Polykleitos the Younger
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4th-century BC Greek person
ancient Greek architect
ancient Greek sculptor
classical antiquity figure
Polykleitos the Younger was a 4th-century BC Greek architect and sculptor renowned for his influential work in classical temple design and monumental art.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Polykleitos the Younger canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6859703 — 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: Polykleitos the Younger Context triple: [Tholos of Epidaurus, architect, Polykleitos the Younger]
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Polykleitos
Polykleitos was a renowned Classical Greek sculptor famous for formulating the canon of ideal human proportions and creating influential bronze statues such as the Doryphoros (Spear Bearer).
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B.
Lysippus
Lysippus was a renowned 4th-century BCE Greek sculptor, famed as Alexander the Great’s court sculptor and a key figure in the transition from Classical to Hellenistic art.
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C.
Phidias
Phidias was a renowned 5th-century BCE Greek sculptor celebrated for his monumental works, including the statue of Zeus at Olympia and major sculptures associated with the Parthenon.
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D.
Leochares
Leochares was a renowned 4th-century BC Greek sculptor of the Classical period, noted for his refined statues of gods and rulers.
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E.
Praxiteles
Praxiteles was a renowned 4th-century BCE Greek sculptor celebrated for his graceful marble statues and pioneering depiction of the nude female form in classical art.
- 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: Polykleitos the Younger Target entity description: Polykleitos the Younger was a 4th-century BC Greek architect and sculptor renowned for his influential work in classical temple design and monumental art.
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A.
Polykleitos
Polykleitos was a renowned Classical Greek sculptor famous for formulating the canon of ideal human proportions and creating influential bronze statues such as the Doryphoros (Spear Bearer).
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B.
Lysippus
Lysippus was a renowned 4th-century BCE Greek sculptor, famed as Alexander the Great’s court sculptor and a key figure in the transition from Classical to Hellenistic art.
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C.
Phidias
Phidias was a renowned 5th-century BCE Greek sculptor celebrated for his monumental works, including the statue of Zeus at Olympia and major sculptures associated with the Parthenon.
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D.
Leochares
Leochares was a renowned 4th-century BC Greek sculptor of the Classical period, noted for his refined statues of gods and rulers.
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E.
Praxiteles
Praxiteles was a renowned 4th-century BCE Greek sculptor celebrated for his graceful marble statues and pioneering depiction of the nude female form in classical art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
4th-century BC Greek person
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ancient Greek architect ⓘ ancient Greek sculptor ⓘ classical antiquity figure ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 4th century BC ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designed |
Theatre of Epidaurus
NERFINISHED
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Tholos at Epidaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
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classical temple design ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| genre | monumental art ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Polykleitos the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Polykleitos the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
design of major Greek theatre architecture
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refinement of classical architectural proportions ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| movement | Classical Greek art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Theatre of Epidaurus
NERFINISHED
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Tholos at Epidaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
architect
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sculptor ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Epidaurus
NERFINISHED
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Peloponnese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relativeType | son of Polykleitos the Elder ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| style |
Classical Greek architecture
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Classical Greek sculpture ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Polykleitos the Younger Description of subject: Polykleitos the Younger was a 4th-century BC Greek architect and sculptor renowned for his influential work in classical temple design and monumental art.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.