Meleager of Macedon
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Meleager of Macedon was a short-reigning Macedonian king from the early Hellenistic period, notable mainly for his brief and unstable rule following the fragmentation of Alexander the Great’s empire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Meleager of Macedon canonical | 5 |
| Meleager | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18109602 — 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: Meleager of Macedon Context triple: [Ptolemy I Soter, child, Meleager of Macedon]
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A.
Meleager of Gadara
Meleager of Gadara was a Hellenistic Greek poet best known for compiling one of the earliest anthologies of epigrams, which later formed a core part of the Greek Anthology.
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B.
Orestes of Macedon
Orestes of Macedon was a short-reigning ancient Macedonian king who succeeded Archelaus I during a turbulent period of dynastic instability.
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C.
Menoeceus
Menoeceus was an associate and student of the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus, best known as the addressee of Epicurus’ ethical treatise commonly called the "Letter to Menoeceus."
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D.
Neoptolemus I of Epirus
Neoptolemus I of Epirus was a 4th-century BC Molossian king of Epirus and an important figure in the dynastic politics of northwestern Greece.
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E.
Neocles
Neocles was an Athenian of the late 6th century BC, best known as the father of the prominent statesman and general Themistocles.
- 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: Meleager of Macedon Target entity description: Meleager of Macedon was a short-reigning Macedonian king from the early Hellenistic period, notable mainly for his brief and unstable rule following the fragmentation of Alexander the Great’s empire.
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A.
Meleager of Gadara
Meleager of Gadara was a Hellenistic Greek poet best known for compiling one of the earliest anthologies of epigrams, which later formed a core part of the Greek Anthology.
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B.
Orestes of Macedon
Orestes of Macedon was a short-reigning ancient Macedonian king who succeeded Archelaus I during a turbulent period of dynastic instability.
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C.
Menoeceus
Menoeceus was an associate and student of the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus, best known as the addressee of Epicurus’ ethical treatise commonly called the "Letter to Menoeceus."
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D.
Neoptolemus I of Epirus
Neoptolemus I of Epirus was a 4th-century BC Molossian king of Epirus and an important figure in the dynastic politics of northwestern Greece.
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E.
Neocles
Neocles was an Athenian of the late 6th century BC, best known as the father of the prominent statesman and general Themistocles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Meleager of Macedon
linked to: Meleager of Macedon