League of Corinth
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The League of Corinth was a federation of Greek city-states established under the hegemony of Philip II of Macedon to unify Greece and legitimize a collective campaign against the Persian Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| League of Corinth canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3520480 — 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: League of Corinth Context triple: [Philip II of Macedon, alliance, League of Corinth]
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A.
Sacred Wars
Sacred Wars were a series of ancient Greek conflicts, primarily fought over control of the sacred sanctuary of Delphi and its oracle.
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B.
war of the Epigoni
The war of the Epigoni is a later Greek mythological conflict in which the sons of the Seven against Thebes returned to successfully capture the city their fathers had failed to conquer.
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C.
Typhonomachy
Typhonomachy is the mythological battle in Greek lore between Zeus and the monstrous giant Typhon, often seen as a sequel or counterpart to the Titanomachy.
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D.
Anabasis
Anabasis is an ancient Greek historical narrative by Xenophon recounting the journey and struggles of the Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries as they marched through Persia to return home.
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E.
Description of Greece
"Description of Greece" is an ancient travelogue and cultural guide to mainland Greece, originally written in Greek by Pausanias in the 2nd century CE, detailing its geography, monuments, myths, and religious practices.
- 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: League of Corinth Target entity description: The League of Corinth was a federation of Greek city-states established under the hegemony of Philip II of Macedon to unify Greece and legitimize a collective campaign against the Persian Empire.
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A.
Sacred Wars
Sacred Wars were a series of ancient Greek conflicts, primarily fought over control of the sacred sanctuary of Delphi and its oracle.
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B.
war of the Epigoni
The war of the Epigoni is a later Greek mythological conflict in which the sons of the Seven against Thebes returned to successfully capture the city their fathers had failed to conquer.
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C.
Typhonomachy
Typhonomachy is the mythological battle in Greek lore between Zeus and the monstrous giant Typhon, often seen as a sequel or counterpart to the Titanomachy.
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D.
Anabasis
Anabasis is an ancient Greek historical narrative by Xenophon recounting the journey and struggles of the Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries as they marched through Persia to return home.
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E.
Description of Greece
"Description of Greece" is an ancient travelogue and cultural guide to mainland Greece, originally written in Greek by Pausanias in the 2nd century CE, detailing its geography, monuments, myths, and religious practices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek federation
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military alliance ⓘ political alliance ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| dissolved | early 3rd century BC ⓘ |
| excludes | Sparta ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Thessalian League
ⓘ
surface form:
Hellenistic leagues
|
| formedAfter | Battle of Chaeronea ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Philip II of Macedon ⓘ |
| grantsTitle |
strategos autokrator to Alexander the Great
ⓘ
Philip II of Macedon ⓘ
surface form:
strategos autokrator to Philip II
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| hasHegemon | Macedon ⓘ |
| hasLeader |
Alexander the Great
ⓘ
Philip II of Macedon ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Argos
ⓘ
Athens ⓘ Corinth ⓘ Macedon ⓘ Sparta (de facto excluded) ⓘ Thebes ⓘ |
| hasOath |
oath of common peace
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oath recognizing Philip II as hegemon ⓘ |
| hasOrgan |
council of representatives of member states
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synedrion ⓘ |
| hasPolicy |
collective security
ⓘ
common foreign policy ⓘ mutual defense ⓘ |
| hasTerritorialExtent |
most Greek mainland city-states
ⓘ
some Aegean island states ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfGovernment | federal council system under Macedonian hegemony ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Corinth ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | first formal Panhellenic league under Macedonian leadership ⓘ |
| inception |
337 BC
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338 BC ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| legalForm | symmachia ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
ancient Greece
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| namedAfter | Corinth ⓘ |
| opposedTo | Achaemenid Empire ⓘ |
| purpose |
maintenance of common peace among member states
ⓘ
unification of Greek city-states ⓘ war against the Achaemenid Persian Empire ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Antalcidas Peace
ⓘ
surface form:
Common Peace (Koine Eirene)
Panhellenism ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
confirmation of Alexander’s leadership after Philip II’s death
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decision to invade Asia Minor ⓘ |
| sourceOfLegitimacyFor | Alexander the Great’s Asian campaign ⓘ |
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Subject: League of Corinth Description of subject: The League of Corinth was a federation of Greek city-states established under the hegemony of Philip II of Macedon to unify Greece and legitimize a collective campaign against the Persian Empire.
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