Life of Dion
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Life of Dion is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays, portraying the life and character of the Syracusan statesman Dion and exploring themes of virtue, tyranny, and political reform.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Life of Dion canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3315736 — 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: Life of Dion Context triple: [Plutarch’s Parallel Lives, hasPart, Life of Dion]
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A.
The Trials of Life
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C.
Life of the Past
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D.
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To Life
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- 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: Life of Dion Target entity description: Life of Dion is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays, portraying the life and character of the Syracusan statesman Dion and exploring themes of virtue, tyranny, and political reform.
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A.
The Trials of Life
The Trials of Life is a landmark BBC nature documentary series presented by David Attenborough that explores animal behavior and the challenges of survival across different stages of life.
-
B.
The Life
"The Life" is a song by Alicia Keys from her debut studio album "Songs in A Minor."
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C.
Life of the Past
Life of the Past is a seminal book by paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson that explores the history, evolution, and diversity of ancient life on Earth.
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D.
Three Lives
Three Lives is a 1909 modernist short story collection by Gertrude Stein that experiments with language and narrative in portraying the inner lives of three working-class women.
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E.
To Life
"To Life" is a lively celebratory song from the musical *Fiddler on the Roof*, sung as a toast to good fortune and resilience amid hardship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek biography
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biographical essay ⓘ work of Plutarch ⓘ |
| author | Plutarch ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition | Greco-Roman biographical tradition ⓘ |
| circulation | manuscript tradition in Byzantium ⓘ |
| contains | comparative moral judgments ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| examines |
dangers of court politics
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instability of tyrannical regimes ⓘ relationship between philosophy and power ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Dion's assassination
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Dion's exile and return to Syracuse ⓘ struggle against tyranny of Dionysius II ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
ⓘ
moral biography ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Dionysius II of Syracuse
ⓘ
Heraclides of Syracuse ⓘ Plato ⓘ |
| hasModernTranslations |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodDescribed | 4th century BC ⓘ |
| includedIn | standard collections of Plutarch's Lives ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Platonic philosophy ⓘ |
| intendedFunction |
exemplum of political virtue
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moral instruction ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Early Imperial Greek literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Dion of Syracuse ⓘ |
| moralEvaluationOf | Dion's virtues and flaws ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| pairedWith | Life of Brutus ⓘ |
| partOf |
Parallel Lives
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Plutarch’s Parallel Lives ⓘ
surface form:
Plutarch's Lives
|
| portrays | Dion as a philosopher-statesman ⓘ |
| setting | Syracuse ⓘ |
| theme |
moral character
ⓘ
philosophical statesmanship ⓘ political reform ⓘ tyranny ⓘ virtue ⓘ |
| traditionallyDatedTo |
early 2nd century AD
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late 1st century AD ⓘ |
| workType | didactic biography ⓘ |
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