Olympiodorus the Elder
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Olympiodorus the Elder was a 5th-century Neoplatonist philosopher and teacher in Alexandria, known for his commentaries on Plato and Aristotle.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21659233 — 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: Olympiodorus the Elder Context triple: [Athenian Neoplatonic school, notablePhilosopher, Olympiodorus the Elder]
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Olympiodorus the Younger
Olympiodorus the Younger was a 6th-century Neoplatonist philosopher from Alexandria known for his commentaries on Plato and Aristotle and for helping preserve pagan philosophical traditions in a Christianizing world.
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Olympiodorus of Thebes
Olympiodorus of Thebes was a late antique Greek historian and diplomat whose now-lost historical work on the early 5th-century Roman Empire significantly influenced later writers such as Zosimus.
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Eudorus of Alexandria
Eudorus of Alexandria was an influential 1st-century BCE philosopher whose work helped shape Middle Platonism by reinterpreting Plato through Pythagorean and other earlier Greek traditions.
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D.
Onesicritus
Onesicritus was an ancient Greek historian and companion of Alexander the Great, known for his often embellished accounts of Alexander’s campaigns and voyages.
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E.
Leontius of Athens
Leontius of Athens was a prominent Athenian philosopher and rhetorician of late antiquity, best known as the father of the Byzantine empress and poet Aelia Eudocia.
- 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: Olympiodorus the Elder Target entity description: Olympiodorus the Elder was a 5th-century Neoplatonist philosopher and teacher in Alexandria, known for his commentaries on Plato and Aristotle.
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A.
Olympiodorus the Younger
Olympiodorus the Younger was a 6th-century Neoplatonist philosopher from Alexandria known for his commentaries on Plato and Aristotle and for helping preserve pagan philosophical traditions in a Christianizing world.
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B.
Olympiodorus of Thebes
Olympiodorus of Thebes was a late antique Greek historian and diplomat whose now-lost historical work on the early 5th-century Roman Empire significantly influenced later writers such as Zosimus.
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C.
Eudorus of Alexandria
Eudorus of Alexandria was an influential 1st-century BCE philosopher whose work helped shape Middle Platonism by reinterpreting Plato through Pythagorean and other earlier Greek traditions.
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D.
Onesicritus
Onesicritus was an ancient Greek historian and companion of Alexander the Great, known for his often embellished accounts of Alexander’s campaigns and voyages.
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E.
Leontius of Athens
Leontius of Athens was a prominent Athenian philosopher and rhetorician of late antiquity, best known as the father of the Byzantine empress and poet Aelia Eudocia.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.