Agesander of Rhodes
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Agesander of Rhodes was an ancient Greek sculptor, active in the Hellenistic period, renowned as one of the creators of the celebrated marble group Laocoön and His Sons.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Agesander of Rhodes canonical | 1 |
| Athanodoros of Rhodes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17200454 — 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: Agesander of Rhodes Context triple: [Laocoön and His Sons, attributedTo, Agesander of Rhodes]
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A.
Hecato of Rhodes
Hecato of Rhodes was a prominent Stoic philosopher of the Middle Stoa known for his ethical writings and influence on later Roman thinkers such as Cicero.
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Andronicus of Rhodes
Andronicus of Rhodes was a 1st-century BCE Peripatetic philosopher best known for editing and organizing Aristotle’s works, which greatly influenced their transmission and interpretation in later antiquity.
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C.
Ancaeus of Samos
Ancaeus of Samos is a figure in Greek mythology known as a son of Poseidon and a skilled seafarer and Argonaut.
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D.
Aristeus of Corinth
Aristeus of Corinth was a 5th-century BC Corinthian general noted for leading Corinthian forces against Athens during the early stages of the Peloponnesian War.
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E.
Apollodorus of Phaleron
Apollodorus of Phaleron was an Athenian follower of Socrates, remembered from Plato’s dialogues as a devoted but emotionally intense disciple of the philosopher.
- 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: Agesander of Rhodes Target entity description: Agesander of Rhodes was an ancient Greek sculptor, active in the Hellenistic period, renowned as one of the creators of the celebrated marble group Laocoön and His Sons.
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A.
Hecato of Rhodes
Hecato of Rhodes was a prominent Stoic philosopher of the Middle Stoa known for his ethical writings and influence on later Roman thinkers such as Cicero.
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B.
Andronicus of Rhodes
Andronicus of Rhodes was a 1st-century BCE Peripatetic philosopher best known for editing and organizing Aristotle’s works, which greatly influenced their transmission and interpretation in later antiquity.
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C.
Ancaeus of Samos
Ancaeus of Samos is a figure in Greek mythology known as a son of Poseidon and a skilled seafarer and Argonaut.
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D.
Aristeus of Corinth
Aristeus of Corinth was a 5th-century BC Corinthian general noted for leading Corinthian forces against Athens during the early stages of the Peloponnesian War.
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E.
Apollodorus of Phaleron
Apollodorus of Phaleron was an Athenian follower of Socrates, remembered from Plato’s dialogues as a devoted but emotionally intense disciple of the philosopher.
- 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:
Athanodoros of Rhodes