Heliodorus son of Dion
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Heliodorus son of Dion was an ancient individual known from an inscription on the Heliodorus pillar, a notable Indo-Greek era monument in central India.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Heliodorus | 1 |
| Heliodorus son of Dion canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20146457 — 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: Heliodorus son of Dion Context triple: [Heliodorus pillar, inscriptionMentions, Heliodorus son of Dion]
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A.
Heliodorus of Alexandria
Heliodorus of Alexandria was a late antique Greek philosopher and commentator associated with the Alexandrian Neoplatonic school.
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B.
Heliodorus
Heliodorus is a figure from ancient history and biblical tradition, often remembered as a Seleucid official who attempted to plunder the Temple in Jerusalem and was miraculously thwarted, a scene famously depicted by Raphael in the Vatican.
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C.
Olympiodorus of Thebes
Olympiodorus of Thebes was a late antique Greek historian and diplomat whose now-lost historical work on the early 5th-century Roman Empire significantly influenced later writers such as Zosimus.
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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 Damascus
Apollodorus of Damascus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman architect and engineer known for designing major imperial projects under Emperor Trajan, including monumental buildings and infrastructure across the Roman Empire.
- 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: Heliodorus son of Dion Target entity description: Heliodorus son of Dion was an ancient individual known from an inscription on the Heliodorus pillar, a notable Indo-Greek era monument in central India.
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A.
Heliodorus of Alexandria
Heliodorus of Alexandria was a late antique Greek philosopher and commentator associated with the Alexandrian Neoplatonic school.
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B.
Heliodorus
Heliodorus is a figure from ancient history and biblical tradition, often remembered as a Seleucid official who attempted to plunder the Temple in Jerusalem and was miraculously thwarted, a scene famously depicted by Raphael in the Vatican.
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C.
Olympiodorus of Thebes
Olympiodorus of Thebes was a late antique Greek historian and diplomat whose now-lost historical work on the early 5th-century Roman Empire significantly influenced later writers such as Zosimus.
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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 Damascus
Apollodorus of Damascus was a prominent 2nd-century Roman architect and engineer known for designing major imperial projects under Emperor Trajan, including monumental buildings and infrastructure across the Roman Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Heliodorus son of Dion