Hippias’ Trojan Dialogue
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Hippias’ Trojan Dialogue is a lost Sophistic work, likely a rhetorical or philosophical treatment of themes from the Trojan War, attributed to the 5th-century BCE sophist Hippias of Elis.
All labels observed (1)
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| Hippias’ Trojan Dialogue canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hippias’ Trojan Dialogue Context triple: [Hippias of Elis, hasWorkAttributed, Hippias’ Trojan Dialogue]
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Hippias Minor
Hippias Minor is a Socratic dialogue traditionally attributed to Plato, in which Socrates debates the nature of lying and whether the voluntary wrongdoer is better than the involuntary one.
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Hippias Major
Hippias Major is a Platonic dialogue in which Socrates and the sophist Hippias attempt, and repeatedly fail, to define the nature of beauty.
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Plato's Alcibiades II
Plato's Alcibiades II is a Socratic dialogue, traditionally attributed to Plato, in which Socrates advises the ambitious Athenian statesman Alcibiades on the nature of prayer, piety, and self-knowledge.
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Plato's Charmides
Plato's "Charmides" is a Socratic dialogue that explores the nature of temperance (sophrosyne) through a philosophical conversation between Socrates and the young Charmides, with characters like Critobulus appearing in the discussion.
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Xenophon’s Symposium
Xenophon’s Symposium is a Socratic dialogue by the ancient Greek writer Xenophon that portrays a lively banquet conversation exploring love, virtue, and the character of Socrates.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hippias’ Trojan Dialogue Target entity description: Hippias’ Trojan Dialogue is a lost Sophistic work, likely a rhetorical or philosophical treatment of themes from the Trojan War, attributed to the 5th-century BCE sophist Hippias of Elis.
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A.
Hippias Minor
Hippias Minor is a Socratic dialogue traditionally attributed to Plato, in which Socrates debates the nature of lying and whether the voluntary wrongdoer is better than the involuntary one.
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B.
Hippias Major
Hippias Major is a Platonic dialogue in which Socrates and the sophist Hippias attempt, and repeatedly fail, to define the nature of beauty.
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C.
Plato's Alcibiades II
Plato's Alcibiades II is a Socratic dialogue, traditionally attributed to Plato, in which Socrates advises the ambitious Athenian statesman Alcibiades on the nature of prayer, piety, and self-knowledge.
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D.
Plato's Charmides
Plato's "Charmides" is a Socratic dialogue that explores the nature of temperance (sophrosyne) through a philosophical conversation between Socrates and the young Charmides, with characters like Critobulus appearing in the discussion.
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E.
Xenophon’s Symposium
Xenophon’s Symposium is a Socratic dialogue by the ancient Greek writer Xenophon that portrays a lively banquet conversation exploring love, virtue, and the character of Socrates.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sophistic work
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ancient Greek prose work ⓘ dialogue ⓘ lost work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Greek philosophy
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Greek rhetoric ⓘ Sophistic movement ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Hippias of Elis ⓘ |
| author | Hippias of Elis ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical work
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rhetorical work ⓘ |
| historicalFigureDepicted | Trojan War heroes ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose dialogue (probable) ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Sophistic literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme | Trojan War ⓘ |
| originPlace | Greek world ⓘ |
| philosophicalContext | early Greek sophistry ⓘ |
| possibleForm | dialogue between mythological or heroic figures ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Homeric epics
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Trojan cycle myths ⓘ |
| scholarlyStatus | fragmentarily attested ⓘ |
| status | lost ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
mythological themes from the Trojan War
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rhetorical treatment of epic material ⓘ |
| survival | known only from later references ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| workCompleteness | extant only in title or brief notices ⓘ |
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Subject: Hippias’ Trojan Dialogue Description of subject: Hippias’ Trojan Dialogue is a lost Sophistic work, likely a rhetorical or philosophical treatment of themes from the Trojan War, attributed to the 5th-century BCE sophist Hippias of Elis.
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