house of Cephalus in Piraeus
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The house of Cephalus in Piraeus is the wealthy Athenian household on the city’s portside where Plato sets the opening conversation of the Republic.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| house of Cephalus in Piraeus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1685593 — 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: house of Cephalus in Piraeus Context triple: [Republic, setting, house of Cephalus in Piraeus]
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A.
Palace of Odysseus in Ithaca
The Palace of Odysseus in Ithaca is the legendary royal residence of the Homeric hero Odysseus, serving as the central setting for much of the Odyssey’s homecoming and family drama.
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B.
Telesterion at Eleusis
The Telesterion at Eleusis was the great initiation hall and central sanctuary of the Eleusinian Mysteries, one of ancient Greece’s most important religious cult centers.
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C.
South Stoa
The South Stoa is a long, colonnaded building in the sanctuary of Olympia, likely used for public gatherings, shelter, and possibly commercial or administrative activities in ancient Greece.
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D.
Old Temple of Athena
The Old Temple of Athena was an early Archaic sanctuary on the Athenian Acropolis dedicated to the city’s patron goddess, predating the Parthenon and serving as a central focus of her cult.
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E.
Stoa of the Athenians
The Stoa of the Athenians is an ancient colonnaded portico at Delphi, dedicated by the Athenians to commemorate their naval victories and to house war trophies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: house of Cephalus in Piraeus Target entity description: The house of Cephalus in Piraeus is the wealthy Athenian household on the city’s portside where Plato sets the opening conversation of the Republic.
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A.
Palace of Odysseus in Ithaca
The Palace of Odysseus in Ithaca is the legendary royal residence of the Homeric hero Odysseus, serving as the central setting for much of the Odyssey’s homecoming and family drama.
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B.
Telesterion at Eleusis
The Telesterion at Eleusis was the great initiation hall and central sanctuary of the Eleusinian Mysteries, one of ancient Greece’s most important religious cult centers.
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C.
South Stoa
The South Stoa is a long, colonnaded building in the sanctuary of Olympia, likely used for public gatherings, shelter, and possibly commercial or administrative activities in ancient Greece.
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D.
Old Temple of Athena
The Old Temple of Athena was an early Archaic sanctuary on the Athenian Acropolis dedicated to the city’s patron goddess, predating the Parthenon and serving as a central focus of her cult.
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E.
Stoa of the Athenians
The Stoa of the Athenians is an ancient colonnaded portico at Delphi, dedicated by the Athenians to commemorate their naval victories and to house war trophies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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house ⓘ literary setting ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Republic ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
justice
ⓘ
old age and wealth ⓘ relationship between wealth and virtue ⓘ |
| characterizedAs | wealthy household ⓘ |
| country |
ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| culturalContext |
classical Athens
ⓘ
linked to:
Classical Athens
|
| describedInWork | Republic ⓘ |
| economicBasis | shield-manufacturing business of Cephalus ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Republic, Book I ⓘ |
| genreContext | Socratic dialogue ⓘ |
| hasGuest |
Adeimantus
ⓘ
Glaucon ⓘ Socrates ⓘ Thrasymachus ⓘ other interlocutors in the Republic ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn | framing device for the dialogue in the Republic ⓘ |
| inhabitant |
Cephalus
ⓘ
Euthydemus (son of Cephalus) ⓘ Lysias ⓘ
linked to:
Hypereides
Polemarchus ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Piraeus
ⓘ
ancient Athens ⓘ
linked to:
Classical Athens
port of Athens ⓘ
linked to:
Piraeus
|
| narrativeFunction | starting point for the philosophical inquiry of the Republic ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | described by Socrates as first-person narrator ⓘ |
| near |
harbor of Piraeus
ⓘ
linked to:
Piraeus
|
| openingSceneOf | Republic ⓘ |
| owner | Cephalus ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Lives of the Ten Orators (for historical Cephalus and his family) ⓘ |
| settingOfEvent |
discussion on justice with Polemarchus
ⓘ
initial conversation between Socrates and Cephalus ⓘ introduction of Thrasymachus ⓘ |
| socialStatus | affluent ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 5th century BCE (dramatic setting) ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Adeimantus
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Glaucon ⓘ Socrates ⓘ Thrasymachus ⓘ other companions of Socrates ⓘ |
| workAuthor | Plato ⓘ |
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