Timaeus of Tauromenium
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Timaeus of Tauromenium was an ancient Greek historian of Magna Graecia, best known for his extensive universal history that greatly influenced later writers like Polybius and Diodorus Siculus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Timaeus of Tauromenium canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T407896 — 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: Timaeus of Tauromenium Context triple: [Magna Graecia, hasNotableResident, Timaeus of Tauromenium]
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A.
Euclid of Megara
Euclid of Megara was an ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the Megarian school, known for combining Socratic ethics with Eleatic logic and dialectical methods.
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B.
Cratylus
Cratylus is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that explores the nature and correctness of names and language.
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C.
Theaetetus
Theaetetus is a Platonic dialogue that explores the nature of knowledge through a conversation between Socrates and the young mathematician Theaetetus.
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D.
Anaxagoras
Anaxagoras was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher known for introducing the concept of Nous (Mind) as the cosmic ordering principle and for offering naturalistic explanations of celestial and physical phenomena.
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E.
Timotheus
Timotheus is the Latin form of the given name Timothy, historically used in ecclesiastical, scholarly, and classical contexts.
- 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: Timaeus of Tauromenium Target entity description: Timaeus of Tauromenium was an ancient Greek historian of Magna Graecia, best known for his extensive universal history that greatly influenced later writers like Polybius and Diodorus Siculus.
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A.
Euclid of Megara
Euclid of Megara was an ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the Megarian school, known for combining Socratic ethics with Eleatic logic and dialectical methods.
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B.
Cratylus
Cratylus is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that explores the nature and correctness of names and language.
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C.
Theaetetus
Theaetetus is a Platonic dialogue that explores the nature of knowledge through a conversation between Socrates and the young mathematician Theaetetus.
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D.
Anaxagoras
Anaxagoras was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher known for introducing the concept of Nous (Mind) as the cosmic ordering principle and for offering naturalistic explanations of celestial and physical phenomena.
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E.
Timotheus
Timotheus is the Latin form of the given name Timothy, historically used in ecclesiastical, scholarly, and classical contexts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic historian
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ancient Greek historian ⓘ historian of Magna Graecia ⓘ |
| activity | writing universal history from mythical times to his own day ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
history of Italy
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history of Sicily ⓘ universal history of the Mediterranean world ⓘ |
| floruitCentury | 3rd century BC ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | historiography ⓘ |
| influenced |
Cicero
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Diodorus Siculus ⓘ Plutarch ⓘ Polybius ⓘ |
| knownFor |
chronological system in history
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extensive universal history ⓘ influence on later Greek and Roman historians ⓘ |
| mainWork |
Histories
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universal history ⓘ |
| methodologicalFeature |
critical attitude toward earlier historians
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extensive use of chronological calculations ⓘ |
| name | Timaeus of Tauromenium self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| notableIdea | systematic dating by Olympiads ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Sicily
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Tauromenium ⓘ |
| reception |
criticized by Polybius for bias and overreliance on written sources
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valued as a source by Diodorus Siculus ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Griko
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surface form:
Greek West
Magna Graecia ⓘ Sicily ⓘ |
| sourceType | primary source for Western Greek history ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
ancient testimonia by Cicero
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ancient testimonia by Diodorus Siculus ⓘ ancient testimonia by Plutarch ⓘ ancient testimonia by Polybius ⓘ |
| survivingStateOfWorks | fragmentary ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| writingLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Timaeus of Tauromenium Description of subject: Timaeus of Tauromenium was an ancient Greek historian of Magna Graecia, best known for his extensive universal history that greatly influenced later writers like Polybius and Diodorus Siculus.
Referenced by (4)
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