Chares of Athens
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Chares of Athens was a prominent 4th-century BC Athenian general and politician known for his leadership in various conflicts during the decline of Athenian power.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Chares of Athens canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3520549 — 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: Chares of Athens Context triple: [Battle of Chaeronea, belligerentCommander, Chares of Athens]
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Conon of Athens
Conon of Athens was a prominent Athenian admiral and statesman of the late 5th and early 4th centuries BC, known especially for rebuilding Athens’ naval power after its defeat in the Peloponnesian War.
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B.
Xocrates
Xocrates is a character in Xenophon’s philosophical dialogue "Symposium," depicted as one of the participants in the work’s discussions on love and virtue.
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C.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
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D.
Apollodorus of Athens
Apollodorus of Athens was a 2nd-century BCE Greek scholar and grammarian known for his influential mythographical and chronological works.
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E.
Theodorus of Cyrene
Theodorus of Cyrene was an ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher known for his work on irrational numbers and for teaching prominent figures such as Plato’s associate Theaetetus.
- 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: Chares of Athens Target entity description: Chares of Athens was a prominent 4th-century BC Athenian general and politician known for his leadership in various conflicts during the decline of Athenian power.
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A.
Conon of Athens
Conon of Athens was a prominent Athenian admiral and statesman of the late 5th and early 4th centuries BC, known especially for rebuilding Athens’ naval power after its defeat in the Peloponnesian War.
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B.
Xocrates
Xocrates is a character in Xenophon’s philosophical dialogue "Symposium," depicted as one of the participants in the work’s discussions on love and virtue.
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C.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
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D.
Apollodorus of Athens
Apollodorus of Athens was a 2nd-century BCE Greek scholar and grammarian known for his influential mythographical and chronological works.
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E.
Theodorus of Cyrene
Theodorus of Cyrene was an ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher known for his work on irrational numbers and for teaching prominent figures such as Plato’s associate Theaetetus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
4th-century BC Greek person
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Athenian general ⓘ military commander ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 4th century BC ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Athenian imperial policy in the 4th century BC ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | decline of Athenian naval power ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstitution |
Athenian Assembly (Ekklesia)
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surface form:
Athenian Assembly
Athenian democracy ⓘ |
| citizenship | Athens ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Artabazus of Phrygia ⓘ |
| commanded | Athenian mercenary forces ⓘ |
| country |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| deathApproximateDate | late 4th century BC ⓘ |
| deathPlace | in or near Sigeum (traditional attribution) ⓘ |
| era | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| involvedInConflict |
Corinthian War
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Social War (357–355 BC) ⓘ Wars of Athens against Philip II of Macedon ⓘ |
| knownFor |
military leadership during the decline of Athenian power
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service in the Corinthian War ⓘ service in the Social War ⓘ service in the wars against Philip II of Macedon ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| militaryRank | strategos ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
Battle of Chaeronea
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surface form:
Battle of Chaeronea (as Athenian commander)
Battle of Naxos ⓘ |
| notableFor |
frequent re-election as general
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involvement in Athenian foreign policy decisions ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
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politician ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | pro-democratic faction in Athens ⓘ |
| politicalRole | leader of a war party in Athens ⓘ |
| reputation |
accused of corruption
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considered a capable but unscrupulous commander ⓘ criticized for greed ⓘ |
| servedAs | Athenian strategos in multiple campaigns ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Athenian army
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Athenian navy ⓘ |
| soughtSupportFrom | Persian satraps ⓘ |
| sourceMention |
Demosthenes
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Diodorus Siculus ⓘ Plutarch ⓘ Xenophon ⓘ |
| supportedPolicy | continued resistance to Macedonian expansion ⓘ |
| usedMercenaries | yes ⓘ |
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