Cleitarchus
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Cleitarchus was an ancient Greek historian best known for his influential but often sensationalized account of Alexander the Great’s campaigns, which shaped much of the later Alexander tradition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cleitarchus canonical | 1 |
| Cleitarchus (indirectly) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15182240 — 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: Cleitarchus Context triple: [Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander, usesSourceCritically, Cleitarchus]
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A.
Agatharchides
Agatharchides was a 2nd-century BCE Greek historian and geographer known for his detailed accounts of the Red Sea and Arabian regions.
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B.
Theopompus of Chios
Theopompus of Chios was a 4th-century BC Greek historian and rhetorician best known for his extensive historical works, including the "Hellenica" and the "Philippica."
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C.
Ephorus of Cyme
Ephorus of Cyme was a 4th-century BC Greek historian renowned for writing one of the earliest universal histories of the Greek world.
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D.
Hypereides
Hypereides was a prominent Athenian orator and politician of the 4th century BCE, known for his role in the resistance against Macedonian influence and his skilled courtroom speeches.
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E.
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Dionysius of Halicarnassus was a Greek historian and rhetorician of the 1st century BC, best known for his work "Roman Antiquities," which offers a detailed account of early Roman history and institutions.
- 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: Cleitarchus Target entity description: Cleitarchus was an ancient Greek historian best known for his influential but often sensationalized account of Alexander the Great’s campaigns, which shaped much of the later Alexander tradition.
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A.
Agatharchides
Agatharchides was a 2nd-century BCE Greek historian and geographer known for his detailed accounts of the Red Sea and Arabian regions.
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B.
Theopompus of Chios
Theopompus of Chios was a 4th-century BC Greek historian and rhetorician best known for his extensive historical works, including the "Hellenica" and the "Philippica."
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C.
Ephorus of Cyme
Ephorus of Cyme was a 4th-century BC Greek historian renowned for writing one of the earliest universal histories of the Greek world.
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D.
Hypereides
Hypereides was a prominent Athenian orator and politician of the 4th century BCE, known for his role in the resistance against Macedonian influence and his skilled courtroom speeches.
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E.
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Dionysius of Halicarnassus was a Greek historian and rhetorician of the 1st century BC, best known for his work "Roman Antiquities," which offers a detailed account of early Roman history and institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cleitarchus (indirectly)