Xenias of Parrhasia
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Xenias of Parrhasia was an Arcadian Greek mercenary general best known for leading a contingent of hoplites in the service of Cyrus the Younger during his campaign against Artaxerxes II, as recounted in Xenophon’s Anabasis.
All labels observed (1)
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| Xenias of Parrhasia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3591099 — 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: Xenias of Parrhasia Context triple: [army of Cyrus the Younger, commandedBy, Xenias of Parrhasia]
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Hipparchia of Maroneia
Hipparchia of Maroneia was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher, renowned as one of the few known female philosophers of antiquity and for her unconventional life and public rejection of traditional gender roles.
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Ziaelas of Bithynia
Ziaelas of Bithynia was a Hellenistic king of the ancient kingdom of Bithynia in northwestern Anatolia during the 3rd century BCE.
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Parysatis II
Parysatis II was a Persian noblewoman, likely of Achaemenid royal lineage, who became one of the wives of Alexander the Great during his campaigns in Asia.
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Metrocles of Maroneia
Metrocles of Maroneia was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Cynic school, known as a student of Crates of Thebes and for helping develop Cynic ethical teachings on simplicity and self-sufficiency.
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Pamphylia
Pamphylia was an ancient coastal region in southern Anatolia, known for its Greek-influenced cities and role as a crossroads between Mediterranean and inland Asian cultures.
- 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: Xenias of Parrhasia Target entity description: Xenias of Parrhasia was an Arcadian Greek mercenary general best known for leading a contingent of hoplites in the service of Cyrus the Younger during his campaign against Artaxerxes II, as recounted in Xenophon’s Anabasis.
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A.
Hipparchia of Maroneia
Hipparchia of Maroneia was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher, renowned as one of the few known female philosophers of antiquity and for her unconventional life and public rejection of traditional gender roles.
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B.
Ziaelas of Bithynia
Ziaelas of Bithynia was a Hellenistic king of the ancient kingdom of Bithynia in northwestern Anatolia during the 3rd century BCE.
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C.
Parysatis II
Parysatis II was a Persian noblewoman, likely of Achaemenid royal lineage, who became one of the wives of Alexander the Great during his campaigns in Asia.
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D.
Metrocles of Maroneia
Metrocles of Maroneia was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Cynic school, known as a student of Crates of Thebes and for helping develop Cynic ethical teachings on simplicity and self-sufficiency.
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E.
Pamphylia
Pamphylia was an ancient coastal region in southern Anatolia, known for its Greek-influenced cities and role as a crossroads between Mediterranean and inland Asian cultures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
ancient Greek person
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mercenary general ⓘ military leader ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries
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surface form:
Ten Thousand (Greek mercenaries)
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| conflict | Cyrus the Younger’s rebellion ⓘ |
| culture | Classical Greek ⓘ |
| employer | Cyrus the Younger ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Greek ⓘ |
| led | contingent of hoplites ⓘ |
| mentionedBy | Xenophon ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Anabasis ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | hoplite infantry ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| notableFor | leading Greek mercenary hoplites for Cyrus the Younger ⓘ |
| origin | Parrhasia ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Cyrus the Younger’s campaign against Artaxerxes II ⓘ |
| region | Arcadia ⓘ |
| servedAs | mercenary ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Cyrus the Younger ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 5th century BC ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Xenias of Parrhasia Description of subject: Xenias of Parrhasia was an Arcadian Greek mercenary general best known for leading a contingent of hoplites in the service of Cyrus the Younger during his campaign against Artaxerxes II, as recounted in Xenophon’s Anabasis.
Referenced by (1)
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