Apoxyomenos (The Scraper)
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Apoxyomenos (The Scraper) is a famous Classical Greek bronze statue depicting an athlete cleaning himself with a strigil, celebrated for its dynamic pose and association with the sculptor Lysippus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Apoxyomenos (The Scraper) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17062937 — 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: Apoxyomenos (The Scraper) Context triple: [Lysippus, notableWork, Apoxyomenos (The Scraper)]
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A.
Kritios and Nesiotes
Kritios and Nesiotes were early Classical Athenian sculptors renowned for creating influential bronze statues that marked a transition toward more naturalistic representation in Greek art.
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B.
Eikonoklastes
Eikonoklastes is a 1649 prose work by John Milton that fiercely attacks the royalist image of King Charles I and defends the execution of the king.
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C.
Apelles
Apelles was a renowned ancient Greek painter, celebrated in classical antiquity for his exceptional skill and as the favored artist of Alexander the Great.
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D.
Creusa Painter
The Creusa Painter was an ancient Greek vase painter known for decorating Lucanian red-figure pottery with mythological and genre scenes in a distinctive regional style.
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E.
frieze of Parnassus
The frieze of Parnassus is a large sculptural relief on the Albert Memorial in London depicting numerous great poets, musicians, painters, architects, and other artists from history.
- 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: Apoxyomenos (The Scraper) Target entity description: Apoxyomenos (The Scraper) is a famous Classical Greek bronze statue depicting an athlete cleaning himself with a strigil, celebrated for its dynamic pose and association with the sculptor Lysippus.
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A.
Kritios and Nesiotes
Kritios and Nesiotes were early Classical Athenian sculptors renowned for creating influential bronze statues that marked a transition toward more naturalistic representation in Greek art.
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B.
Eikonoklastes
Eikonoklastes is a 1649 prose work by John Milton that fiercely attacks the royalist image of King Charles I and defends the execution of the king.
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C.
Apelles
Apelles was a renowned ancient Greek painter, celebrated in classical antiquity for his exceptional skill and as the favored artist of Alexander the Great.
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D.
Creusa Painter
The Creusa Painter was an ancient Greek vase painter known for decorating Lucanian red-figure pottery with mythological and genre scenes in a distinctive regional style.
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E.
frieze of Parnassus
The frieze of Parnassus is a large sculptural relief on the Albert Memorial in London depicting numerous great poets, musicians, painters, architects, and other artists from history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.