Aratus of Soli

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Hellenistic poet ancient Greek poet astronomical poet didactic poet

Aratus of Soli was a Hellenistic Greek poet best known for his didactic astronomical poem "Phaenomena," which profoundly influenced later Greek and Roman literature.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Aratus	2
Aratus of Soli canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4886856 — 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: Aratus of Soli
Context triple: [Hellenistic poetry, hasNotableAuthor, Aratus of Soli]

A. Aratus of Sicyon
Aratus of Sicyon was a prominent Hellenistic statesman and general who led the Achaean League and played a key role in opposing Macedonian dominance in Greece.
B. Hipparchus
Hipparchus was an ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician renowned for founding trigonometry and creating one of the first comprehensive models of the motions of the Sun and Moon.
C. Hipparchus of Athens
Hipparchus of Athens was a 6th-century BCE Athenian tyrant of the Peisistratid family, known as a patron of the arts and for his assassination, which became a celebrated event in Athenian democratic lore.
D. Aristarchus of Samothrace
Aristarchus of Samothrace was a prominent Hellenistic Greek scholar and head of the Library of Alexandria, renowned for his critical editions and commentaries on Homeric poetry.
E. Aristarchus
Aristarchus is a Christian companion of the Apostle Paul mentioned in the New Testament as one of his fellow workers and fellow prisoners.
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: Aratus of Soli
Target entity description: Aratus of Soli was a Hellenistic Greek poet best known for his didactic astronomical poem "Phaenomena," which profoundly influenced later Greek and Roman literature.

A. Aratus of Sicyon
Aratus of Sicyon was a prominent Hellenistic statesman and general who led the Achaean League and played a key role in opposing Macedonian dominance in Greece.
B. Hipparchus
Hipparchus was an ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician renowned for founding trigonometry and creating one of the first comprehensive models of the motions of the Sun and Moon.
C. Hipparchus of Athens
Hipparchus of Athens was a 6th-century BCE Athenian tyrant of the Peisistratid family, known as a patron of the arts and for his assassination, which became a celebrated event in Athenian democratic lore.
D. Aristarchus of Samothrace
Aristarchus of Samothrace was a prominent Hellenistic Greek scholar and head of the Library of Alexandria, renowned for his critical editions and commentaries on Homeric poetry.
E. Aristarchus
Aristarchus is a Christian companion of the Apostle Paul mentioned in the New Testament as one of his fellow workers and fellow prisoners.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic poet ⓘ ancient Greek poet ⓘ astronomical poet ⓘ didactic poet ⓘ
activity	composed a poetic description of the constellations and weather signs ⓘ
approximateBirthDate	c. 315 BCE ⓘ
approximateDeathDate	c. 240 BCE ⓘ
associatedWith	Hellenistic astronomy ⓘ Stoic philosophy ⓘ
basedOn	Eudoxus of Cnidus’ astronomical writings NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace	Soli (Cilicia, Asia Minor) NERFINISHED ⓘ Soli in Cilicia NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
courtPoetOf	Antigonus II Gonatas NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Hellenistic Greek culture ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Greek ⓘ
floruit	3rd century BCE ⓘ
genre	astrological poetry ⓘ astronomical poetry ⓘ didactic poetry ⓘ
givenName	Aratus NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Cicero NERFINISHED ⓘ Germanicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek literature ⓘ Latin didactic poets ⓘ Manilius NERFINISHED ⓘ Ovid NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman literature ⓘ Virgil NERFINISHED ⓘ later astronomical writers ⓘ
influencedBy	Eudoxus of Cnidus NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork	Ancient Greek ⓘ
metricalForm	dactylic hexameter ⓘ
name	Aratus of Soli NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ
notableWork	Diosemeia NERFINISHED ⓘ Phaenomena NERFINISHED ⓘ Phenomena NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ poet ⓘ
patron	Antigonus II Gonatas NERFINISHED ⓘ
quotedBy	St Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ
quotedIn	Acts 17:28 (New Testament, traditionally attributed to a line from Aratus) NERFINISHED ⓘ
reception	highly esteemed in antiquity ⓘ
region	Asia Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ Cilicia NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOfWork	astrology ⓘ astronomy ⓘ constellations ⓘ weather signs ⓘ
timePeriod	Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
workType	didactic poem ⓘ hexameter poem ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hellenistic poetry → hasNotableAuthor → Aratus of Soli ⓘ

Georgics → influencedBy → Aratus of Soli ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aratus

Life of Aratus → alsoKnownAs → Aratus of Soli ⓘ