Hipparchus
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Hipparchus is a short Socratic dialogue traditionally attributed to Plato, in which Socrates and his interlocutor discuss the nature of profit and the love of gain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hipparchus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8423692 — 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: Hipparchus Context triple: [Thrasyllan tetralogies, includesWork, Hipparchus]
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A.
Hipparchus
Hipparchus was an ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician renowned for founding trigonometry and creating one of the first comprehensive models of the motions of the Sun and Moon.
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B.
Hipparchus of Athens
Hipparchus of Athens was a 6th-century BCE Athenian tyrant of the Peisistratid family, known as a patron of the arts and for his assassination, which became a celebrated event in Athenian democratic lore.
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Aristarchus of Samothrace
Aristarchus of Samothrace was a prominent Hellenistic Greek scholar and head of the Library of Alexandria, renowned for his critical editions and commentaries on Homeric poetry.
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D.
Aristarchus
Aristarchus is a Christian companion of the Apostle Paul mentioned in the New Testament as one of his fellow workers and fellow prisoners.
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Aristarchus of Samos
Aristarchus of Samos was an ancient Greek astronomer who proposed a heliocentric model of the universe, placing the Sun at the center and the Earth in motion around it.
- 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: Hipparchus Target entity description: Hipparchus is a short Socratic dialogue traditionally attributed to Plato, in which Socrates and his interlocutor discuss the nature of profit and the love of gain.
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A.
Hipparchus
Hipparchus was an ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician renowned for founding trigonometry and creating one of the first comprehensive models of the motions of the Sun and Moon.
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B.
Hipparchus of Athens
Hipparchus of Athens was a 6th-century BCE Athenian tyrant of the Peisistratid family, known as a patron of the arts and for his assassination, which became a celebrated event in Athenian democratic lore.
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C.
Aristarchus of Samothrace
Aristarchus of Samothrace was a prominent Hellenistic Greek scholar and head of the Library of Alexandria, renowned for his critical editions and commentaries on Homeric poetry.
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D.
Aristarchus
Aristarchus is a Christian companion of the Apostle Paul mentioned in the New Testament as one of his fellow workers and fellow prisoners.
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E.
Aristarchus of Samos
Aristarchus of Samos was an ancient Greek astronomer who proposed a heliocentric model of the universe, placing the Sun at the center and the Earth in motion around it.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Socratic dialogue ⓘ |
| authorshipStatus | disputed ⓘ |
| corpus | Platonic corpus ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| dialogueForm | question-and-answer ⓘ |
| examinesConcept |
benefit
ⓘ
good and bad gain ⓘ self-interest ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | unnamed interlocutor ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
love of gain
ⓘ
nature of profit ⓘ |
| genre | ancient philosophical text ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Socrates ⓘ |
| hasTitleInGreek | Ἱππαρχος ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| length | short dialogue ⓘ |
| literaryForm | philosophical dialogue ⓘ |
| period | Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalMethod | elenchus ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Platonism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
love of gain
ⓘ
profit ⓘ value ⓘ |
| setting | Classical Athens ⓘ |
| tradition | Socratic literature ⓘ |
| traditionalAuthor | Plato ⓘ |
| workType | prose ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Hipparchus Description of subject: Hipparchus is a short Socratic dialogue traditionally attributed to Plato, in which Socrates and his interlocutor discuss the nature of profit and the love of gain.
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