Theban commander in conflicts with Sparta
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leader in the liberation of Thebes from Spartan control ⓘ |
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: Pelopidas Description of subject: Pelopidas was a prominent 4th-century BCE Theban statesman and general, known for his leadership of the Sacred Band and his role in challenging Spartan dominance in Greece.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pelopidas as a courageous general
this entity surface form:
Pelopidas as a patriotic Theban leader