Aristeas
E195043
Hellenistic Jewish author
Hellenistic Jewish literature
ancient writer
epistolary work
pseudepigraphic work
pseudonymous author
Aristeas is the purported Hellenistic Jewish author traditionally associated with the "Letter of Aristeas," a work describing the legendary Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible known as the Septuagint.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aristeas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1715957 — 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: Aristeas Context triple: [Letter of Aristeas, purportedAuthor, Aristeas]
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A.
Mnesicles
Mnesicles was a 5th-century BC Athenian architect best known for designing the monumental entrance complex to the Acropolis.
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B.
Apollodorus of Damascus
Apollodorus of Damascus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman architect and engineer known for designing major imperial projects under Emperor Trajan, including monumental buildings and infrastructure across the Roman Empire.
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C.
Antipater of Sidon
Antipater of Sidon was a 2nd-century BCE Greek poet best known for his epigrams and for composing one of the earliest surviving lists praising the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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D.
Heraclides Ponticus
Heraclides Ponticus was a 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher and astronomer known for proposing that the Earth rotates on its axis and for early heliocentric ideas.
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E.
Philo of Byzantium
Philo of Byzantium was a Hellenistic engineer and writer known for his works on mechanics and for one of the earliest surviving accounts of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
- 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: Aristeas Target entity description: Aristeas is the purported Hellenistic Jewish author traditionally associated with the "Letter of Aristeas," a work describing the legendary Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible known as the Septuagint.
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A.
Mnesicles
Mnesicles was a 5th-century BC Athenian architect best known for designing the monumental entrance complex to the Acropolis.
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B.
Apollodorus of Damascus
Apollodorus of Damascus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman architect and engineer known for designing major imperial projects under Emperor Trajan, including monumental buildings and infrastructure across the Roman Empire.
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C.
Antipater of Sidon
Antipater of Sidon was a 2nd-century BCE Greek poet best known for his epigrams and for composing one of the earliest surviving lists praising the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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D.
Heraclides Ponticus
Heraclides Ponticus was a 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher and astronomer known for proposing that the Earth rotates on its axis and for early heliocentric ideas.
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E.
Philo of Byzantium
Philo of Byzantium was a Hellenistic engineer and writer known for his works on mechanics and for one of the earliest surviving accounts of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic Jewish author
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Hellenistic Jewish literature ⓘ ancient writer ⓘ epistolary work ⓘ pseudepigraphic work ⓘ pseudonymous author ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alexandria
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Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Ptolemaic Egypt ⓘ
linked to:
Ptolemaic Kingdom
Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ Ptolemy II Philadelphus ⓘ Septuagint ⓘ |
| authorshipStatus |
disputed
ⓘ
pseudonymous ⓘ |
| centralFigure |
High Priest Eleazar
ⓘ
linked to:
Eleazar
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Hellenistic Judaism
ⓘ
linked to:
Hellenistic Jews
|
| describedIn | Letter of Aristeas ⓘ |
| describes |
commissioning of the Septuagint
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legendary translation of the Torah into Greek ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Jewish–Greek cultural interaction
ⓘ
biblical translation tradition ⓘ |
| historicity | uncertain ⓘ |
| influenced | later accounts of the Septuagint’s origin ⓘ |
| language | Koine Greek ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | scholarship on the Septuagint ⓘ |
| notableFor |
account of the creation of the Septuagint
ⓘ
depiction of Jewish law to a Greek audience ⓘ |
| primaryWork | Letter of Aristeas ⓘ |
| purportedEthnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| purportedOccupation | courtier at the Ptolemaic court ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInWork | narrator of the Letter of Aristeas ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| topic |
Jewish law
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Jewish wisdom ⓘ relations between Jews and Hellenistic rulers ⓘ |
| traditionallyAssociatedWith | Letter of Aristeas ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Jewish historians
ⓘ
early Christian authors ⓘ |
| workSubject |
origin of the Septuagint
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translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Aristeas Description of subject: Aristeas is the purported Hellenistic Jewish author traditionally associated with the "Letter of Aristeas," a work describing the legendary Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible known as the Septuagint.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.