Spartan king Pleistoanax
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Spartan king Pleistoanax was a 5th-century BCE Agiad ruler of Sparta known for his controversial leadership, including a peace-oriented policy toward Athens that led to his temporary exile.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King of Sparta | 1 |
| Spartan king Pleistoanax canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T565492 — 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: Spartan king Pleistoanax Context triple: [Second Sacred War, commandedBy, Spartan king Pleistoanax]
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A.
Battus I of Cyrene
Battus I of Cyrene was the first king of Cyrene and the founder of the Battiad dynasty in ancient Greek Libya.
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B.
Euthydemus
Euthydemus is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that satirically examines sophistry and the nature of wisdom through conversations between Socrates and two eristic brothers.
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C.
Cirón
Cirón is a river in southwestern France known for flowing through the Sauternes wine region, where its cool misty microclimate helps produce the area’s famous sweet wines.
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D.
Theokoleon
The Theokoleon is an ancient building complex at Olympia that served as the residence and headquarters of the priests of Zeus.
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E.
Sicel
Sicel was an ancient Indo-European language once spoken by the Sicel people in eastern Sicily before the dominance of Latin and Greek in the region.
- 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: Spartan king Pleistoanax Target entity description: Spartan king Pleistoanax was a 5th-century BCE Agiad ruler of Sparta known for his controversial leadership, including a peace-oriented policy toward Athens that led to his temporary exile.
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A.
Battus I of Cyrene
Battus I of Cyrene was the first king of Cyrene and the founder of the Battiad dynasty in ancient Greek Libya.
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B.
Euthydemus
Euthydemus is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that satirically examines sophistry and the nature of wisdom through conversations between Socrates and two eristic brothers.
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C.
Cirón
Cirón is a river in southwestern France known for flowing through the Sauternes wine region, where its cool misty microclimate helps produce the area’s famous sweet wines.
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D.
Theokoleon
The Theokoleon is an ancient building complex at Olympia that served as the residence and headquarters of the priests of Zeus.
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E.
Sicel
Sicel was an ancient Indo-European language once spoken by the Sicel people in eastern Sicily before the dominance of Latin and Greek in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
5th-century BCE Greek ruler
ⓘ
Agiad king of Sparta ⓘ Spartan king ⓘ |
| accusation | sparing Athens in exchange for money ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Oracle of Apollo
ⓘ
surface form:
Delphic oracle
|
| birthPlace | Sparta ⓘ |
| child |
Pausanias of Sparta
ⓘ
surface form:
Pausanias (king of Sparta)
|
| citizenship | Sparta ⓘ |
| coKingWith | Archidamus II ⓘ |
| conflict | tension with war party in Sparta ⓘ |
| country | Sparta ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Sparta ⓘ |
| era | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Spartans ⓘ |
| exileEnd | c. 427 BCE ⓘ |
| exilePlace | Mount Lykaion ⓘ |
| exileRegion | Arcadia ⓘ |
| exileStart | c. 446 BCE ⓘ |
| father | Pausanias the Regent ⓘ |
| grandfather |
Archidamus III
ⓘ
surface form:
Cleombrotus I
|
| historicalSource |
Pausanias
ⓘ
surface form:
Pausanias (geographer)
Thucydides ⓘ |
| involvedIn | First Peloponnesian War ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocating peace with Athens
ⓘ
controversial leadership in Sparta ⓘ temporary exile from Sparta ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| legacy | early advocate of negotiated peace with Athens ⓘ |
| militaryCommand | Spartan army in Attica ⓘ |
| name | Pleistoanax ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
led Spartan invasion of Attica in 446 BCE
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withdrew Spartan army from Attica without battle ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Spartan war party ⓘ |
| parent | Pausanias the Regent ⓘ |
| policy | peace-oriented policy toward Athens ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | pro-peace faction in Sparta ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Spartan king Pleistoanax
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
King of Sparta
|
| predecessor | Pleistarchus ⓘ |
| reasonForExile | accusations of accepting Athenian bribes ⓘ |
| regionRuled |
Sparta
ⓘ
surface form:
Lacedaemon
|
| reignEnd | c. 409 BCE ⓘ |
| reignInterrupted | true ⓘ |
| reignStart | 458 BCE ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| religiousAct | built or restored a sanctuary of Zeus on Mount Lykaion ⓘ |
| returnToPower | recalled from exile after consultation of the Delphic oracle ⓘ |
| royalHouse | Agiad dynasty ⓘ |
| spouse | unnamed Spartan woman of royal lineage ⓘ |
| successor |
Pausanias of Sparta
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surface form:
Pausanias (king of Sparta)
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Spartan king Pleistoanax Description of subject: Spartan king Pleistoanax was a 5th-century BCE Agiad ruler of Sparta known for his controversial leadership, including a peace-oriented policy toward Athens that led to his temporary exile.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Pleistoanax
this entity surface form:
King of Sparta