Bacchides
E94511
Bacchides was a Seleucid military commander and governor of the region beyond the Euphrates, known for leading campaigns against the Jewish rebels during the Maccabean Revolt in the 2nd century BCE.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bacchides canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T742375 — 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: Bacchides Context triple: [Maccabean Revolt, hasOpposingCommander, Bacchides]
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A.
Aristodemus
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Helinus
Helinus is a small genus of flowering plants known for its climbing or scrambling shrubs, classified within the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae.
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E.
Aristocles
Aristocles was the given birth name of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, one of the most influential figures in Western philosophy.
- 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: Bacchides Target entity description: Bacchides was a Seleucid military commander and governor of the region beyond the Euphrates, known for leading campaigns against the Jewish rebels during the Maccabean Revolt in the 2nd century BCE.
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A.
Aristodemus
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
Helinus
Helinus is a small genus of flowering plants known for its climbing or scrambling shrubs, classified within the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae.
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E.
Aristocles
Aristocles was the given birth name of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, one of the most influential figures in Western philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Seleucid general
ⓘ
ancient Greek person ⓘ governor ⓘ military commander ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | 2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Alcimus ⓘ |
| conflict | Maccabean Revolt ⓘ |
| country | Seleucid Empire ⓘ |
| culture | Hellenistic Greek ⓘ |
| employer | Seleucid Empire ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
1 Maccabees
ⓘ
2 Maccabees ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| notableFor | campaigns against Jewish rebels during the Maccabean Revolt ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
ⓘ
provincial governor ⓘ |
| opponent |
Hasmoneans
ⓘ
linked to:
Hasmonean dynasty
Jonathan Apphus ⓘ Judas Maccabeus ⓘ
linked to:
Maccabees
|
| positionHeld |
Seleucid military commander in Coele-Syria and Judea
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governor of the region beyond the Euphrates ⓘ |
| regionGoverned | Beyond the Euphrates ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Coele-Syria
ⓘ
Judea ⓘ |
| religion | Hellenistic paganism ⓘ |
| roleInEvent |
led Seleucid forces against Judas Maccabeus
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reinstated Alcimus as high priest in Jerusalem ⓘ |
| sentBy | Demetrius I Soter ⓘ |
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: Bacchides Description of subject: Bacchides was a Seleucid military commander and governor of the region beyond the Euphrates, known for leading campaigns against the Jewish rebels during the Maccabean Revolt in the 2nd century BCE.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.