Ephorus of Cyme
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Ephorus of Cyme was a 4th-century BC Greek historian renowned for writing one of the earliest universal histories of the Greek world.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ephorus of Cyme canonical | 4 |
| Ephorus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4240093 — 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: Ephorus of Cyme Context triple: [Isocrates, student, Ephorus of Cyme]
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A.
Theopompus of Chios
Theopompus of Chios was a 4th-century BC Greek historian and rhetorician best known for his extensive historical works, including the "Hellenica" and the "Philippica."
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Hecataeus of Miletus
Hecataeus of Miletus was an early 5th-century BCE Greek historian and geographer, known for his pioneering works in ethnography and world geography.
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C.
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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D.
Strato of Lampsacus
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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E.
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.
- 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: Ephorus of Cyme Target entity description: Ephorus of Cyme was a 4th-century BC Greek historian renowned for writing one of the earliest universal histories of the Greek world.
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A.
Theopompus of Chios
Theopompus of Chios was a 4th-century BC Greek historian and rhetorician best known for his extensive historical works, including the "Hellenica" and the "Philippica."
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B.
Hecataeus of Miletus
Hecataeus of Miletus was an early 5th-century BCE Greek historian and geographer, known for his pioneering works in ethnography and world geography.
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C.
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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D.
Strato of Lampsacus
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek historian
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historiographer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| citedBy |
Diodorus Siculus
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Plutarch ⓘ Polybius ⓘ Strabo ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Cyme in Aeolis
ⓘ
linked to:
Cyme (Aeolis)
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| educatedAt | school of Isocrates ⓘ |
| era | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
historiography
ⓘ
history ⓘ |
| floruit | 4th century BC ⓘ |
| genre | historical writing ⓘ |
| givenName |
Ephorus
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linked to:
Ephorus of Cyme
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| historicalPeriod | 4th century BC Greek historiography ⓘ |
| influenced |
Diodorus Siculus
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Polybius ⓘ later Greek historians ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Herodotus
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Thucydides ⓘ |
| knownFor |
attempts at critical evaluation of sources
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systematic organization of historical material by topics and regions ⓘ writing one of the earliest universal histories of the Greek world ⓘ |
| legacy | considered an important link between Herodotus and later Hellenistic historians ⓘ |
| methodologicalContribution |
attempt to write a universal history rather than a local or city-based history
ⓘ
use of a unifying chronological framework for Greek history ⓘ |
| movement | Classical Greek historiography ⓘ |
| name | Ephorus of Cyme ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| notableWork | Universal History ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
ⓘ
teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Cyme in Aeolis
ⓘ
linked to:
Cyme (Aeolis)
|
| region | Aeolis ⓘ |
| sourceType | secondary source for earlier Greek history ⓘ |
| studentOf | Isocrates ⓘ |
| workCoverage |
Greek and non-Greek peoples
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events from mythical times to his own era ⓘ |
| workExtent | 29 books of universal history ⓘ |
| workStatus | survives only in fragments ⓘ |
| writingLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ephorus of Cyme Description of subject: Ephorus of Cyme was a 4th-century BC Greek historian renowned for writing one of the earliest universal histories of the Greek world.
Referenced by (5)
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linked to: Ephorus of Cyme