the Ten Thousand

E371746

Greek mercenary army historical military unit

The Ten Thousand were a large army of Greek mercenaries who famously marched deep into the Persian Empire and then fought their way back home, as recounted in Xenophon’s Anabasis.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
the Ten Thousand canonical	3
Ten Thousand	1
The Ten Thousand	1
pursuit of the Ten Thousand	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3590714 — 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: the Ten Thousand
Context triple: [Anabasis, narrativeFocus, the Ten Thousand]

A. Tale of Bygone Years
Tale of Bygone Years is a foundational medieval East Slavic chronicle that narrates the early history, legends, and Christianization of the Kievan Rus'.
B. The Twelve
The Twelve is a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible, often treated as a single unified work within the Minor Prophets.
C. Aenianes
The Aenianes were an ancient Greek tribe from central Greece, known for their participation in regional religious and political alliances such as the Amphictyonic League.
D. La Edad de Oro
La Edad de Oro is a 19th-century Spanish-language magazine and collection of stories and essays for children written by José Martí, aimed at educating and inspiring young Latin Americans.
E. The Tale
The Tale is a 2018 autobiographical drama film written and directed by Jennifer Fox, in which she reexamines a sexual relationship from her youth to confront the nature of memory and abuse.
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: the Ten Thousand
Target entity description: The Ten Thousand were a large army of Greek mercenaries who famously marched deep into the Persian Empire and then fought their way back home, as recounted in Xenophon’s Anabasis.

A. Tale of Bygone Years
Tale of Bygone Years is a foundational medieval East Slavic chronicle that narrates the early history, legends, and Christianization of the Kievan Rus'.
B. The Twelve
The Twelve is a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible, often treated as a single unified work within the Minor Prophets.
C. Aenianes
The Aenianes were an ancient Greek tribe from central Greece, known for their participation in regional religious and political alliances such as the Amphictyonic League.
D. La Edad de Oro
La Edad de Oro is a 19th-century Spanish-language magazine and collection of stories and essays for children written by José Martí, aimed at educating and inspiring young Latin Americans.
E. The Tale
The Tale is a 2018 autobiographical drama film written and directed by Jennifer Fox, in which she reexamines a sexual relationship from her youth to confront the nature of memory and abuse.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek mercenary army ⓘ historical military unit ⓘ
approximateSize	10000 soldiers ⓘ
composedOf	hoplites ⓘ light infantry ⓘ peltasts ⓘ
culturalImpact	central narrative of Xenophon’s Anabasis ⓘ inspired later literature on long retreats and marches ⓘ
destinationRegion	Black Sea ⓘ
documentedBy	Xenophon ⓘ
documentedIn	Anabasis ⓘ
employedBy	Cyrus the Younger ⓘ
ethnicity	Greek ⓘ
foughtIn	Battle of Cunaxa ⓘ Cyrus the Younger’s revolt ⓘ surface form: Campaign of Cyrus the Younger against Artaxerxes II
hasAlternativeName	Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries ⓘ surface form: Greek mercenaries of Cyrus the Younger Anabasis ⓘ surface form: Xenophon’s Ten Thousand the Ten Thousand ⓘ
historicalSignificance	demonstrated vulnerability of the Achaemenid Empire to disciplined Greek infantry ⓘ influenced later Greek and Macedonian campaigns in Asia ⓘ
languageOfForces	Greek ⓘ
leader	Cheirisophus ⓘ Clearchus of Sparta ⓘ Menon of Thessaly ⓘ surface form: Menon Proxenus ⓘ Socrates of Achaea ⓘ Xenophon ⓘ
militaryTactics	Greek hoplite phalanx ⓘ combined arms of heavy and light infantry ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Cunaxa and death of Cyrus the Younger ⓘ cry of “Thalatta! Thalatta!” on sighting the sea ⓘ election of new leaders including Xenophon ⓘ loss of senior Greek generals by Persian treachery ⓘ march to Trapezus on the Black Sea ⓘ
operatedIn	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Anatolia ⓘ Armenia ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ
opposedBy	Artaxerxes II ⓘ surface form: Artaxerxes II of Persia Tissaphernes ⓘ
participatedIn	march up-country into the Persian Empire ⓘ retreat from Mesopotamia to the Black Sea ⓘ
recruitmentRegions	Boeotia ⓘ Ionia ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ Thessaly ⓘ
servedAs	mercenaries ⓘ
timePeriod	401 BC ⓘ late 5th century BC ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anabasis → narrativeFocus → the Ten Thousand ⓘ

Battle of Cunaxa → hasParticipant → the Ten Thousand ⓘ

the Ten Thousand → hasAlternativeName → the Ten Thousand ⓘ

subject surface form: Ten Thousand

Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries → alsoKnownAs → the Ten Thousand ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Ten Thousand

Tissaphernes → notableWork → the Ten Thousand ⓘ

this entity surface form: pursuit of the Ten Thousand

Cyrus the Younger’s revolt → hasParticipant → the Ten Thousand ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ten Thousand

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