Thrasyllan tetralogies
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The Thrasyllan tetralogies are an ancient editorial arrangement of Plato’s dialogues into groups of four, traditionally attributed to the scholar Thrasyllus.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thrasyllan tetralogies canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thrasyllan tetralogies Context triple: [Hippias Major, cataloguedIn, Thrasyllan tetralogies]
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Thebaid
Thebaid was a historic region of Upper Egypt centered around Thebes, known in late antiquity as a major administrative and monastic center.
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Aenianes
The Aenianes were an ancient Greek tribe from central Greece, known for their participation in regional religious and political alliances such as the Amphictyonic League.
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Sacred Wars
Sacred Wars were a series of ancient Greek conflicts, primarily fought over control of the sacred sanctuary of Delphi and its oracle.
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Mythologiques
Mythologiques is a four-volume series of anthropological works by Claude Lévi-Strauss that analyzes the structure and meaning of myths across the Americas.
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Epic Cycle
The Epic Cycle is a collection of ancient Greek epic poems that together narrate the full mythological saga of the Trojan War and its aftermath beyond what is covered in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thrasyllan tetralogies Target entity description: The Thrasyllan tetralogies are an ancient editorial arrangement of Plato’s dialogues into groups of four, traditionally attributed to the scholar Thrasyllus.
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A.
Thebaid
Thebaid was a historic region of Upper Egypt centered around Thebes, known in late antiquity as a major administrative and monastic center.
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B.
Aenianes
The Aenianes were an ancient Greek tribe from central Greece, known for their participation in regional religious and political alliances such as the Amphictyonic League.
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C.
Sacred Wars
Sacred Wars were a series of ancient Greek conflicts, primarily fought over control of the sacred sanctuary of Delphi and its oracle.
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D.
Mythologiques
Mythologiques is a four-volume series of anthropological works by Claude Lévi-Strauss that analyzes the structure and meaning of myths across the Americas.
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E.
Epic Cycle
The Epic Cycle is a collection of ancient Greek epic poems that together narrate the full mythological saga of the Trojan War and its aftermath beyond what is covered in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient scholarly tradition
ⓘ
classification system ⓘ editorial arrangement ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Dialogues of Plato
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surface form:
Plato's dialogues
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| associatedWith | Middle Platonism ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Thrasyllus of Mendes ⓘ |
| chronology | post-Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| consistsOf | groups of four dialogues ⓘ |
| field |
Platonic studies
ⓘ
ancient philosophy ⓘ classical philology ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfGroups | 9 ⓘ |
| hasPart | tetralogy ⓘ |
| hasTotalDialogues | 36 ⓘ |
| hasUncertainAuthorship | true ⓘ |
| includesWork |
Alcibiades
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surface form:
Alcibiades I
Alcibiades ⓘ
surface form:
Alcibiades II
Apology ⓘ Charmides ⓘ Clitophon ⓘ Cratylus ⓘ Critias ⓘ Crito ⓘ Definitions ⓘ Epinomis ⓘ Euthydemus ⓘ Euthyphro ⓘ Gorgias ⓘ Hipparchus ⓘ Hippias Major ⓘ Hippias Minor ⓘ Ion ⓘ Laches ⓘ Laws ⓘ Letters ⓘ Lovers ⓘ Lysis ⓘ Menexenus (Plato) ⓘ
surface form:
Menexenus
Meno ⓘ Minos ⓘ Parmenides ⓘ Phaedo ⓘ Phaedrus ⓘ Philebus ⓘ Protagoras ⓘ Republic ⓘ Sophists ⓘ
surface form:
Sophist
Statesman ⓘ Symposium (Plato) ⓘ
surface form:
Symposium
Theaetetus ⓘ Theages ⓘ Timaeus ⓘ |
| influenced |
Renaissance editions of Plato
ⓘ
medieval catalogues of Plato's works ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Thrasyllus of Mendes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
organizing Plato's corpus
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transmission of Platonic dialogues ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ancient manuscript tradition
ⓘ
late antiquity ⓘ |
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