Aristodemus
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Aristodemus is a minor figure in ancient Greek philosophy, known primarily as a participant and narrator in Plato’s dialogue Symposium.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aristodemus canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T583329 — 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: Aristodemus Context triple: [Plato's Symposium, featuresCharacter, Aristodemus]
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A.
Aristocles
Aristocles was the given birth name of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, one of the most influential figures in Western philosophy.
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B.
Lamprocles
Lamprocles was one of the sons of the Athenian philosopher Socrates and his wife Xanthippe, mentioned in ancient sources mainly in relation to his famous father.
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C.
Amphictyon
Amphictyon is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as an early king of Athens and associated with the legendary Amphictyonic League.
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D.
Cirón
Cirón is a river in southwestern France known for flowing through the Sauternes wine region, where its cool misty microclimate helps produce the area’s famous sweet wines.
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E.
Polyzalus of Gela
Polyzalus of Gela was a 5th-century BC Sicilian Greek tyrant and member of the Deinomenid dynasty, known for his political power and for commissioning major dedications at panhellenic sanctuaries.
- 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: Aristodemus Target entity description: Aristodemus is a minor figure in ancient Greek philosophy, known primarily as a participant and narrator in Plato’s dialogue Symposium.
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A.
Aristocles
Aristocles was the given birth name of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, one of the most influential figures in Western philosophy.
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B.
Lamprocles
Lamprocles was one of the sons of the Athenian philosopher Socrates and his wife Xanthippe, mentioned in ancient sources mainly in relation to his famous father.
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C.
Amphictyon
Amphictyon is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as an early king of Athens and associated with the legendary Amphictyonic League.
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D.
Cirón
Cirón is a river in southwestern France known for flowing through the Sauternes wine region, where its cool misty microclimate helps produce the area’s famous sweet wines.
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E.
Polyzalus of Gela
Polyzalus of Gela was a 5th-century BC Sicilian Greek tyrant and member of the Deinomenid dynasty, known for his political power and for commissioning major dedications at panhellenic sanctuaries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ancient Greek person
ⓘ
Platonic character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Athens (literary setting) ⓘ |
| associatedWithPhilosopher | Socrates ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme | philosophy of love (eros) ⓘ |
| createdBy | Plato ⓘ |
| dialogueAppearance | Symposium (Plato) ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | Socratic dialogue ⓘ |
| historicity | uncertain ⓘ |
| knownFromWork |
Symposium
ⓘ
linked to:
Symposium (Plato)
|
| languageOfSources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | frame narrator of the Symposium ⓘ |
| nameInGreek | Ἀριστόδημος ⓘ |
| narratesTo |
Apollodorus
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus of Athens
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| philosophicalContext | Socratic circle ⓘ |
| presentAtEvent | banquet at Agathon's house ⓘ |
| reportsSpeechesOf |
Agathon
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Alcibiades ⓘ Aristophanes ⓘ Eryximachus ⓘ Pausanias ⓘ Phaedrus ⓘ Socrates ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
narrator in Plato's Symposium
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participant in Plato's Symposium ⓘ |
| sourceType | literary source only ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Classical Greece ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Aristodemus Description of subject: Aristodemus is a minor figure in ancient Greek philosophy, known primarily as a participant and narrator in Plato’s dialogue Symposium.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.