Menexenus (Plato)
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Menexenus (Plato) is one of Plato’s shorter Socratic dialogues, notable for its satirical treatment of Athenian funeral orations and reflections on rhetoric and civic identity.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Menexenus | 4 |
| Menexenus (Plato) canonical | 1 |
| Menexenus (Platonic character) | 1 |
| Menexenus (associate of Socrates) | 1 |
| Menexenus (character) | 1 |
| Menexenus of Athens | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3407486 — 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: Menexenus (Plato) Context triple: [Μενέξενoς, appearsIn, Menexenus (Plato)]
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A.
Philocrates
Philocrates is the purported recipient and addressee of the ancient Jewish-Hellenistic work known as the Letter of Aristeas.
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B.
Charmides
Charmides is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that explores the nature of temperance or self-control through a philosophical conversation between Socrates and the young Charmides.
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C.
Echecrates
Echecrates is a Pythagorean philosopher who appears in Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo" as the interlocutor to whom Phaedo recounts the final conversation and death of Socrates.
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D.
Cebes of Thebes
Cebes of Thebes was an ancient Greek philosopher, a disciple of Socrates, and a prominent interlocutor in Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo."
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E.
Timaeus of Tauromenium
Timaeus of Tauromenium was an ancient Greek historian of Magna Graecia, best known for his extensive universal history that greatly influenced later writers like Polybius and Diodorus Siculus.
- 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: Menexenus (Plato) Target entity description: Menexenus (Plato) is one of Plato’s shorter Socratic dialogues, notable for its satirical treatment of Athenian funeral orations and reflections on rhetoric and civic identity.
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A.
Philocrates
Philocrates is the purported recipient and addressee of the ancient Jewish-Hellenistic work known as the Letter of Aristeas.
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B.
Charmides
Charmides is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that explores the nature of temperance or self-control through a philosophical conversation between Socrates and the young Charmides.
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C.
Echecrates
Echecrates is a Pythagorean philosopher who appears in Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo" as the interlocutor to whom Phaedo recounts the final conversation and death of Socrates.
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D.
Cebes of Thebes
Cebes of Thebes was an ancient Greek philosopher, a disciple of Socrates, and a prominent interlocutor in Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo."
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E.
Timaeus of Tauromenium
Timaeus of Tauromenium was an ancient Greek historian of Magna Graecia, best known for his extensive universal history that greatly influenced later writers like Polybius and Diodorus Siculus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Platonic dialogue
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Socratic dialogue ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| author | Plato ⓘ |
| centralEpisode | mock funeral oration ⓘ |
| concerns |
Athenian democratic ideology
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public commemoration of war dead ⓘ use of myth in politics ⓘ |
| contains | parodic funeral speech ⓘ |
| dialogueForm | Socratic dialogue ⓘ |
| examines |
relationship between philosophy and politics
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relationship between rhetoric and truth ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Menexenus (Plato)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Menexenus (character)
Socrates ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical dialogue
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satire ⓘ |
| hasReceptionIn |
classical scholarship
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modern political theory discussions of nationalism ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Classical Athens ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Athenian civic identity
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funeral orations ⓘ historical memory ⓘ patriotism ⓘ political ideology ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ |
| philosophicalFocus |
critique of rhetoric
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examination of civic education ⓘ questioning of Athenian self‑image ⓘ |
| questions |
sincerity of patriotic discourse
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value of conventional epideictic oratory ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Gorgias
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Phaedrus ⓘ Republic ⓘ |
| setting | Athens ⓘ |
| structure | introductory conversation followed by a long speech ⓘ |
| tone |
ironic
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satirical ⓘ |
| tradition |
Ancient Greek philosophy
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Athenian rhetorical tradition ⓘ |
| traditionallyClassifiedAs | later dialogue of Plato ⓘ |
| transmittedIn | Platonic corpus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Menexenus (Plato) Description of subject: Menexenus (Plato) is one of Plato’s shorter Socratic dialogues, notable for its satirical treatment of Athenian funeral orations and reflections on rhetoric and civic identity.
Referenced by (9)
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Menexenus (Platonic character)
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Menexenus of Athens
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Menexenus (associate of Socrates)
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Menexenus
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Menexenus
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Menexenus
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Menexenus
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Menexenus
this entity surface form:
Menexenus (character)