To Philip
E424557
"To Philip" is a political discourse by the Athenian orator Isocrates, urging Philip II of Macedon to lead a unified Greek campaign against Persia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| To Philip canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4240060 — 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: To Philip Context triple: [Isocrates, notableWork, To Philip]
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A.
Phillip
Phillip is the middle name of Canadian-American cosmologist and Nobel laureate James Peebles.
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B.
Phillip
Phillip is the surname of Arthur Phillip, the British Royal Navy officer who became the first Governor of New South Wales and founded the penal colony that grew into Sydney.
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C.
Phillip
Phillip is the given first name of former NFL quarterback and sports broadcaster Phil Simms.
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D.
Philip
Philip is the given first name of American protest singer and songwriter Phil Ochs, known for his sharp, socially conscious folk music of the 1960s.
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E.
Philip
Philip is the given name of the late American character actor Philip Baker Hall, known for his prolific work in film and television.
- 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: To Philip Target entity description: "To Philip" is a political discourse by the Athenian orator Isocrates, urging Philip II of Macedon to lead a unified Greek campaign against Persia.
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A.
Phillip
Phillip is the middle name of Canadian-American cosmologist and Nobel laureate James Peebles.
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B.
Phillip
Phillip is the given first name of former NFL quarterback and sports broadcaster Phil Simms.
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C.
Phillip
Phillip is the surname of Arthur Phillip, the British Royal Navy officer who became the first Governor of New South Wales and founded the penal colony that grew into Sydney.
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D.
Philip
Philip is the given first name of the renowned British actor Basil Rathbone, best known for his definitive film portrayals of Sherlock Holmes.
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E.
Philip
Philip is the given first name of Phil Jackson, the legendary NBA coach and former player known for winning multiple championships with the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oration
ⓘ
political discourse ⓘ work of ancient Greek literature ⓘ |
| addressedTo | Philip II of Macedon ⓘ |
| aimsToPersuade |
Greeks to accept Macedonian hegemony
ⓘ
Macedonian expansion into Greece ⓘ
surface form:
Philip II to assume leadership of Greece
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| approximateDate | 4th century BC ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Greco-Persian Wars
ⓘ
surface form:
Greek–Persian conflicts
Isocratean political thought ⓘ Macedonian expansion ⓘ |
| author | Isocrates ⓘ |
| circulation | read in educated circles of Classical Greece ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| field |
ancient political thought
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classics ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ |
| genre |
epideictic oratory
ⓘ
political rhetoric ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| influenced | later Hellenistic political ideology ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | Philip II of Macedon ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Attic oratory ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Greek unity
ⓘ
Panhellenic sanctuary network ⓘ
surface form:
Panhellenism
Philip II of Macedon ⓘ campaign against Persia ⓘ |
| mentionsEntity |
Greek city-states
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Persian Empires ⓘ
surface form:
Persian Empire
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| philosophicalTheme |
Hellenism
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surface form:
Panhellenic ideology
relationship between power and justice ⓘ role of monarchy in Greece ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Athens ⓘ |
| politicalAim |
leadership of Philip II over Greece
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military expedition against the Persian Empire ⓘ unification of the Greek city-states ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
decline of independent Greek city-states
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rise of Macedon under Philip II ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Isocrates ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
On the Peace (Isocrates)
ⓘ
Panegyricus ⓘ
surface form:
Panegyricus (Isocrates)
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| rhetoricalStrategy |
appeal to common Greek identity
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contrast between Greeks and barbarians ⓘ flattery of Philip II ⓘ |
| secondaryAudience | Greek political elites ⓘ |
| title | To Philip self-link ⓘ |
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Subject: To Philip Description of subject: "To Philip" is a political discourse by the Athenian orator Isocrates, urging Philip II of Macedon to lead a unified Greek campaign against Persia.
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