Demaratus of Sparta
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Demaratus of Sparta was a deposed Spartan king of the Eurypontid line who later fled to Persia and advised Xerxes during the Greco-Persian Wars.
All labels observed (1)
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| Demaratus of Sparta canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21430704 — 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: Demaratus of Sparta Context triple: [Cleomenes I of Sparta, opponent, Demaratus of Sparta]
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Cleombrotus I of Sparta
Cleombrotus I of Sparta was a 4th-century BC Spartan king of the Agiad dynasty, best known for leading the Spartan forces to defeat and death at the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC, which marked the end of Sparta’s military supremacy in Greece.
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Aristodemus of Sparta
Aristodemus of Sparta was a Spartan warrior known for surviving the Battle of Thermopylae and later seeking to redeem his honor through heroic death in battle.
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Oebalus of Sparta
Oebalus of Sparta was a mythological king of Sparta in Greek tradition, known as a descendant of the hero Heracles and an ancestor of several prominent Spartan royal figures.
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Pleistarchus of Sparta
Pleistarchus of Sparta was a 5th-century BC Spartan king of the Agiad dynasty, son of Leonidas I and Gorgo, whose early reign was overseen by the regent Pausanias.
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Lysander of Sparta
Lysander of Sparta was a prominent 5th-century BC Spartan naval commander and statesman who led Sparta to victory over Athens in the Peloponnesian War.
- 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: Demaratus of Sparta Target entity description: Demaratus of Sparta was a deposed Spartan king of the Eurypontid line who later fled to Persia and advised Xerxes during the Greco-Persian Wars.
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A.
Cleombrotus I of Sparta
Cleombrotus I of Sparta was a 4th-century BC Spartan king of the Agiad dynasty, best known for leading the Spartan forces to defeat and death at the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC, which marked the end of Sparta’s military supremacy in Greece.
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B.
Aristodemus of Sparta
Aristodemus of Sparta was a Spartan warrior known for surviving the Battle of Thermopylae and later seeking to redeem his honor through heroic death in battle.
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C.
Oebalus of Sparta
Oebalus of Sparta was a mythological king of Sparta in Greek tradition, known as a descendant of the hero Heracles and an ancestor of several prominent Spartan royal figures.
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D.
Pleistarchus of Sparta
Pleistarchus of Sparta was a 5th-century BC Spartan king of the Agiad dynasty, son of Leonidas I and Gorgo, whose early reign was overseen by the regent Pausanias.
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E.
Lysander of Sparta
Lysander of Sparta was a prominent 5th-century BC Spartan naval commander and statesman who led Sparta to victory over Athens in the Peloponnesian War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.