Gregory Nagy
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Gregory Nagy is a classical scholar and philologist renowned for his influential work on Homeric poetry, oral tradition, and ancient Greek literature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gregory Nagy canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4757338 — 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: Gregory Nagy Context triple: [Homeric question, studiedBy, Gregory Nagy]
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John Chadwick
John Chadwick was a British linguist and classical scholar best known for helping to decipher the ancient Mycenaean Greek script known as Linear B.
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B.
Aleida Assmann
Aleida Assmann is a German cultural scientist and literary scholar renowned for her influential work on cultural memory and remembrance.
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C.
Werner Jaeger
Werner Jaeger was a prominent 20th-century German classical philologist best known for his work on ancient Greek culture and education, especially his influential study "Paideia."
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D.
Ian Greer
Ian Greer is a British academic and medical researcher who serves as the President and Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast.
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E.
Carl Humann
Carl Humann was a 19th-century German engineer and archaeologist best known for leading the excavations at Pergamon and bringing the Pergamon Altar to international prominence.
- 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: Gregory Nagy Target entity description: Gregory Nagy is a classical scholar and philologist renowned for his influential work on Homeric poetry, oral tradition, and ancient Greek literature.
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A.
John Chadwick
John Chadwick was a British linguist and classical scholar best known for helping to decipher the ancient Mycenaean Greek script known as Linear B.
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B.
Aleida Assmann
Aleida Assmann is a German cultural scientist and literary scholar renowned for her influential work on cultural memory and remembrance.
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C.
Werner Jaeger
Werner Jaeger was a prominent 20th-century German classical philologist best known for his work on ancient Greek culture and education, especially his influential study "Paideia."
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D.
Ian Greer
Ian Greer is a British academic and medical researcher who serves as the President and Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast.
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E.
Carl Humann
Carl Humann was a 19th-century German engineer and archaeologist best known for leading the excavations at Pergamon and bringing the Pergamon Altar to international prominence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Homeric scholar
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classical philologist ⓘ classical scholar ⓘ human ⓘ |
| affiliation | Department of the Classics, Harvard University ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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Indiana University Bloomington ⓘ
linked to:
Indiana University
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| employer |
Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies
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Harvard University ⓘ |
| familyName | Nagy ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Homeric studies
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ancient Greek literature ⓘ classics ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ philology ⓘ |
| givenName | Gregory ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
comparative literature
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literary theory ⓘ |
| hasTaughtCourseOn |
Homer
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ancient Greek lyric poetry ⓘ epic tradition ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Albert Lord
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Milman Parry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Ancient Greek
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English ⓘ |
| name | Gregory Nagy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
studies of the Homeric Iliad
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studies of the Homeric Odyssey ⓘ theory of oral poetics ⓘ work on Homeric poetry ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Homer the Classic
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Homer the Preclassic ⓘ Homeric Questions ⓘ
linked to:
Homeric question
Homeric Responses ⓘ Pindar’s Homer ⓘ Poetry as Performance ⓘ The Best of the Achaeans ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies
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Director of the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. ⓘ Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature at Harvard University ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
Greek epic tradition
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Homeric epics ⓘ Pindar ⓘ Sappho ⓘ archaic Greek poetry ⓘ oral-formulaic theory ⓘ performance of poetry in antiquity ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Gregory Nagy Description of subject: Gregory Nagy is a classical scholar and philologist renowned for his influential work on Homeric poetry, oral tradition, and ancient Greek literature.
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