Life of Pelopidas
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Life of Pelopidas is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays in Parallel Lives, recounting the character and exploits of the Theban statesman and general Pelopidas.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Life of Pelopidas canonical | 2 |
| Plutarch's Life of Pelopidas | 1 |
| Βίος Πύρρου | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3315750 — 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: Life of Pelopidas Context triple: [Plutarch’s Parallel Lives, hasPart, Life of Pelopidas]
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A.
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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B.
King of Corinth
King of Corinth is the mythological Greek monarch of the city-state of Corinth, most famously associated with the cunning and eternally punished figure of Sisyphus.
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C.
Elis in the Peloponnese
Elis in the Peloponnese is an ancient Greek region in western Peloponnese, best known as the homeland of the Olympic Games at Olympia.
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D.
the Athenian Stranger
The Athenian Stranger is the unnamed main interlocutor in Plato’s dialogue "Laws," serving as a wise, philosophical lawgiver who guides the discussion on political and legal theory.
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E.
Athenian tribute of youths and maidens
The Athenian tribute of youths and maidens was a legendary periodic sacrifice of Athenian children sent to Crete to be devoured by the Minotaur, forming the backdrop for Theseus’s heroic slaying of the monster.
- 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: Life of Pelopidas Target entity description: Life of Pelopidas is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays in Parallel Lives, recounting the character and exploits of the Theban statesman and general Pelopidas.
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A.
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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B.
King of Corinth
King of Corinth is the mythological Greek monarch of the city-state of Corinth, most famously associated with the cunning and eternally punished figure of Sisyphus.
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C.
Elis in the Peloponnese
Elis in the Peloponnese is an ancient Greek region in western Peloponnese, best known as the homeland of the Olympic Games at Olympia.
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D.
the Athenian Stranger
The Athenian Stranger is the unnamed main interlocutor in Plato’s dialogue "Laws," serving as a wise, philosophical lawgiver who guides the discussion on political and legal theory.
-
E.
Athenian tribute of youths and maidens
The Athenian tribute of youths and maidens was a legendary periodic sacrifice of Athenian children sent to Crete to be devoured by the Minotaur, forming the backdrop for Theseus’s heroic slaying of the monster.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek biography
ⓘ
biographical essay ⓘ part of Parallel Lives ⓘ work of literature ⓘ |
| author | Plutarch ⓘ |
| collection | Parallel Lives ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| describes |
Battle of Cynoscephalae
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Cynoscephalae (364 BC)
Battle of Leuctra ⓘ Pelopidas’ role in overthrowing the Spartan garrison at Thebes ⓘ Theban Sacred Band ⓘ
surface form:
Sacred Band of Thebes
Theban hegemony ⓘ Theban military campaigns ⓘ Theban–Spartan wars ⓘ
surface form:
Theban–Spartan conflicts
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| focusesOnPeriod | 4th century BC Greece ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
ⓘ
historical prose ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
civic virtue
ⓘ
friendship and comradeship in arms ⓘ leadership in war ⓘ patriotism ⓘ struggle against tyranny ⓘ |
| hasTitleInGreek | Πελοπίδας ⓘ |
| hasTitleInLatin | Pelopidas ⓘ |
| historicalSetting |
Boeotia
ⓘ
Thebes ⓘ Thessaly ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Hellenistic historiography ⓘ |
| intendedFunction | moral exemplum ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose narrative ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Roman Imperial period ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Pelopidas ⓘ |
| mentions |
Epaminondas
ⓘ
Theban Sacred Band ⓘ
surface form:
Sacred Band of Thebes
Sparta ⓘ Thebes ⓘ |
| pairedWith | Life of Marcellus ⓘ |
| partOf | Parallel Lives ⓘ |
| portrays |
Pelopidas
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surface form:
Pelopidas as a courageous general
Pelopidas as a model of civic virtue ⓘ Pelopidas ⓘ
surface form:
Pelopidas as a patriotic Theban leader
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| preservedIn | manuscript tradition of Parallel Lives ⓘ |
| tradition | Greco-Roman biography ⓘ |
| workInCollectionWith | Life of Marcellus ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
Βίος Πύρρου