Lion of Chaeronea
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The Lion of Chaeronea is an ancient funerary monument in Greece commemorating the Sacred Band of Thebes, who fell in the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lion of Chaeronea canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5730416 — 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: Lion of Chaeronea Context triple: [Chaeronea, hasMonument, Lion of Chaeronea]
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A.
Dying Gaul
Dying Gaul is an ancient Hellenistic marble sculpture depicting a wounded Gallic warrior in his final moments, renowned for its realistic anatomy and poignant expression of human suffering.
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B.
Parmenion
Parmenion was a prominent Macedonian general and trusted lieutenant of Alexander the Great, renowned for his key role in the early campaigns against the Persian Empire.
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C.
Pyrrhus of Epirus
Pyrrhus of Epirus was a Hellenistic Greek king and general, famed for his costly victories against Rome that gave rise to the term “Pyrrhic victory.”
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D.
Heracles of Macedon
Heracles of Macedon was the illegitimate son of Alexander the Great who became a short-lived claimant to the Macedonian throne during the turbulent Successor period.
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E.
Leonidas of Tarentum
Leonidas of Tarentum was an ancient Greek epigrammatist of the Hellenistic period, known for his concise, often melancholic poems preserved in the Greek Anthology.
- 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: Lion of Chaeronea Target entity description: The Lion of Chaeronea is an ancient funerary monument in Greece commemorating the Sacred Band of Thebes, who fell in the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC.
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A.
Dying Gaul
Dying Gaul is an ancient Hellenistic marble sculpture depicting a wounded Gallic warrior in his final moments, renowned for its realistic anatomy and poignant expression of human suffering.
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B.
Parmenion
Parmenion was a prominent Macedonian general and trusted lieutenant of Alexander the Great, renowned for his key role in the early campaigns against the Persian Empire.
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C.
Pyrrhus of Epirus
Pyrrhus of Epirus was a Hellenistic Greek king and general, famed for his costly victories against Rome that gave rise to the term “Pyrrhic victory.”
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D.
Heracles of Macedon
Heracles of Macedon was the illegitimate son of Alexander the Great who became a short-lived claimant to the Macedonian throne during the turbulent Successor period.
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E.
Leonidas of Tarentum
Leonidas of Tarentum was an ancient Greek epigrammatist of the Hellenistic period, known for his concise, often melancholic poems preserved in the Greek Anthology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek monument
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funerary monument ⓘ |
| approximateDate | 4th century BC ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Macedonian conquest of Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Macedonian expansion into Greece
Philip II of Macedon ⓘ Thebes ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Battle of Chaeronea ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient Greek sculpture
ⓘ
Monuments and memorials in Greece ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Battle of Chaeronea
ⓘ
Sacred Band of Thebes ⓘ
linked to:
Theban Sacred Band
Theban soldiers ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| culture |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| dedicatedTo |
Sacred Band of Thebes
ⓘ
linked to:
Theban Sacred Band
|
| depicts | lion ⓘ |
| discoveredInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| era |
Classical period of Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Classical Greece
|
| function |
tomb monument
ⓘ
war memorial ⓘ |
| hasType |
grave marker
ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | archaeological monument ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Chaeronea battlefield site
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanagra archaeological site
|
| locatedIn |
Boeotia
ⓘ
Chaeronea ⓘ Greece ⓘ |
| materialUsed | stone ⓘ |
| reconstructedInCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| yearOfEventCommemorated | 338 BC ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lion of Chaeronea Description of subject: The Lion of Chaeronea is an ancient funerary monument in Greece commemorating the Sacred Band of Thebes, who fell in the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC.
Referenced by (3)
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