Sosthenes of Macedon
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Sosthenes of Macedon was a short-reigning early 3rd-century BC Macedonian ruler and general who briefly held power amid the turbulent successor period following Alexander the Great.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19280204 — 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: Sosthenes of Macedon Context triple: [Antipater II Etesias, successor, Sosthenes of Macedon]
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A.
Coenus of Macedon
Coenus of Macedon was an early Argead king of ancient Macedon, ruling in the dynasty’s formative period following its legendary founder Caranus.
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B.
Demetrius of Phalerum
Demetrius of Phalerum was an Athenian orator, statesman, and philosopher of the Peripatetic school who governed Athens under Macedonian rule and later became an influential scholar at the Ptolemaic court in Alexandria.
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C.
Alexander of Epirus
Alexander of Epirus was a 4th-century BC Molossian king and uncle of Alexander the Great, known for his campaigns in southern Italy against various Italic peoples.
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D.
Tisiphonus of Pherae
Tisiphonus of Pherae was a 4th-century BC tyrant of the Thessalian city of Pherae, known as one of the successors in the line of local despots that followed the rule of Jason of Pherae.
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E.
Agathocles of Pella
Agathocles of Pella was the eldest son and onetime heir of the Hellenistic king Lysimachus, whose execution helped trigger political turmoil and the collapse of his father’s kingdom.
- 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: Sosthenes of Macedon Target entity description: Sosthenes of Macedon was a short-reigning early 3rd-century BC Macedonian ruler and general who briefly held power amid the turbulent successor period following Alexander the Great.
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A.
Coenus of Macedon
Coenus of Macedon was an early Argead king of ancient Macedon, ruling in the dynasty’s formative period following its legendary founder Caranus.
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B.
Demetrius of Phalerum
Demetrius of Phalerum was an Athenian orator, statesman, and philosopher of the Peripatetic school who governed Athens under Macedonian rule and later became an influential scholar at the Ptolemaic court in Alexandria.
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C.
Alexander of Epirus
Alexander of Epirus was a 4th-century BC Molossian king and uncle of Alexander the Great, known for his campaigns in southern Italy against various Italic peoples.
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D.
Tisiphonus of Pherae
Tisiphonus of Pherae was a 4th-century BC tyrant of the Thessalian city of Pherae, known as one of the successors in the line of local despots that followed the rule of Jason of Pherae.
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E.
Agathocles of Pella
Agathocles of Pella was the eldest son and onetime heir of the Hellenistic king Lysimachus, whose execution helped trigger political turmoil and the collapse of his father’s kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
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