Cattle of Geryon
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The Cattle of Geryon are the mythic herd of the three-bodied giant Geryon that Heracles was tasked with stealing as one of his Twelve Labors in Greek mythology.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cattle of Geryon canonical | 4 |
| Geryon’s cattle | 1 |
| Mares of Diomedes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T934160 — 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: Cattle of Geryon Context triple: [Heracles, labour, Cattle of Geryon]
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A.
The Hireling Shepherd
The Hireling Shepherd is an 1851 oil painting by William Holman Hunt that exemplifies the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood’s vivid detail, moral symbolism, and intense naturalism in a rural English setting.
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B.
The Triumph of Pan
The Triumph of Pan is a 17th-century mythological painting by Nicolas Poussin that depicts a bacchanalian celebration in honor of the god Pan, exemplifying the artist’s classical style and interest in ancient themes.
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C.
Stymphalian Birds
The Stymphalian Birds are man-eating, bronze-beaked birds from Greek mythology whose defeat by Heracles formed one of his Twelve Labours.
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D.
King of Ithaca
The King of Ithaca is the legendary Greek monarch best known as Odysseus, the cunning hero of Homer’s Odyssey and leader of the island kingdom of Ithaca.
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E.
The Lonely Goatherd
"The Lonely Goatherd" is a yodel-filled, folk-style song from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *The Sound of Music*, often remembered for its playful puppet-show performance in the film adaptation.
- 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: Cattle of Geryon Target entity description: The Cattle of Geryon are the mythic herd of the three-bodied giant Geryon that Heracles was tasked with stealing as one of his Twelve Labors in Greek mythology.
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A.
The Hireling Shepherd
The Hireling Shepherd is an 1851 oil painting by William Holman Hunt that exemplifies the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood’s vivid detail, moral symbolism, and intense naturalism in a rural English setting.
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B.
The Triumph of Pan
The Triumph of Pan is a 17th-century mythological painting by Nicolas Poussin that depicts a bacchanalian celebration in honor of the god Pan, exemplifying the artist’s classical style and interest in ancient themes.
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C.
Stymphalian Birds
The Stymphalian Birds are man-eating, bronze-beaked birds from Greek mythology whose defeat by Heracles formed one of his Twelve Labours.
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D.
King of Ithaca
The King of Ithaca is the legendary Greek monarch best known as Odysseus, the cunning hero of Homer’s Odyssey and leader of the island kingdom of Ithaca.
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E.
The Lonely Goatherd
"The Lonely Goatherd" is a yodel-filled, folk-style song from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *The Sound of Music*, often remembered for its playful puppet-show performance in the film adaptation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mythological herd
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mythological object ⓘ object in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| appearsIn | later retellings of the Twelve Labors ⓘ |
| associatedDeityOrHero | Heracles ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | island of Erytheia ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Eurystheus
ⓘ
Eurytion ⓘ Heracles ⓘ Orthrus ⓘ island of Erytheia in the far west ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation |
Oceanus
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surface form:
Oceanus (mythic western ocean)
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| causeOfConflict |
Creatures of Heracles
ⓘ
surface form:
Heracles and Geryon
|
| color | red ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Eurystheus ⓘ |
| genre | heroic myth ⓘ |
| guardedBy |
Geryon
ⓘ
Orthrus ⓘ |
| herdedBy | Eurytion ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Erytheia
ⓘ
far west of the known world ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Greek mythology
ⓘ
Heracles cycle ⓘ
surface form:
myths of Heracles
|
| mythologicalTradition | Greek ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | object to be stolen by Heracles ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Geryon ⓘ |
| partOf |
Heracles cycle
ⓘ
surface form:
Labors of Heracles
Heracles cycle ⓘ
surface form:
Twelve Labors of Heracles
|
| relatedMyth |
Heracles killing Eurytion
ⓘ
Heracles killing Orthrus ⓘ Heracles slaying Geryon ⓘ |
| resultOfLabor | brought to Eurystheus ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Heracles’ strength and endurance
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heroic conquest of distant lands ⓘ |
| takenBy | Heracles ⓘ |
| taskNumberInTwelveLabors | tenth labor ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cattle of Geryon Description of subject: The Cattle of Geryon are the mythic herd of the three-bodied giant Geryon that Heracles was tasked with stealing as one of his Twelve Labors in Greek mythology.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mares of Diomedes
this entity surface form:
Geryon’s cattle