Ictinus
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Ictinus was a 5th-century BC Athenian architect renowned as one of the principal designers of the Parthenon and other major Classical Greek temples.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T118832 — 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: Ictinus Context triple: [Acropolis of Athens, architectOfParthenon, Ictinus]
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Lamprocles
Lamprocles was one of the sons of the Athenian philosopher Socrates and his wife Xanthippe, mentioned in ancient sources mainly in relation to his famous father.
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Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
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Dædalus
Dædalus is a scholarly journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences that features interdisciplinary essays on culture, science, public affairs, and the arts.
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D.
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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E.
Charioteer of Delphi
The Charioteer of Delphi is a renowned ancient Greek bronze statue from around 470 BCE, celebrated for its realistic detail and serene expression, and considered a masterpiece of early Classical sculpture.
- 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: Ictinus Target entity description: Ictinus was a 5th-century BC Athenian architect renowned as one of the principal designers of the Parthenon and other major Classical Greek temples.
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A.
Lamprocles
Lamprocles was one of the sons of the Athenian philosopher Socrates and his wife Xanthippe, mentioned in ancient sources mainly in relation to his famous father.
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B.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
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C.
Dædalus
Dædalus is a scholarly journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences that features interdisciplinary essays on culture, science, public affairs, and the arts.
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D.
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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E.
Charioteer of Delphi
The Charioteer of Delphi is a renowned ancient Greek bronze statue from around 470 BCE, celebrated for its realistic detail and serene expression, and considered a masterpiece of early Classical sculpture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athenian
ⓘ
ancient Greek architect ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn |
Athens
ⓘ
Bassae ⓘ
linked to:
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
Eleusis ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Classical Greek architecture
ⓘ
Doric order ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity |
Apollo Epicurius
ⓘ
Athena Parthenos ⓘ |
| citizenship | Athens ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Callicrates
ⓘ
Phidias ⓘ |
| country |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| culture | Classical Greek ⓘ |
| designed |
Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis
ⓘ
linked to:
the Parthenon
Telesterion (initiation hall) at Eleusis ⓘ
linked to:
Telesterion at Eleusis
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae in Arcadia ⓘ
linked to:
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
|
| employer | Periclean building program ⓘ |
| era |
Periclean Age
ⓘ
linked to:
Age of Pericles
|
| fieldOfWork | temple architecture ⓘ |
| floruit | 5th century BC ⓘ |
| genre | religious architecture ⓘ |
| hasWorkLocation |
Acropolis of Athens
ⓘ
Bassae ⓘ
linked to:
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
Eleusis ⓘ |
| influenced | later Classical Greek architects ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier Doric temple traditions ⓘ |
| knownFor |
major contributions to the Acropolis of Athens
ⓘ
precision of proportion in temple design ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Pausanias’ Description of Greece
ⓘ
Plutarch’s Life of Pericles ⓘ
linked to:
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives
|
| notableWork |
Parthenon
ⓘ
linked to:
the Parthenon
Telesterion at Eleusis ⓘ Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae ⓘ |
| occupation | architect ⓘ |
| role | principal designer of the Parthenon ⓘ |
| subjectOf | ancient Greek architectural treatises (lost or fragmentary) ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Classical period of Ancient Greece ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ictinus Description of subject: Ictinus was a 5th-century BC Athenian architect renowned as one of the principal designers of the Parthenon and other major Classical Greek temples.
Referenced by (8)
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