Aristarchus
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Aristarchus is a Christian companion of the Apostle Paul mentioned in the New Testament as one of his fellow workers and fellow prisoners.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aristarchus canonical | 3 |
| Aristarchus of Thessalonica | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2451604 — 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: Aristarchus Context triple: [Epistle to Philemon, mentions, Aristarchus]
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A.
Aristarchus of Samos
Aristarchus of Samos was an ancient Greek astronomer who proposed a heliocentric model of the universe, placing the Sun at the center and the Earth in motion around it.
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B.
Aristarchus of Samothrace
Aristarchus of Samothrace was a prominent Hellenistic Greek scholar and head of the Library of Alexandria, renowned for his critical editions and commentaries on Homeric poetry.
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C.
Hipparchus
Hipparchus was an ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician renowned for founding trigonometry and creating one of the first comprehensive models of the motions of the Sun and Moon.
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D.
Hipparchus of Athens
Hipparchus of Athens was a 6th-century BCE Athenian tyrant of the Peisistratid family, known as a patron of the arts and for his assassination, which became a celebrated event in Athenian democratic lore.
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E.
Eudoxus of Cnidus
Eudoxus of Cnidus was an ancient Greek mathematician and astronomer renowned for developing the method of exhaustion and an influential geometric model of planetary motion.
- 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: Aristarchus Target entity description: Aristarchus is a Christian companion of the Apostle Paul mentioned in the New Testament as one of his fellow workers and fellow prisoners.
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A.
Aristarchus of Samos
Aristarchus of Samos was an ancient Greek astronomer who proposed a heliocentric model of the universe, placing the Sun at the center and the Earth in motion around it.
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B.
Aristarchus of Samothrace
Aristarchus of Samothrace was a prominent Hellenistic Greek scholar and head of the Library of Alexandria, renowned for his critical editions and commentaries on Homeric poetry.
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C.
Hipparchus
Hipparchus was an ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician renowned for founding trigonometry and creating one of the first comprehensive models of the motions of the Sun and Moon.
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D.
Hipparchus of Athens
Hipparchus of Athens was a 6th-century BCE Athenian tyrant of the Peisistratid family, known as a patron of the arts and for his assassination, which became a celebrated event in Athenian democratic lore.
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E.
Eudoxus of Cnidus
Eudoxus of Cnidus was an ancient Greek mathematician and astronomer renowned for developing the method of exhaustion and an influential geometric model of planetary motion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Biblical person
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Christian ⓘ companion of Paul the Apostle ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Acts 19
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Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
surface form:
Acts 20
Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
surface form:
Acts 27
Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ
surface form:
Colossians 4
Epistle to Philemon ⓘ
surface form:
Philemon 1
|
| associatedWith |
Apostle Paul
ⓘ
surface form:
Paul the Apostle
early Christian missions ⓘ |
| called |
Aristarchus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Aristarchus of Thessalonica
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| coWorkerOf |
Apostle Paul
ⓘ
surface form:
Paul the Apostle
|
| describedAs |
fellow prisoner of Paul
ⓘ
fellow worker of Paul ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Macedonians
ⓘ
surface form:
Macedonian
|
| fromCity |
Salonika
ⓘ
surface form:
Thessalonica
|
| imprisonedWith |
Apostle Paul
ⓘ
surface form:
Paul the Apostle
|
| languageContext |
Koine Greek New Testament
ⓘ
surface form:
Koine Greek Scriptures
|
| mentionedIn |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
Epistle to Philemon ⓘ Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ New Testament ⓘ |
| nationality | Roman subject ⓘ |
| presentAt |
Paul’s journey to Rome
ⓘ
riot in Ephesus ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| role |
missionary helper
ⓘ
traveling companion ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century ⓘ |
| traveledWith |
Apostle Paul
ⓘ
surface form:
Paul the Apostle
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Aristarchus Description of subject: Aristarchus is a Christian companion of the Apostle Paul mentioned in the New Testament as one of his fellow workers and fellow prisoners.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Aristarchus of Thessalonica