Hermias of Alexandria
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Hermias of Alexandria was a 5th-century Neoplatonist philosopher and commentator, known especially for his lectures and surviving commentary on Plato’s "Phaedrus."
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21659234 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hermias of Alexandria Context triple: [Athenian Neoplatonic school, notablePhilosopher, Hermias of Alexandria]
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Hipparchia of Maroneia
Hipparchia of Maroneia was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher, renowned as one of the few known female philosophers of antiquity and for her unconventional life and public rejection of traditional gender roles.
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Hypata
Hypata was an ancient Greek city that served as the principal urban center of the Ainianes tribe in central Greece.
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Hypatia
Hypatia is an 1853 historical novel by Charles Kingsley that dramatizes the life and death of the philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria amid the religious and political turmoil of late Roman Egypt.
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Hypatia
Hypatia was a renowned late antique philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer from Alexandria, celebrated as one of the earliest known female scholars in the history of science.
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Hegesipyle of Thrace
Hegesipyle of Thrace was a Thracian noblewoman known primarily as the wife of the Athenian statesman and general Cimon.
- 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: Hermias of Alexandria Target entity description: Hermias of Alexandria was a 5th-century Neoplatonist philosopher and commentator, known especially for his lectures and surviving commentary on Plato’s "Phaedrus."
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A.
Hipparchia of Maroneia
Hipparchia of Maroneia was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher, renowned as one of the few known female philosophers of antiquity and for her unconventional life and public rejection of traditional gender roles.
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B.
Hypata
Hypata was an ancient Greek city that served as the principal urban center of the Ainianes tribe in central Greece.
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C.
Hypatia
Hypatia is an 1853 historical novel by Charles Kingsley that dramatizes the life and death of the philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria amid the religious and political turmoil of late Roman Egypt.
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D.
Hypatia
Hypatia was a renowned late antique philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer from Alexandria, celebrated as one of the earliest known female scholars in the history of science.
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E.
Hegesipyle of Thrace
Hegesipyle of Thrace was a Thracian noblewoman known primarily as the wife of the Athenian statesman and general Cimon.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.