Hypereides
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Hypereides was a prominent Athenian orator and politician of the 4th century BCE, known for his role in the resistance against Macedonian influence and his skilled courtroom speeches.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hyperides | 2 |
| Lysias | 2 |
| Hypereides canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4240088 — 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: Hypereides Context triple: [Isocrates, student, Hypereides]
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A.
Aeschines of Sphettus
Aeschines of Sphettus was an ancient Athenian philosopher and writer of Socratic dialogues, known as one of the closest followers and literary portrayers of Socrates.
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B.
Lysias
Lysias was a Seleucid general and regent who led royal forces against the Jewish rebels during the Maccabean Revolt in the 2nd century BCE.
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C.
Hermocrates
Hermocrates is a Syracusan statesman and military leader from classical Greece, known from historical accounts and as a character in Plato’s dialogues.
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D.
Nicias of Argos
Nicias of Argos was a lesser-known member of the mythic Atreid royal lineage associated with the city of Argos in ancient Greek tradition.
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E.
Prodicus
Prodicus was a 5th-century BCE Greek sophist and philosopher from Ceos, known for his precise distinctions between words and his influential moral allegory "The Choice of Heracles."
- 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: Hypereides Target entity description: Hypereides was a prominent Athenian orator and politician of the 4th century BCE, known for his role in the resistance against Macedonian influence and his skilled courtroom speeches.
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A.
Aeschines of Sphettus
Aeschines of Sphettus was an ancient Athenian philosopher and writer of Socratic dialogues, known as one of the closest followers and literary portrayers of Socrates.
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B.
Lysias
Lysias was a Seleucid general and regent who led royal forces against the Jewish rebels during the Maccabean Revolt in the 2nd century BCE.
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C.
Hermocrates
Hermocrates is a Syracusan statesman and military leader from classical Greece, known from historical accounts and as a character in Plato’s dialogues.
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D.
Nicias of Argos
Nicias of Argos was a lesser-known member of the mythic Atreid royal lineage associated with the city of Argos in ancient Greek tradition.
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E.
Prodicus
Prodicus was a 5th-century BCE Greek sophist and philosopher from Ceos, known for his precise distinctions between words and his influential moral allegory "The Choice of Heracles."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athenian orator
ⓘ
Athenian politician ⓘ ancient Greek person ⓘ logographer ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| citizenship | Athens ⓘ |
| country |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| dateOfBirth | circa 390 BCE ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 322 BCE ⓘ |
| educatedAt | school of Isocrates ⓘ |
| era | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Athenians ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Athenian politics
ⓘ
rhetoric ⓘ |
| floruit | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
deliberative oratory
ⓘ
epideictic oratory ⓘ judicial oratory ⓘ |
| hasPart | fragments of speeches preserved in papyri ⓘ |
| influenced | later rhetorical theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Isocrates ⓘ |
| knownFor |
courtroom speeches
ⓘ
opposition to Philip II of Macedon ⓘ political oratory ⓘ resistance to Macedonian influence ⓘ support for Demosthenes ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| legacy | considered one of the canonical Attic orators ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Ten Attic orators
ⓘ
linked to:
Lives of the Ten Orators
|
| movement | Attic oratory ⓘ |
| nameInGreek | Ὑπερείδης ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Against Athenogenes
ⓘ
Against Philippides ⓘ
linked to:
Pheidippides
For Euxenippus ⓘ For Lycophron ⓘ
linked to:
Lycophron
Funeral Oration for the dead in the Lamian War ⓘ |
| occupation |
orator
ⓘ
politician ⓘ speechwriter ⓘ |
| opposed |
Alexander the Great’s successors
ⓘ
Philip II of Macedon ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Athenian resistance to Macedon
ⓘ
linked to:
Wars of Athens against Philip II of Macedon
Lamian War ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Athens ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Aegina ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | anti-Macedonian faction in Athens ⓘ |
| style | plain Attic style ⓘ |
| supported | Demosthenes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hypereides Description of subject: Hypereides was a prominent Athenian orator and politician of the 4th century BCE, known for his role in the resistance against Macedonian influence and his skilled courtroom speeches.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hypereides
linked to: Hypereides
subject linked to:
Lives of the Ten Orators (for historical Cephalus and his family)
linked to: Hypereides
linked to: Hypereides