Tyrtamus
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Tyrtamus, better known by his later name Theophrastus, was an ancient Greek philosopher and Aristotle’s successor as head of the Peripatetic school.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tyrtamus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4628666 — 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: Tyrtamus Context triple: [Theophrastus, birthName, Tyrtamus]
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A.
Cranaus
Cranaus is a legendary early king of Athens in Greek mythology, often associated with the city's primeval history before the time of more famous rulers like Erechtheus and Theseus.
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B.
Acrisius
Acrisius is a king in Greek mythology, best known as the father of Danaë and the ill-fated grandfather of the hero Perseus.
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C.
Artemios
Artemios is the given first name of Greek singer Demis Roussos, an internationally renowned pop and rock vocalist.
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D.
Θεαίτητος
Θεαίτητος is a Platonic dialogue that explores the nature of knowledge through a conversation between Socrates and the young mathematician Theaetetus.
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E.
Philoetius
Philoetius is a loyal cowherd in Homer’s Odyssey who helps Odysseus and Telemachus defeat the suitors upon Odysseus’s return to Ithaca.
- 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: Tyrtamus Target entity description: Tyrtamus, better known by his later name Theophrastus, was an ancient Greek philosopher and Aristotle’s successor as head of the Peripatetic school.
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A.
Cranaus
Cranaus is a legendary early king of Athens in Greek mythology, often associated with the city's primeval history before the time of more famous rulers like Erechtheus and Theseus.
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B.
Acrisius
Acrisius is a king in Greek mythology, best known as the father of Danaë and the ill-fated grandfather of the hero Perseus.
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C.
Artemios
Artemios is the given first name of Greek singer Demis Roussos, an internationally renowned pop and rock vocalist.
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D.
Θεαίτητος
Θεαίτητος is a Platonic dialogue that explores the nature of knowledge through a conversation between Socrates and the young mathematician Theaetetus.
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E.
Philoetius
Philoetius is a loyal cowherd in Homer’s Odyssey who helps Odysseus and Telemachus defeat the suitors upon Odysseus’s return to Ithaca.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aristotle’s successor
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Peripatetic philosopher ⓘ ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ polymath ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Theophrastus ⓘ |
| birthName | Tyrtamus ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Ancient Greece
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linked to:
Greek Antiquity
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| dateOfBirth | circa 371 BC ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | circa 287 BC ⓘ |
| educatedBy |
Aristotle
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Plato ⓘ |
| era | Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biology
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botany ⓘ ethics ⓘ grammar ⓘ logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ meteorology ⓘ mineralogy ⓘ philosophy ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ |
| followedBy | Strato of Lampsacus ⓘ |
| genre |
character sketch
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philosophical treatise ⓘ scientific treatise ⓘ |
| givenName | Tyrtamus ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hellenistic botany
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Renaissance botany ⓘ Strato of Lampsacus ⓘ later Peripatetic philosophers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Plato ⓘ |
| knownFor |
classification of plants
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psychological character sketches in Characters ⓘ systematic study of botany ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| laterName | Theophrastus ⓘ |
| memberOf | Peripatetic school ⓘ |
| namedBy | Aristotle ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | “divine speech” ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Characters
ⓘ
Enquiry into Plants ⓘ Metaphysics (Theophrastus) ⓘ
linked to:
Metaphysics (On First Principles)
On Sensation ⓘ
linked to:
On the Senses
On the Causes of Plants ⓘ On the Soul (Theophrastus) ⓘ |
| occupation |
botanist
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logician ⓘ naturalist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ rhetorician ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Peripatetic school ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Athens
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Lyceum in Athens ⓘ
linked to:
Lyceum of Aristotle
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| placeOfDeath | Athens ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
head of the Peripatetic school
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scholarch of the Lyceum ⓘ |
| precededBy | Aristotle ⓘ |
| studentOf |
Aristotle
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Plato ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tyrtamus Description of subject: Tyrtamus, better known by his later name Theophrastus, was an ancient Greek philosopher and Aristotle’s successor as head of the Peripatetic school.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.