Proclus' Chrestomathy
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Proclus' Chrestomathy is a lost ancient Greek work, known through later summaries, that provided prose epitomes of the early epic poems of the Trojan cycle and other pre-Homeric epics.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Proclus’ Chrestomathy | 4 |
| Chrestomathy of Proclus | 1 |
| Proclus' Chrestomathy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3980702 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Proclus' Chrestomathy Context triple: [Trojan cycle, knownFrom, Proclus' Chrestomathy]
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A.
Epitome of the Divine Institutes
Epitome of the Divine Institutes is a concise abridgment of Lactantius’s major Christian apologetic work, presenting its theological and philosophical arguments in a shorter, more accessible form.
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B.
Theologia Platonica
Theologia Platonica is Marsilio Ficino’s major philosophical treatise that systematically presents a Christianized interpretation of Plato’s metaphysics and the immortality of the soul, foundational to Renaissance Platonism.
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C.
Hypatian Chronicle
The Hypatian Chronicle is a key medieval East Slavic historical chronicle that preserves important accounts of Kievan Rus' and neighboring regions.
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D.
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher is a philosophical dialogue by George Berkeley that critiques freethinkers and defends Christian religion and immaterialist philosophy.
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E.
Divinae Institutiones
Divinae Institutiones is an early 4th-century Christian apologetic work by Lactantius that systematically presents and defends Christian doctrine to a Roman audience.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Proclus' Chrestomathy Target entity description: Proclus' Chrestomathy is a lost ancient Greek work, known through later summaries, that provided prose epitomes of the early epic poems of the Trojan cycle and other pre-Homeric epics.
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A.
Epitome of the Divine Institutes
Epitome of the Divine Institutes is a concise abridgment of Lactantius’s major Christian apologetic work, presenting its theological and philosophical arguments in a shorter, more accessible form.
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B.
Theologia Platonica
Theologia Platonica is Marsilio Ficino’s major philosophical treatise that systematically presents a Christianized interpretation of Plato’s metaphysics and the immortality of the soul, foundational to Renaissance Platonism.
-
C.
Hypatian Chronicle
The Hypatian Chronicle is a key medieval East Slavic historical chronicle that preserves important accounts of Kievan Rus' and neighboring regions.
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D.
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher
Alciphron, or The Minute Philosopher is a philosophical dialogue by George Berkeley that critiques freethinkers and defends Christian religion and immaterialist philosophy.
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E.
Divinae Institutiones
Divinae Institutiones is an early 4th-century Christian apologetic work by Lactantius that systematically presents and defends Christian doctrine to a Roman audience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lost ancient Greek work
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prose epitome collection ⓘ secondary source on early Greek epic ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aethiopis
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Cypria ⓘ Epic Cycle ⓘ Iliou Persis ⓘ Little Iliad ⓘ Nostoi ⓘ Telegony ⓘ |
| authorshipStatus | authorship uncertain ⓘ |
| authorshipTradition | attributed to Proclus ⓘ |
| citedAs | Χρηστομάθεια (Chrestomathy) ⓘ |
| citedBy |
Photios I of Constantinople
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surface form:
Photius of Constantinople
|
| culturalContext | ancient Greek literary scholarship ⓘ |
| focusesOn | narrative contents of epics rather than full text ⓘ |
| genre |
chrestomathy
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prose summary ⓘ |
| influenced | modern understanding of the Trojan cycle ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Photius' Bibliotheca
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later summaries ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| modernRelevance | key source for lost poems of the Epic Cycle ⓘ |
| preservationForm | fragments in later authors ⓘ |
| provides |
prose epitomes of early epic poems
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summaries of pre-Homeric epics ⓘ summaries of the Trojan cycle ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Homeric epics
ⓘ
non-Homeric Trojan epics ⓘ |
| scholarlyDebate | identity of the author Proclus ⓘ |
| scope | epic poems surrounding the Trojan War ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Trojan cycle
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early Greek epic poetry ⓘ pre-Homeric epics ⓘ |
| timeOfOrigin | antiquity ⓘ |
| transmission | Byzantine scholarly tradition ⓘ |
| usedFor |
reconstruction of lost epics
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study of pre-Homeric Trojan narratives ⓘ study of the Epic Cycle ⓘ |
| workStatus | lost ⓘ |
| workType | mythographical handbook ⓘ |
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Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Nostoi
this entity surface form:
Chrestomathy of Proclus
this entity surface form:
Proclus’ Chrestomathy
this entity surface form:
Proclus’ Chrestomathy