Aristodemus of Sparta
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Aristodemus of Sparta was a Spartan warrior known for surviving the Battle of Thermopylae and later seeking to redeem his honor through heroic death in battle.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aristodemus of Sparta canonical | 1 |
| Aristodemus the Messenian | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15291732 — 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: Aristodemus of Sparta Context triple: [Ἀριστόδημος, hasNotableBearer, Aristodemus of Sparta]
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A.
Pleistarchus of Sparta
Pleistarchus of Sparta was a 5th-century BC Spartan king of the Agiad dynasty, son of Leonidas I and Gorgo, whose early reign was overseen by the regent Pausanias.
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Clearchus of Sparta
Clearchus of Sparta was a 5th-century BC Spartan general best known for commanding Greek mercenaries in Cyrus the Younger's campaign against Artaxerxes II, as famously recounted in Xenophon's Anabasis.
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Oebalus of Sparta
Oebalus of Sparta was a mythological king of Sparta in Greek tradition, known as a descendant of the hero Heracles and an ancestor of several prominent Spartan royal figures.
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D.
Cleombrotus I of Sparta
Cleombrotus I of Sparta was a 4th-century BC Spartan king of the Agiad dynasty, best known for leading the Spartan forces to defeat and death at the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC, which marked the end of Sparta’s military supremacy in Greece.
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E.
Leonidas of Naxos
Leonidas of Naxos was an ancient Greek figure from the island of Naxos, notable enough in antiquity to have the Leonidaion building named in his honor.
- 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: Aristodemus of Sparta Target entity description: Aristodemus of Sparta was a Spartan warrior known for surviving the Battle of Thermopylae and later seeking to redeem his honor through heroic death in battle.
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A.
Pleistarchus of Sparta
Pleistarchus of Sparta was a 5th-century BC Spartan king of the Agiad dynasty, son of Leonidas I and Gorgo, whose early reign was overseen by the regent Pausanias.
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B.
Clearchus of Sparta
Clearchus of Sparta was a 5th-century BC Spartan general best known for commanding Greek mercenaries in Cyrus the Younger's campaign against Artaxerxes II, as famously recounted in Xenophon's Anabasis.
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C.
Oebalus of Sparta
Oebalus of Sparta was a mythological king of Sparta in Greek tradition, known as a descendant of the hero Heracles and an ancestor of several prominent Spartan royal figures.
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D.
Cleombrotus I of Sparta
Cleombrotus I of Sparta was a 4th-century BC Spartan king of the Agiad dynasty, best known for leading the Spartan forces to defeat and death at the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC, which marked the end of Sparta’s military supremacy in Greece.
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E.
Leonidas of Naxos
Leonidas of Naxos was an ancient Greek figure from the island of Naxos, notable enough in antiquity to have the Leonidaion building named in his honor.
- 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:
Aristodemus the Messenian