Richmond Lattimore
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Richmond Lattimore was an American classicist and poet best known for his highly respected, literal English translations of ancient Greek works such as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Richmond Lattimore canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5358066 — 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: Richmond Lattimore Context triple: [Richmond, hasNotableBearer, Richmond Lattimore]
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A.
Earle Cabell
Earle Cabell was an American politician and businessman who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, during the early 1960s, including at the time of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
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B.
Al Alcorn
Al Alcorn is an American engineer and video game pioneer best known as the designer of the original Pong arcade game.
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C.
Trummy Young
Trummy Young was an American jazz trombonist and singer best known for his work with Louis Armstrong and other leading swing-era bands.
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D.
Clarence Muse
Clarence Muse was an American actor, director, and composer known as a pioneering Black performer in early 20th-century film and theater.
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E.
Asa Melvin
Asa Melvin was a young American soldier from Concord, Massachusetts, who died in the Civil War and is honored by the Melvin Memorial.
- 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: Richmond Lattimore Target entity description: Richmond Lattimore was an American classicist and poet best known for his highly respected, literal English translations of ancient Greek works such as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.
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A.
Earle Cabell
Earle Cabell was an American politician and businessman who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, during the early 1960s, including at the time of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
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B.
Al Alcorn
Al Alcorn is an American engineer and video game pioneer best known as the designer of the original Pong arcade game.
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C.
Trummy Young
Trummy Young was an American jazz trombonist and singer best known for his work with Louis Armstrong and other leading swing-era bands.
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D.
Clarence Muse
Clarence Muse was an American actor, director, and composer known as a pioneering Black performer in early 20th-century film and theater.
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E.
Asa Melvin
Asa Melvin was a young American soldier from Concord, Massachusetts, who died in the Civil War and is honored by the Melvin Memorial.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
classicist
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human ⓘ poet ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
Greek philology
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classical philology ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educationFocus | Greek classics ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Lattimore ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ancient Greek literature
ⓘ
classics ⓘ translation studies ⓘ |
| genre |
epic poetry (in translation)
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poetry ⓘ tragedy (in translation) ⓘ |
| givenName | Richmond ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
English reception of Homer
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teaching of Homer in English-speaking universities ⓘ |
| influenced | later translators of Homer ⓘ |
| knownFor |
literal English translations of ancient Greek works
ⓘ
translation of Homeric epics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Richmond Lattimore ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notability | major 20th-century translator of Homer ⓘ |
| notableWork |
English translation of Aeschylus' tragedies
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English translation of Homer's Iliad ⓘ English translation of Homer's Odyssey ⓘ English translation of the New Testament (as co-translator) ⓘ |
| occupation |
classicist
ⓘ
poet ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| style | formal poetic diction in English ⓘ |
| subjectOf | scholarly criticism on translation of Homer ⓘ |
| translationApproach |
close adherence to Greek syntax and diction
ⓘ
highly literal style ⓘ |
| translationOf |
Homer's Iliad
ⓘ
Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
linked to:
The Odyssey
works of Aeschylus ⓘ
linked to:
Aeschylus
works of other ancient Greek poets ⓘ |
| workFocus |
Greek mythology in literature
ⓘ
ancient Greek epic ⓘ ancient Greek tragedy ⓘ |
| workLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
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