Cimon
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Cimon was a prominent 5th-century BC Athenian statesman and general who played a key role in expanding Athenian power during the early years of the Delian League.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cimon canonical | 16 |
| Cimon son of Miltiades | 2 |
| Cimon (father of Miltiades the Younger) | 1 |
| Cimon the Athenian | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T606940 — 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: Cimon Context triple: [Athenian army, notableCommander, Cimon]
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A.
Alcibiades
Alcibiades was a controversial and charismatic Athenian statesman and general of the Peloponnesian War, known for his shifting political allegiances between Athens, Sparta, and Persia.
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B.
Agesilaus
"Agesilaus" is a biographical work by the ancient Greek historian Xenophon that praises and chronicles the life and leadership of the Spartan king Agesilaus II.
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C.
Cirón
Cirón is a river in southwestern France known for flowing through the Sauternes wine region, where its cool misty microclimate helps produce the area’s famous sweet wines.
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D.
Polyzalus of Gela
Polyzalus of Gela was a 5th-century BC Sicilian Greek tyrant and member of the Deinomenid dynasty, known for his political power and for commissioning major dedications at panhellenic sanctuaries.
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E.
Miltiades the Younger
Miltiades the Younger was an Athenian general best known for leading the Greek forces to victory against the Persians at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.
- 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: Cimon Target entity description: Cimon was a prominent 5th-century BC Athenian statesman and general who played a key role in expanding Athenian power during the early years of the Delian League.
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A.
Alcibiades
Alcibiades was a controversial and charismatic Athenian statesman and general of the Peloponnesian War, known for his shifting political allegiances between Athens, Sparta, and Persia.
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B.
Agesilaus
"Agesilaus" is a biographical work by the ancient Greek historian Xenophon that praises and chronicles the life and leadership of the Spartan king Agesilaus II.
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C.
Cirón
Cirón is a river in southwestern France known for flowing through the Sauternes wine region, where its cool misty microclimate helps produce the area’s famous sweet wines.
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D.
Polyzalus of Gela
Polyzalus of Gela was a 5th-century BC Sicilian Greek tyrant and member of the Deinomenid dynasty, known for his political power and for commissioning major dedications at panhellenic sanctuaries.
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E.
Miltiades the Younger
Miltiades the Younger was an Athenian general best known for leading the Greek forces to victory against the Persians at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athenian general
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Athenian statesman ⓘ ancient Greek politician ⓘ military leader ⓘ |
| activeYears | early 5th century BC ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Athenian aristocratic party
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Delian League ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| citizenship | Athenian ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Classical Athens ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | c. 510 BC ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | c. 450 BC ⓘ |
| era | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Athenian ⓘ |
| father | Miltiades the Younger ⓘ |
| givenName | Cimon self-link ⓘ |
| knownFor |
anti-Persian policy
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leadership in the early Delian League ⓘ pro-Spartan foreign policy ⓘ strengthening Athenian naval power ⓘ use of war spoils for public works in Athens ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf | Philaidae family ⓘ |
| militaryRank | general ⓘ |
| mother |
Hypsipyle
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surface form:
Hegesipyle
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| notableStudentOrFollower | Athenian aristocratic supporters ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Athenian naval campaigns against Persia
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campaigns in the Aegean Sea ⓘ capture of Eion ⓘ expansion of the Delian League ⓘ victory at the Battle of the Eurymedon ⓘ |
| officeContested | strategos of Athens ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Brasidas
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surface form:
Ephialtes
Pericles ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of the Eurymedon
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Delian League campaigns against Persia ⓘ Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ siege of Eion ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Athens ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Athens ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Citium ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | pro-Spartan ⓘ |
| positionHeld | strategos of Athens ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| source |
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives
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surface form:
Plutarch's Life of Cimon
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| spouse | Isodice ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Pericles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Cimon Description of subject: Cimon was a prominent 5th-century BC Athenian statesman and general who played a key role in expanding Athenian power during the early years of the Delian League.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cimon the Athenian
this entity surface form:
Cimon son of Miltiades
this entity surface form:
Cimon son of Miltiades
this entity surface form:
Cimon (father of Miltiades the Younger)