The Woman from Samos
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The Woman from Samos is an ancient Greek comedy by Menander that explores love, mistaken identity, and family intrigue in a domestic setting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Woman from Samos canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10138723 — 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: The Woman from Samos Context triple: [Samia, titleTranslation, The Woman from Samos]
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A.
Queen of Ithaca
Queen of Ithaca is the royal title held by Penelope, renowned in Greek mythology for her loyalty and cleverness during Odysseus’s long absence.
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B.
Queen of Lemnos
Queen of Lemnos is a mythological royal title held by Hypsipyle, who ruled the island of Lemnos in Greek mythology.
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C.
The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus
The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus is a dramatic Baroque painting by Peter Paul Rubens depicting the mythological abduction of Leucippus’s daughters by the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux.
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D.
The White Rose of Athens
The White Rose of Athens is a popular 1960s song that became one of Greek singer Nana Mouskouri’s signature international hits.
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E.
The Hazards of Helen
The Hazards of Helen is a pioneering American silent film serial from the 1910s, renowned for its action-packed railroad adventures and one of the earliest strong, independent female protagonists in cinema.
- 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: The Woman from Samos Target entity description: The Woman from Samos is an ancient Greek comedy by Menander that explores love, mistaken identity, and family intrigue in a domestic setting.
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A.
Queen of Ithaca
Queen of Ithaca is the royal title held by Penelope, renowned in Greek mythology for her loyalty and cleverness during Odysseus’s long absence.
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B.
Queen of Lemnos
Queen of Lemnos is a mythological royal title held by Hypsipyle, who ruled the island of Lemnos in Greek mythology.
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C.
The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus
The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus is a dramatic Baroque painting by Peter Paul Rubens depicting the mythological abduction of Leucippus’s daughters by the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux.
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D.
The White Rose of Athens
The White Rose of Athens is a popular 1960s song that became one of Greek singer Nana Mouskouri’s signature international hits.
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E.
The Hazards of Helen
The Hazards of Helen is a pioneering American silent film serial from the 1910s, renowned for its action-packed railroad adventures and one of the earliest strong, independent female protagonists in cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Comedy
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ancient Greek comedy ⓘ play ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition | late 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| author | Menander ⓘ |
| characterType |
family patriarch
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servants ⓘ young lovers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ancient Greece
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linked to:
Greek Antiquity
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| dramaticStructure | five-act structure (reconstructed) ⓘ |
| form | verse drama ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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domestic comedy ⓘ |
| influenced |
European comic drama
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later Roman comedy ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice |
concealed information
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misunderstandings ⓘ recognition scene ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of Menander’s comedies ⓘ |
| setting | domestic setting ⓘ |
| theme |
family intrigue
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family relationships ⓘ love ⓘ marriage ⓘ mistaken identity ⓘ parenthood ⓘ social norms ⓘ |
| tradition | Greek New Comedy tradition ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Woman from Samos Description of subject: The Woman from Samos is an ancient Greek comedy by Menander that explores love, mistaken identity, and family intrigue in a domestic setting.
Referenced by (1)
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