The Woman from Pontus
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The Woman from Pontus is a lost comedy by the ancient Greek playwright Diphilus, likely centered on a female character from the Black Sea region of Pontus and typical of New Comedy’s focus on domestic and social themes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Woman from Pontus canonical | 1 |
| The Woman from Sinope | 1 |
| The Woman from Thasos | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10138986 — 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 Pontus Context triple: [Diphilus, hasWork, The Woman from Pontus]
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A.
The Woman from Samos
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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B.
The Woman from Corinth
The Woman from Corinth is a lost ancient Greek comedy by the playwright Diphilus, likely centered on domestic and romantic entanglements characteristic of New Comedy.
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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 Girl from Samos
The Girl from Samos is an ancient Greek comedy by Menander that humorously explores love, mistaken identity, and social conventions in classical Athens.
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E.
The Girl from Samos
The Girl from Samos is a lost comedy by the ancient Greek playwright Diphilus, known from later references and adaptations in Roman New Comedy.
- 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 Pontus Target entity description: The Woman from Pontus is a lost comedy by the ancient Greek playwright Diphilus, likely centered on a female character from the Black Sea region of Pontus and typical of New Comedy’s focus on domestic and social themes.
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A.
The Woman from Samos
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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B.
The Woman from Corinth
The Woman from Corinth is a lost ancient Greek comedy by the playwright Diphilus, likely centered on domestic and romantic entanglements characteristic of New Comedy.
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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 Girl from Samos
The Girl from Samos is an ancient Greek comedy by Menander that humorously explores love, mistaken identity, and social conventions in classical Athens.
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E.
The Girl from Samos
The Girl from Samos is a lost comedy by the ancient Greek playwright Diphilus, known from later references and adaptations in Roman New Comedy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lost ancient Greek comedy
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play ⓘ |
| associatedPlaywrightMovement |
New Comedy playwrights
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linked to:
Attic New Comedy
|
| attributionStatus |
securely attributed to Diphilus
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linked to:
Diphilus
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| author | Diphilus ⓘ |
| centralCharacterType | woman from Pontus ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Athenian theatre ⓘ |
| currentStatus | lost work ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | comedy ⓘ |
| dramaticPeriod | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| genre | New Comedy ⓘ |
| knownThrough |
fragmentary quotations
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later ancient references ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryCategory |
Greek drama
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classical literature ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Ancient Greek New Comedy ⓘ |
| originalStatus | stage play ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| probableSettingArea | Black Sea region ⓘ |
| probableSettingRegion | Pontus ⓘ |
| relatedRegionInTitle | Pontus ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | interpersonal and household affairs ⓘ |
| survival | known only from fragments and testimonia ⓘ |
| thematicFocus |
domestic life
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social relations ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | 3rd century BCE (approximate) ⓘ |
| workStatus | extant only in fragments ⓘ |
| workTitleType | conventional English title ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Woman from Pontus Description of subject: The Woman from Pontus is a lost comedy by the ancient Greek playwright Diphilus, likely centered on a female character from the Black Sea region of Pontus and typical of New Comedy’s focus on domestic and social themes.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.