Homeric Catalogue of Ships
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The Homeric Catalogue of Ships is a famous passage in Book 2 of Homer’s Iliad that lists the Greek contingents, their leaders, and their homelands who sailed to fight in the Trojan War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Catalogue of Achaean ships | 1 |
| Homeric Catalogue of Ships canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5685222 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Homeric Catalogue of Ships Context triple: [Pylos, appearsIn, Homeric Catalogue of Ships]
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A.
The Shield of Achilles
The Shield of Achilles is a poem by W. H. Auden that contrasts Homeric heroism with the horrors and moral emptiness of the modern world.
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B.
Little Iliad
The Little Iliad is a lost ancient Greek epic poem of the Trojan Cycle that narrated events between the end of the Iliad and the fall of Troy, including episodes involving Helen of Troy.
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C.
Les Phocéens
Les Phocéens is the traditional nickname for Olympique de Marseille, referencing the ancient Greek settlers of the city of Marseille (Phocaea).
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D.
Prolegomena ad Homerum
Prolegomena ad Homerum is Friedrich August Wolf’s groundbreaking 1795 philological study that challenged the traditional view of Homeric authorship and helped found modern classical scholarship.
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E.
Mares of Diomedes
The Mares of Diomedes are man-eating horses from Greek mythology that Heracles was tasked with capturing as one of his Twelve Labors.
- 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: Homeric Catalogue of Ships Target entity description: The Homeric Catalogue of Ships is a famous passage in Book 2 of Homer’s Iliad that lists the Greek contingents, their leaders, and their homelands who sailed to fight in the Trojan War.
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A.
The Shield of Achilles
The Shield of Achilles is a poem by W. H. Auden that contrasts Homeric heroism with the horrors and moral emptiness of the modern world.
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B.
Little Iliad
The Little Iliad is a lost ancient Greek epic poem of the Trojan Cycle that narrated events between the end of the Iliad and the fall of Troy, including episodes involving Helen of Troy.
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C.
Les Phocéens
Les Phocéens is the traditional nickname for Olympique de Marseille, referencing the ancient Greek settlers of the city of Marseille (Phocaea).
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D.
Prolegomena ad Homerum
Prolegomena ad Homerum is Friedrich August Wolf’s groundbreaking 1795 philological study that challenged the traditional view of Homeric authorship and helped found modern classical scholarship.
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E.
Mares of Diomedes
The Mares of Diomedes are man-eating horses from Greek mythology that Heracles was tasked with capturing as one of his Twelve Labors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epic catalogue
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part of literary work ⓘ poetic passage ⓘ |
| associatedWith | oral epic tradition ⓘ |
| author | Homer ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek literature ⓘ |
| describes |
Greek contingents in the Trojan War
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homelands of Greek forces ⓘ leaders of Greek forces ⓘ number of ships ⓘ |
| function |
enumeration of allied forces
ⓘ
geographical survey of Greek world ⓘ |
| genre | dactylic hexameter poetry ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
source for study of Greek ethnography
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source for study of Mycenaean geography ⓘ |
| influenced | later epic catalogues ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Epic poetry ⓘ |
| locatedInWork | Book 2 of the Iliad ⓘ |
| mentions |
Achaean forces
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Achilles ⓘ Agamemnon ⓘ Ajax son of Oileus ⓘ Ajax son of Telamon ⓘ
linked to:
Telamonian Ajax
Arcadians ⓘ Argive forces ⓘ Argos ⓘ Athenians ⓘ Boeotians ⓘ Cretans ⓘ Danaans ⓘ Diomedes ⓘ Ithaca ⓘ Lacedaemonians ⓘ
linked to:
Dorians
Menelaus ⓘ Mycenae ⓘ Myrmidons ⓘ
linked to:
Myrmidon
Nestor ⓘ Odysseus ⓘ Pylos ⓘ Rhodes ⓘ Sparta ⓘ |
| notableFor |
formulaic structure
ⓘ
length and detail ⓘ |
| partOf |
Iliad
ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Iliad
|
| setIn | mythical Trojan War ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Homeric scholarship
ⓘ
classical philology ⓘ historical geography ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | Archaic Greece ⓘ |
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linked to: Homeric Catalogue of Ships