Hermeias of Atarneus
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Hermeias of Atarneus was a 4th-century BCE ruler and philosopher-statesman in Asia Minor, known for his association with Aristotle and his patronage of the Academy’s philosophers.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hermeias of Atarneus canonical | 2 |
| Hermias | 1 |
| Hermias of Atarneus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11707944 — 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: Hermeias of Atarneus Context triple: [Assos, hasNotableResident, Hermeias of Atarneus]
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A.
Hipparchia of Maroneia
Hipparchia of Maroneia was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher, renowned as one of the few known female philosophers of antiquity and for her unconventional life and public rejection of traditional gender roles.
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B.
Antiochis of Pergamon
Antiochis of Pergamon was a Hellenistic queen and consort of Attalus I, associated with the royal Attalid dynasty of Pergamon.
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Hermotimus of Clazomenae
Hermotimus of Clazomenae was a semi-legendary pre-Socratic figure from Ionia, often cited in ancient sources as an early thinker associated with ideas about the soul’s separation from the body and later linked, perhaps apocryphally, to the philosophy of Anaxagoras.
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Timesius of Clazomenae
Timesius of Clazomenae was an ancient Greek figure known for re-establishing the city of Abdera in Thrace.
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E.
Clitomachus
Clitomachus was a Carthaginian-born philosopher who became a leading head of the Platonic Academy in Athens and a prominent proponent of Academic skepticism.
- 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: Hermeias of Atarneus Target entity description: Hermeias of Atarneus was a 4th-century BCE ruler and philosopher-statesman in Asia Minor, known for his association with Aristotle and his patronage of the Academy’s philosophers.
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A.
Hipparchia of Maroneia
Hipparchia of Maroneia was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher, renowned as one of the few known female philosophers of antiquity and for her unconventional life and public rejection of traditional gender roles.
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B.
Antiochis of Pergamon
Antiochis of Pergamon was a Hellenistic queen and consort of Attalus I, associated with the royal Attalid dynasty of Pergamon.
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C.
Hermotimus of Clazomenae
Hermotimus of Clazomenae was a semi-legendary pre-Socratic figure from Ionia, often cited in ancient sources as an early thinker associated with ideas about the soul’s separation from the body and later linked, perhaps apocryphally, to the philosophy of Anaxagoras.
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D.
Timesius of Clazomenae
Timesius of Clazomenae was an ancient Greek figure known for re-establishing the city of Abdera in Thrace.
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E.
Clitomachus
Clitomachus was a Carthaginian-born philosopher who became a leading head of the Platonic Academy in Athens and a prominent proponent of Academic skepticism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
4th-century BCE person
ⓘ
ancient Greek person ⓘ philosopher-statesman ⓘ ruler ⓘ tyrant ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Assos
ⓘ
Atarneus ⓘ Mysia ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| closeAssociate | Aristotle ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Aristotle ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn | Aristotle's hymn to virtue ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Mysia ⓘ |
| culture | Greek ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Plato's Academy
ⓘ
linked to:
Academy of Athens
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hosted |
Aristotle at Assos
ⓘ
Xenocrates at Assos ⓘ
linked to:
Xenocrates
|
| killedBy | Persian authorities ⓘ |
| knownFor |
combining political power with philosophical interests
ⓘ
supporting the Academy’s philosophers in Asia Minor ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedInTimePeriod |
4th century BCE
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Classical antiquity ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | torture and crucifixion ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Aristotle
ⓘ
patronage of philosophers of the Academy ⓘ rule in Asia Minor ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
ⓘ
ruler ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| opponent |
Persian Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Achaemenid Empire
|
| patronOf |
Aristotle
ⓘ
Xenocrates ⓘ other philosophers of the Academy ⓘ |
| placeOfRule |
Assos
ⓘ
Atarneus ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | client ruler under Persian suzerainty ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
ruler of Assos
ⓘ
ruler of Atarneus ⓘ |
| region | Asia Minor ⓘ |
| relativeByMarriage | Aristotle ⓘ |
| religion | Greek polytheism ⓘ |
| spouse |
Pythias the Elder
ⓘ
linked to:
Pythias
|
| spouseOf |
Pythias the Elder
ⓘ
linked to:
Pythias
|
| studentOf | Plato ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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linked to: Hermeias of Atarneus
linked to: Hermeias of Atarneus