The Woman from Miletus
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The Woman from Miletus is a lost comedy by the ancient Greek playwright Diphilus, known only through later references and surviving fragments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Woman from Miletus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10138995 — 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: The Woman from Miletus Context triple: [Diphilus, hasWork, The Woman from Miletus]
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A.
The Woman from Samos
The Woman from Samos is an ancient Greek comedy by Menander that explores love, mistaken identity, and family intrigue in a domestic setting.
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B.
The Woman from Perinthus
The Woman from Perinthus is an ancient Greek New Comedy play by Diphilus, known through fragments and later adaptations by Roman playwrights.
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C.
The Woman from Pontus
The Woman from Pontus is a lost comedy by the ancient Greek playwright Diphilus, likely centered on a female character from the Black Sea region of Pontus and typical of New Comedy’s focus on domestic and social themes.
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D.
The Woman from Sicyon
The Woman from Sicyon is a lost ancient Greek comedy by the playwright Diphilus, known only through later references and fragments.
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E.
The Woman from Corinth
The Woman from Corinth is a lost ancient Greek comedy by the playwright Diphilus, likely centered on domestic and romantic entanglements characteristic of New Comedy.
- 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: The Woman from Miletus Target entity description: The Woman from Miletus is a lost comedy by the ancient Greek playwright Diphilus, known only through later references and surviving fragments.
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A.
The Woman from Samos
The Woman from Samos is an ancient Greek comedy by Menander that explores love, mistaken identity, and family intrigue in a domestic setting.
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B.
The Woman from Perinthus
The Woman from Perinthus is an ancient Greek New Comedy play by Diphilus, known through fragments and later adaptations by Roman playwrights.
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C.
The Woman from Pontus
The Woman from Pontus is a lost comedy by the ancient Greek playwright Diphilus, likely centered on a female character from the Black Sea region of Pontus and typical of New Comedy’s focus on domestic and social themes.
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D.
The Woman from Sicyon
The Woman from Sicyon is a lost ancient Greek comedy by the playwright Diphilus, known only through later references and fragments.
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E.
The Woman from Corinth
The Woman from Corinth is a lost ancient Greek comedy by the playwright Diphilus, likely centered on domestic and romantic entanglements characteristic of New Comedy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek comedy
ⓘ
lost play ⓘ theatrical work ⓘ |
| associatedCulture | Ancient Greek culture ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Miletus ⓘ |
| author | Diphilus ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| genre | New Comedy ⓘ |
| hasAuthorRole | playwright ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalStatus | incomplete textual transmission ⓘ |
| hasMainSubject | a woman from Miletus ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature | extant only in fragments ⓘ |
| isLostWork | true ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
fragmentary quotations
ⓘ
testimonia in later authors ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | comedy ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| originalPerformanceLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of Greek New Comedy ⓘ |
| period | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| survivesAs |
fragments
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later references ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish | The Woman from Miletus ⓘ |
| workBy | Diphilus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Woman from Miletus Description of subject: The Woman from Miletus is a lost comedy by the ancient Greek playwright Diphilus, known only through later references and surviving fragments.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.