Strato of Lampsacus
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Strato of Lampsacus was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Peripatetic school, known for his naturalistic explanations of the world and for succeeding Theophrastus as head of Aristotle’s Lyceum.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Strato of Lampsacus canonical | 8 |
| Straton of Lampsacus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3541147 — 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: Strato of Lampsacus Context triple: [Lampsacus, famousResident, Strato of Lampsacus]
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
Theodorus of Cyrene
Theodorus of Cyrene was an ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher known for his work on irrational numbers and for teaching prominent figures such as Plato’s associate Theaetetus.
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D.
Monimus of Syracuse
Monimus of Syracuse was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher known for his radical advocacy of asceticism and the rejection of conventional values and material wealth.
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E.
Zenodotus of Ephesus
Zenodotus of Ephesus was an ancient Greek grammarian and scholar, best known as the first librarian of the Library of Alexandria and an early editor of Homeric poetry.
- 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: Strato of Lampsacus Target entity description: Strato of Lampsacus was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Peripatetic school, known for his naturalistic explanations of the world and for succeeding Theophrastus as head of Aristotle’s Lyceum.
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
Theodorus of Cyrene
Theodorus of Cyrene was an ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher known for his work on irrational numbers and for teaching prominent figures such as Plato’s associate Theaetetus.
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D.
Monimus of Syracuse
Monimus of Syracuse was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher known for his radical advocacy of asceticism and the rejection of conventional values and material wealth.
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E.
Zenodotus of Ephesus
Zenodotus of Ephesus was an ancient Greek grammarian and scholar, best known as the first librarian of the Library of Alexandria and an early editor of Homeric poetry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aristotelian commentator
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Peripatetic philosopher ⓘ ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ head of the Lyceum ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Strato Physicus
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Straton of Lampsacus ⓘ
linked to:
Strato of Lampsacus
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| approximateDate | 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aristotle's Lyceum
ⓘ
linked to:
Lyceum of Aristotle
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| birthPlace | Lampsacus ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Ancient Greece
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linked to:
Greek Antiquity
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| doctrine | denial of providential divine governance of the world ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Aristotle's Lyceum
ⓘ
linked to:
Lyceum of Aristotle
|
| epithet | the Physicist ⓘ |
| era | Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
epistemology
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metaphysics ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ physics ⓘ psychology ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| follows | Theophrastus ⓘ |
| influenced |
Cicero
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Seneca the Younger ⓘ later Hellenistic natural philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Theophrastus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
emphasis on physical causes over teleology
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leadership of the Peripatetic school ⓘ naturalistic explanations of the world ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf | Peripatetic school ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
conception of void or vacuum in nature
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explanation of phenomena by physical forces rather than divine intervention ⓘ identification of heat as a fundamental physical principle ⓘ view that time is the measure of motion ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
ⓘ
teacher ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Peripateticism
ⓘ
linked to:
Peripatetic school
|
| philosophicalView |
emphasis on empirical observation
ⓘ
materialistic account of the soul ⓘ naturalism ⓘ rejection of final causes in nature ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Alexandria
ⓘ
Athens ⓘ |
| positionHeld | scholarch of the Lyceum ⓘ |
| religiousView | naturalistic interpretation of the gods ⓘ |
| studentOf | Theophrastus ⓘ |
| successor | Lyco of Troas ⓘ |
| workStatus | writings survive only in fragments and testimonia ⓘ |
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linked to: Strato of Lampsacus