Antiphon
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Antiphon was an ancient Greek sophist, orator, and early rhetorician known for his contributions to persuasive speech and political discourse in classical Athens.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Antiphon canonical | 5 |
| Antiphon of Rhamnus | 1 |
| Antiphon the Orator | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3591507 — 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: Antiphon Context triple: [Sophists, includesMember, Antiphon]
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A.
Prodicus
Prodicus was a 5th-century BCE Greek sophist and philosopher from Ceos, known for his precise distinctions between words and his influential moral allegory "The Choice of Heracles."
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B.
Timaeus of Locri
Timaeus of Locri is a Pythagorean philosopher, known primarily as the central speaker in Plato’s dialogue "Timaeus," where he expounds a cosmological account of the universe’s creation and structure.
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C.
Eubulides of Miletus
Eubulides of Miletus was a 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher of the Megarian school, best known for formulating several famous logical paradoxes.
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D.
Isocrates
Isocrates was a prominent 4th-century BCE Athenian orator and rhetorician, renowned for his influential school of rhetoric and his political writings that shaped classical Greek education and thought.
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E.
Protagoras
Protagoras was a pre-Socratic Greek sophist and philosopher best known for his relativistic claim that "man is the measure of all things."
- 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: Antiphon Target entity description: Antiphon was an ancient Greek sophist, orator, and early rhetorician known for his contributions to persuasive speech and political discourse in classical Athens.
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A.
Prodicus
Prodicus was a 5th-century BCE Greek sophist and philosopher from Ceos, known for his precise distinctions between words and his influential moral allegory "The Choice of Heracles."
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B.
Timaeus of Locri
Timaeus of Locri is a Pythagorean philosopher, known primarily as the central speaker in Plato’s dialogue "Timaeus," where he expounds a cosmological account of the universe’s creation and structure.
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C.
Eubulides of Miletus
Eubulides of Miletus was a 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher of the Megarian school, best known for formulating several famous logical paradoxes.
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D.
Isocrates
Isocrates was a prominent 4th-century BCE Athenian orator and rhetorician, renowned for his influential school of rhetoric and his political writings that shaped classical Greek education and thought.
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E.
Protagoras
Protagoras was a pre-Socratic Greek sophist and philosopher best known for his relativistic claim that "man is the measure of all things."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athenian politician
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ancient Greek sophist ⓘ logographer ⓘ orator ⓘ rhetorician ⓘ |
| activeIn | Classical Athens ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Antiphon of Rhamnus
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linked to:
Antiphon
Antiphon the Orator ⓘ
linked to:
Antiphon
|
| birthPlace |
Attica
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Classical Athens ⓘ Rhamnus ⓘ
linked to:
Rhamnusia
|
| bornInCentury | 5th century BC ⓘ |
| citizenship | Athens ⓘ |
| country |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| diedInCentury | 5th century BC ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
forensic oratory
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political oratory ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ sophistic thought ⓘ |
| floruit | 5th century BC ⓘ |
| genre |
forensic speeches
ⓘ
tetralogies ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Peloponnesian War era
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linked to:
Peloponnesian War
|
| influenced |
development of rhetorical theory in Greece
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later Attic orators ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to persuasive speech
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early development of Attic oratory ⓘ logographic speeches for legal cases ⓘ political discourse in classical Athens ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| movement | Sophistic movement ⓘ |
| name | Antiphon ⓘ |
| notableEvent | trial after the fall of the oligarchy of the Four Hundred ⓘ |
| occupation |
orator
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politician ⓘ rhetorician ⓘ sophist ⓘ speechwriter ⓘ |
| participatedIn | politics of late 5th-century Athens ⓘ |
| politicalAffiliation | oligarchic faction in Athens ⓘ |
| politicalRole | supporter of the oligarchic coup of 411 BC ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
logical argumentation
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use of antithesis and balanced structure ⓘ |
| workAuthored |
Against the Stepmother for Poisoning
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On the Choreutes ⓘ On the Murder of Herodes ⓘ Tetralogies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Antiphon Description of subject: Antiphon was an ancient Greek sophist, orator, and early rhetorician known for his contributions to persuasive speech and political discourse in classical Athens.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Antiphon
linked to: Antiphon
subject linked to:
Lives of the Ten Orators (for historical Cephalus and his family)