Posidippus of Pella
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Posidippus of Pella was a Hellenistic Greek poet best known for his epigrams, many of which are preserved in the Milan Papyrus.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Posidippus of Pella canonical | 2 |
| Posidippus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4886858 — 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: Posidippus of Pella Context triple: [Hellenistic poetry, hasNotableAuthor, Posidippus of Pella]
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A.
Bacchylides
Bacchylides was a Greek lyric poet of the 5th century BCE, renowned for his victory odes and dithyrambs, and often mentioned alongside his contemporary Pindar.
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B.
Lycophron of Pherae
Lycophron of Pherae was a 4th-century BCE tyrant of the Thessalian city of Pherae, known for his role in the region’s turbulent power struggles before the rise of Macedonian dominance.
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C.
Alcaeus
Alcaeus is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the hero Perseus.
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D.
Alcaeus of Mytilene
Alcaeus of Mytilene was an influential 6th-century BCE lyric poet from the island of Lesbos, renowned for his political and personal poetry composed in the Aeolic dialect.
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E.
Anacreon
Anacreon was an ancient Greek lyric poet renowned for his songs celebrating love, wine, and revelry.
- 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: Posidippus of Pella Target entity description: Posidippus of Pella was a Hellenistic Greek poet best known for his epigrams, many of which are preserved in the Milan Papyrus.
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A.
Bacchylides
Bacchylides was a Greek lyric poet of the 5th century BCE, renowned for his victory odes and dithyrambs, and often mentioned alongside his contemporary Pindar.
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B.
Lycophron of Pherae
Lycophron of Pherae was a 4th-century BCE tyrant of the Thessalian city of Pherae, known for his role in the region’s turbulent power struggles before the rise of Macedonian dominance.
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C.
Alcaeus
Alcaeus is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the hero Perseus.
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D.
Alcaeus of Mytilene
Alcaeus of Mytilene was an influential 6th-century BCE lyric poet from the island of Lesbos, renowned for his political and personal poetry composed in the Aeolic dialect.
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E.
Anacreon
Anacreon was an ancient Greek lyric poet renowned for his songs celebrating love, wine, and revelry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic poet
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ancient Greek poet ⓘ epigrammatist ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ptolemaic court in Egypt
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linked to:
Ptolemaic palace complex
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Ancient Macedonia
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linked to:
Macedon
|
| culture | Hellenistic Greek ⓘ |
| describedBySource | Milan Papyrus publication of 2001 ⓘ |
| era | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | Hellenistic epigram ⓘ |
| floruit | 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | epigram ⓘ |
| hasPart |
epigrams on character sketches
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epigrams on cures ⓘ epigrams on dedications ⓘ epigrams on epitaphs ⓘ epigrams on omens ⓘ epigrams on shipwrecks ⓘ epigrams on statues ⓘ epigrams on stones ⓘ epigrams on victory dedications ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection | Greek Anthology ⓘ |
| influenced |
Roman epigrammatists
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later Greek epigrammatists ⓘ |
| knownFor |
large corpus of epigrams preserved on papyrus
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varied thematic range in epigrams ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | short elegiac couplets ⓘ |
| movement | Hellenistic poetry ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Milan Papyrus epigrams
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epigrams ⓘ |
| occupation |
epigrammatist
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poet ⓘ |
| partOf |
Greek Anthology tradition
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linked to:
Greek Anthology
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| placeOfBirth |
Pella
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linked to:
Pella, Greece
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| possiblePlaceOfActivity | Alexandria ⓘ |
| sourceOfInformation |
Greek Anthology manuscripts
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Milan Papyrus P.Mil.Vogl. VIII 309 ⓘ ancient scholia ⓘ |
| workPreservedIn | Milan Papyrus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Posidippus of Pella Description of subject: Posidippus of Pella was a Hellenistic Greek poet best known for his epigrams, many of which are preserved in the Milan Papyrus.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: Posidippus of Pella