Catalogue of Ships
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The Catalogue of Ships is a famous passage in Homer’s Iliad that lists the Greek contingents, their leaders, and their homelands assembled for the Trojan War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Catalogue of Ships canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7253423 — 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: Catalogue of Ships Context triple: [On the Catalogue of Ships, subject, Catalogue of Ships]
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A.
On the Catalogue of Ships
On the Catalogue of Ships is an ancient scholarly work by Apollodorus of Athens that analyzes and comments on the famous ship list in Book 2 of Homer’s Iliad.
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B.
Victory ships
Victory ships were a class of faster, more durable American cargo vessels built during World War II to replace Liberty ships and support Allied logistics.
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C.
Ships
"Ships" is a pop ballad by American singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, released in 1979 and known for its emotional exploration of a strained father-son relationship.
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D.
The Shipbuilders
The Shipbuilders is a British wartime drama film depicting the lives and struggles of workers in a Clyde shipyard during World War II.
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E.
The Dock Yard
The Dock Yard is a nautical-themed area within Thorpe Park featuring maritime-inspired attractions, décor, and entertainment.
- 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: Catalogue of Ships Target entity description: The Catalogue of Ships is a famous passage in Homer’s Iliad that lists the Greek contingents, their leaders, and their homelands assembled for the Trojan War.
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A.
On the Catalogue of Ships
On the Catalogue of Ships is an ancient scholarly work by Apollodorus of Athens that analyzes and comments on the famous ship list in Book 2 of Homer’s Iliad.
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B.
Victory ships
Victory ships were a class of faster, more durable American cargo vessels built during World War II to replace Liberty ships and support Allied logistics.
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C.
Ships
"Ships" is a pop ballad by American singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, released in 1979 and known for its emotional exploration of a strained father-son relationship.
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D.
The Shipbuilders
The Shipbuilders is a British wartime drama film depicting the lives and struggles of workers in a Clyde shipyard during World War II.
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E.
The Dock Yard
The Dock Yard is a nautical-themed area within Thorpe Park featuring maritime-inspired attractions, décor, and entertainment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epic catalogue
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poetic passage ⓘ section of the Iliad ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Trojan War ⓘ |
| author | Homer ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek literature ⓘ |
| describes |
Greek contingents at Troy
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homelands of the Greek leaders ⓘ leaders of the Achaean forces ⓘ number of ships brought to Troy ⓘ |
| features |
Achaean contingents
ⓘ
Argive contingents ⓘ Boeotian contingents ⓘ Ithacan contingent ⓘ Myrmidon contingent ⓘ Spartan contingents ⓘ
linked to:
Spartan cavalry
leaders such as Achilles ⓘ leaders such as Agamemnon ⓘ leaders such as Ajax the Greater ⓘ leaders such as Ajax the Lesser ⓘ leaders such as Diomedes ⓘ leaders such as Menelaus ⓘ leaders such as Nestor ⓘ leaders such as Odysseus ⓘ |
| function |
display of poetic memory and skill
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enumeration of Greek forces ⓘ geographical survey of Greek world ⓘ |
| genre | epic poetry ⓘ |
| hasInterpretation |
poetic construct rather than historical record
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possible reflection of Mycenaean political geography ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hellenistic scholarship
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later epic catalogues ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedInWork | Book 2 of the Iliad ⓘ |
| meter | dactylic hexameter ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed listing of commanders
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length and density of place names ⓘ traditional formulaic language ⓘ |
| partOf |
Iliad
ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Iliad
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| relatedTo |
Trojan Battle Order in the Iliad
ⓘ
other epic catalogues in Greek and Latin poetry ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Homeric scholarship
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classical philology ⓘ historical geography of ancient Greece ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | mythical age of heroes ⓘ |
| tradition | oral epic tradition ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Catalogue of Ships Description of subject: The Catalogue of Ships is a famous passage in Homer’s Iliad that lists the Greek contingents, their leaders, and their homelands assembled for the Trojan War.
Referenced by (5)
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