Milman Parry
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Milman Parry was an American scholar of ancient Greek epic whose pioneering oral-formulaic theory revolutionized the study of Homer and the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Milman Parry canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4757336 — 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: Milman Parry Context triple: [Homeric question, studiedBy, Milman Parry]
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A.
Francis James Child
Francis James Child was a 19th-century American scholar and folklorist best known for compiling the influential collection of traditional English and Scottish ballads known as the "Child Ballads."
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B.
Basil Bunting
Basil Bunting was a British modernist poet best known for his long poem "Briggflatts" and his association with the Objectivist movement.
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C.
W. D. Snodgrass
W. D. Snodgrass was an American poet whose intensely personal, emotionally candid verse helped define and popularize the confessional poetry movement in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Edward Fitzgerald
Edward Fitzgerald was an American politician from Boston, Massachusetts, best known as the father of Rose Kennedy and maternal grandfather of President John F. Kennedy.
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E.
Valerie Eliot
Valerie Eliot was a British editor and literary executor best known for being the second wife and guardian of the literary estate of poet T. S. Eliot.
- 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: Milman Parry Target entity description: Milman Parry was an American scholar of ancient Greek epic whose pioneering oral-formulaic theory revolutionized the study of Homer and the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
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A.
Francis James Child
Francis James Child was a 19th-century American scholar and folklorist best known for compiling the influential collection of traditional English and Scottish ballads known as the "Child Ballads."
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B.
Basil Bunting
Basil Bunting was a British modernist poet best known for his long poem "Briggflatts" and his association with the Objectivist movement.
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C.
W. D. Snodgrass
W. D. Snodgrass was an American poet whose intensely personal, emotionally candid verse helped define and popularize the confessional poetry movement in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Edward Fitzgerald
Edward Fitzgerald was an American politician from Boston, Massachusetts, best known as the father of Rose Kennedy and maternal grandfather of President John F. Kennedy.
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E.
Valerie Eliot
Valerie Eliot was a British editor and literary executor best known for being the second wife and guardian of the literary estate of poet T. S. Eliot.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Homeric scholar
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classical philologist ⓘ human ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in classics ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Inglewood Park Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | accidental gunshot wound ⓘ |
| collectionHousedAt | Harvard University ⓘ |
| conductedFieldworkIn |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Serbia ⓘ Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| contributedTo | understanding of oral composition in performance ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1902-06-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1935-12-03 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Sorbonne University
ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| employer | Harvard University ⓘ |
| familyName | Parry ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Homeric studies
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ancient Greek literature ⓘ epic poetry ⓘ oral poetry ⓘ |
| givenName | Milman ⓘ |
| hasCollection | Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature ⓘ |
| influenced |
Albert Lord
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Homeric scholarship ⓘ oral tradition studies ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Parry–Lord fieldwork in Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| knownFor |
oral-formulaic theory
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research on the composition of the Iliad ⓘ research on the composition of the Odyssey ⓘ study of Homer ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Ancient Greek
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English ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Albert Lord ⓘ |
| notableWork |
L’épithète traditionnelle dans Homère
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Studies in the Epic Technique of Oral Verse-Making ⓘ |
| occupation |
classicist
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philologist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Oakland, California
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linked to:
Oakland
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| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California ⓘ |
| positionHeld | assistant professor of Greek ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studied | South Slavic oral epic tradition ⓘ |
| theoryDescribes |
role of repeated epithets and phrases in Homer
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use of formulas in oral epic poetry ⓘ |
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Instruction
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