Martin West
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Martin West was a prominent British classical scholar and philologist renowned for his influential work on ancient Greek literature, especially Homeric poetry and textual criticism.
All labels observed (1)
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| Martin West canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4757339 — 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: Martin West Context triple: [Homeric question, studiedBy, Martin West]
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A.
Martin West
Martin West is a British conductor best known for leading the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra and widely regarded for his interpretations of ballet repertoire.
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B.
Martinus
Martinus is the given first name of Dutch sprinter and later police officer Tinus Osendarp, a notable athlete of the 1930s.
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C.
Martin Hylacomylus
Martin Hylacomylus is the Latinized name of Martin Waldseemüller, the early 16th-century German cartographer best known for producing the first map to use the name "America."
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D.
Olevianus
Olevianus is the Latinized surname of Caspar Olevianus, a prominent 16th-century German Reformed theologian and co-author of the Heidelberg Catechism.
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E.
Musa Tersicore
Musa Tersicore is a neoclassical sculpture representing Terpsichore, the Greek muse of dance, housed in the historic Villa Carlotta on Lake Como, Italy.
- 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: Martin West Target entity description: Martin West was a prominent British classical scholar and philologist renowned for his influential work on ancient Greek literature, especially Homeric poetry and textual criticism.
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A.
Martin West
Martin West is a British conductor best known for leading the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra and widely regarded for his interpretations of ballet repertoire.
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B.
Martinus
Martinus is the given first name of Dutch sprinter and later police officer Tinus Osendarp, a notable athlete of the 1930s.
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C.
Martin Hylacomylus
Martin Hylacomylus is the Latinized name of Martin Waldseemüller, the early 16th-century German cartographer best known for producing the first map to use the name "America."
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D.
Olevianus
Olevianus is the Latinized surname of Caspar Olevianus, a prominent 16th-century German Reformed theologian and co-author of the Heidelberg Catechism.
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E.
Musa Tersicore
Musa Tersicore is a neoclassical sculpture representing Terpsichore, the Greek muse of dance, housed in the historic Villa Carlotta on Lake Como, Italy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
classical scholar
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human ⓘ philologist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Balzan Prize
NERFINISHED
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Kenyon Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of Merit ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1937-09-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2015-07-13 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Balliol College, Oxford
NERFINISHED
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St Paul’s School, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
All Souls College, Oxford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Homeric studies
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ancient Greek literature ⓘ classics ⓘ comparative Indo-European poetics ⓘ philology ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to Indo-European poetics
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critical editions of Greek poets ⓘ work on Hesiod ⓘ work on Homeric poetry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Ancient Greek
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English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
All Souls College, Oxford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name |
Martin Litchfield West
NERFINISHED
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Martin West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Aeschyli Tragoediae (Teubner edition)
NERFINISHED
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Greek Metre NERFINISHED ⓘ Homerus: Ilias (Teubner edition) NERFINISHED ⓘ Iliad: A Commentary, Volume I NERFINISHED ⓘ Indo-European Poetry and Myth NERFINISHED ⓘ Studies in Greek Elegy and Iambus NERFINISHED ⓘ Textual Criticism and Editorial Technique NERFINISHED ⓘ The East Face of Helicon NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women NERFINISHED ⓘ The Orphic Poems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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translator ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| placeOfDeath | Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford
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Professor of Greek at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
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Subject: Martin West Description of subject: Martin West was a prominent British classical scholar and philologist renowned for his influential work on ancient Greek literature, especially Homeric poetry and textual criticism.
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