Themistocles
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Themistocles was a prominent Athenian statesman and general best known for championing the Athenian navy and leading Greece to victory against Persia at the Battle of Salamis.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Themistocles canonical | 20 |
| Sullivan Stapleton as Themistocles | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T448847 — 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: Themistocles Context triple: [Classical Athens, notableLeader, Themistocles]
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A.
Pericles
Pericles was a prominent and influential Athenian statesman and general of the 5th century BCE who led Athens during its Golden Age in politics, culture, and architecture.
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B.
Κρίτων
Κρίτων is a Socratic dialogue by Plato in which Socrates discusses justice, obligation, and civil disobedience with his friend Crito while awaiting execution.
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C.
Apollodorus of Athens
Apollodorus of Athens was a 2nd-century BCE Greek scholar and grammarian known for his influential mythographical and chronological works.
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D.
Aristocles
Aristocles was the given birth name of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, one of the most influential figures in Western philosophy.
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E.
Timotheus
Timotheus is the Latin form of the given name Timothy, historically used in ecclesiastical, scholarly, and classical contexts.
- 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: Themistocles Target entity description: Themistocles was a prominent Athenian statesman and general best known for championing the Athenian navy and leading Greece to victory against Persia at the Battle of Salamis.
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A.
Pericles
Pericles was a prominent and influential Athenian statesman and general of the 5th century BCE who led Athens during its Golden Age in politics, culture, and architecture.
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B.
Κρίτων
Κρίτων is a Socratic dialogue by Plato in which Socrates discusses justice, obligation, and civil disobedience with his friend Crito while awaiting execution.
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C.
Apollodorus of Athens
Apollodorus of Athens was a 2nd-century BCE Greek scholar and grammarian known for his influential mythographical and chronological works.
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D.
Aristocles
Aristocles was the given birth name of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, one of the most influential figures in Western philosophy.
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E.
Timotheus
Timotheus is the Latin form of the given name Timothy, historically used in ecclesiastical, scholarly, and classical contexts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athenian general
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Athenian statesman ⓘ military leader ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| advocatedFor | strong Athenian navy ⓘ |
| archonshipYear | 493/492 BC ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 524 BC ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Athens ⓘ |
| causeOfExile | ostracism in Athens ⓘ |
| citizenship | Athens ⓘ |
| commanded | Athenian fleet at Salamis ⓘ |
| country |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| deathDate | c. 459 BC ⓘ |
| era | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| event | ostracized c. 471 BC ⓘ |
| father | Neocles ⓘ |
| fortified | Piraeus ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| governed | Magnesia on the Maeander ⓘ |
| grantedCity |
Lampsacus
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Magnesia ⓘ Myus ⓘ |
| influenced | development of Athenian democracy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
expansion of the Athenian fleet
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fortification of Piraeus ⓘ leadership at the Battle of Salamis ⓘ naval policy of Athens ⓘ role in the Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| laterLivedIn |
Argos
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Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Persian Empire
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| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| officeHeld |
archon eponymos of Athens
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strategos of Athens ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Aristides the Just
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Sparta ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Artemisium
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Battle of Marathon ⓘ Battle of Salamis ⓘ Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ |
| proposed | use of Laurion silver to build a fleet ⓘ |
| served | Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ |
| source |
Herodotus
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Plutarch ⓘ Thucydides ⓘ |
| spouse | Aristotle (daughter of Lysander of Alopece) ⓘ |
| strategicContribution | luring Persian fleet into Straits of Salamis ⓘ |
| tookRefugeIn |
Artaxerxes I of Persia
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surface form:
court of Artaxerxes I
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Themistocles Description of subject: Themistocles was a prominent Athenian statesman and general best known for championing the Athenian navy and leading Greece to victory against Persia at the Battle of Salamis.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sullivan Stapleton as Themistocles