Seven Sages of Greece
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The Seven Sages of Greece were a legendary group of early 6th-century BCE Greek statesmen, lawgivers, and philosophers renowned for their practical wisdom and pithy maxims.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Seven Sages of Greece canonical | 4 |
| Delphic maxims | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Seven Sages of Greece Context triple: [Solon of Athens, partOf, Seven Sages of Greece]
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A.
Delphic priests
Delphic priests were the male religious officials at the sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi who interpreted and conveyed the often-cryptic oracles delivered by the Pythia to petitioners.
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B.
Presocratic philosophers
Presocratic philosophers were early Greek thinkers before Socrates who sought natural and rational explanations for the cosmos, laying the foundations of Western philosophy and science.
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C.
Sophists
Sophists were itinerant professional teachers and intellectuals in ancient Greece, known for their skill in rhetoric and argumentation, often criticized for prioritizing persuasive success over truth.
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Three Philosophers
Three Philosophers is a philosophical work by Elizabeth Anscombe that engages deeply with themes in analytic philosophy, particularly ethics and the philosophy of mind.
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E.
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.
- 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: Seven Sages of Greece Target entity description: The Seven Sages of Greece were a legendary group of early 6th-century BCE Greek statesmen, lawgivers, and philosophers renowned for their practical wisdom and pithy maxims.
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A.
Delphic priests
Delphic priests were the male religious officials at the sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi who interpreted and conveyed the often-cryptic oracles delivered by the Pythia to petitioners.
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B.
Presocratic philosophers
Presocratic philosophers were early Greek thinkers before Socrates who sought natural and rational explanations for the cosmos, laying the foundations of Western philosophy and science.
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C.
Sophists
Sophists were itinerant professional teachers and intellectuals in ancient Greece, known for their skill in rhetoric and argumentation, often criticized for prioritizing persuasive success over truth.
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D.
Three Philosophers
Three Philosophers is a philosophical work by Elizabeth Anscombe that engages deeply with themes in analytic philosophy, particularly ethics and the philosophy of mind.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ancient Greek sages
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group of philosophers ⓘ legendary group ⓘ |
| alternativeMemberInSomeLists |
Anacharsis
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Myson of Chen ⓘ Pherecydes of Syros ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | symposium of the Seven Sages ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Delphi ⓘ |
| country |
Ancient Greece
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linked to:
Greek Antiquity
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| culturalSignificance |
exemplars of early Greek ethical thought
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sources of Delphic maxims ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Diogenes Laërtius’s Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
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Herodotus’s Histories ⓘ
linked to:
works of Herodotus
Plato’s dialogues ⓘ
linked to:
Dialogues of Plato
|
| era | Archaic Greece ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
lawgiving
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philosophy ⓘ statesmanship ⓘ |
| genre | gnomic wisdom ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Bias of Priene
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Chilon of Sparta ⓘ Cleobulus of Lindos ⓘ Periander of Corinth ⓘ
linked to:
Periander
Pittacus of Mytilene ⓘ Solon ⓘ
linked to:
Solon of Athens
Thales of Miletus ⓘ |
| hasMemberRole |
lawgiver
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philosopher ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| hasMotto |
A pledge is a curse at one’s elbow
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Know thyself ⓘ Most men are bad ⓘ Nothing in excess ⓘ Observe the right time ⓘ Practice makes perfect ⓘ Surety brings ruin ⓘ |
| influenced | later Greek moral philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Archaic Greek culture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
pithy maxims
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practical wisdom ⓘ |
| languageOfExpression | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mythology | Greek mythology and legend ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | 7 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| tradition | Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| typeOfWisdom |
political prudence
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practical ethics ⓘ |
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Subject: Seven Sages of Greece Description of subject: The Seven Sages of Greece were a legendary group of early 6th-century BCE Greek statesmen, lawgivers, and philosophers renowned for their practical wisdom and pithy maxims.
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