the Ten Thousand
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The Ten Thousand were a large army of Greek mercenaries who famously marched deep into the Persian Empire and then fought their way back home, as recounted in Xenophon’s Anabasis.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| the Ten Thousand canonical | 3 |
| Ten Thousand | 1 |
| The Ten Thousand | 1 |
| pursuit of the Ten Thousand | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3590714 — 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: the Ten Thousand Context triple: [Anabasis, narrativeFocus, the Ten Thousand]
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A.
Tale of Bygone Years
Tale of Bygone Years is a foundational medieval East Slavic chronicle that narrates the early history, legends, and Christianization of the Kievan Rus'.
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B.
The Twelve
The Twelve is a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible, often treated as a single unified work within the Minor Prophets.
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C.
Aenianes
The Aenianes were an ancient Greek tribe from central Greece, known for their participation in regional religious and political alliances such as the Amphictyonic League.
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D.
La Edad de Oro
La Edad de Oro is a 19th-century Spanish-language magazine and collection of stories and essays for children written by José Martí, aimed at educating and inspiring young Latin Americans.
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E.
The Tale
The Tale is a 2018 autobiographical drama film written and directed by Jennifer Fox, in which she reexamines a sexual relationship from her youth to confront the nature of memory and abuse.
- 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: the Ten Thousand Target entity description: The Ten Thousand were a large army of Greek mercenaries who famously marched deep into the Persian Empire and then fought their way back home, as recounted in Xenophon’s Anabasis.
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A.
Tale of Bygone Years
Tale of Bygone Years is a foundational medieval East Slavic chronicle that narrates the early history, legends, and Christianization of the Kievan Rus'.
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B.
The Twelve
The Twelve is a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible, often treated as a single unified work within the Minor Prophets.
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C.
Aenianes
The Aenianes were an ancient Greek tribe from central Greece, known for their participation in regional religious and political alliances such as the Amphictyonic League.
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D.
La Edad de Oro
La Edad de Oro is a 19th-century Spanish-language magazine and collection of stories and essays for children written by José Martí, aimed at educating and inspiring young Latin Americans.
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E.
The Tale
The Tale is a 2018 autobiographical drama film written and directed by Jennifer Fox, in which she reexamines a sexual relationship from her youth to confront the nature of memory and abuse.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek mercenary army
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historical military unit ⓘ |
| approximateSize | 10000 soldiers ⓘ |
| composedOf |
hoplites
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light infantry ⓘ peltasts ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
central narrative of Xenophon’s Anabasis
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inspired later literature on long retreats and marches ⓘ |
| destinationRegion | Black Sea ⓘ |
| documentedBy | Xenophon ⓘ |
| documentedIn | Anabasis ⓘ |
| employedBy | Cyrus the Younger ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Greek ⓘ |
| foughtIn |
Battle of Cunaxa
ⓘ
Campaign of Cyrus the Younger against Artaxerxes II ⓘ
linked to:
Cyrus the Younger’s revolt
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| hasAlternativeName |
Greek mercenaries of Cyrus the Younger
ⓘ
linked to:
Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries
Xenophon’s Ten Thousand ⓘ
linked to:
Anabasis
the Ten Thousand ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
demonstrated vulnerability of the Achaemenid Empire to disciplined Greek infantry
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influenced later Greek and Macedonian campaigns in Asia ⓘ |
| languageOfForces | Greek ⓘ |
| leader |
Cheirisophus
ⓘ
Clearchus of Sparta ⓘ Menon ⓘ
linked to:
Menon of Thessaly
Proxenus ⓘ Socrates of Achaea ⓘ Xenophon ⓘ |
| militaryTactics |
Greek hoplite phalanx
ⓘ
combined arms of heavy and light infantry ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Battle of Cunaxa and death of Cyrus the Younger
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cry of “Thalatta! Thalatta!” on sighting the sea ⓘ election of new leaders including Xenophon ⓘ loss of senior Greek generals by Persian treachery ⓘ march to Trapezus on the Black Sea ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Achaemenid Empire
ⓘ
Anatolia ⓘ Armenia ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Artaxerxes II of Persia
ⓘ
linked to:
Artaxerxes II
Tissaphernes ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
march up-country into the Persian Empire
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retreat from Mesopotamia to the Black Sea ⓘ |
| recruitmentRegions |
Boeotia
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Ionia ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ Thessaly ⓘ |
| servedAs | mercenaries ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
401 BC
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late 5th century BC ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: the Ten Thousand Description of subject: The Ten Thousand were a large army of Greek mercenaries who famously marched deep into the Persian Empire and then fought their way back home, as recounted in Xenophon’s Anabasis.
Referenced by (6)
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the Ten Thousand
linked to: the Ten Thousand
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