Seven Against Thebes
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Seven Against Thebes is a famous episode in Greek mythology in which a coalition of heroes mounts a doomed expedition to capture the city of Thebes.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1060913 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Seven Against Thebes Context triple: [Boeotia, mythologicalAssociation, Seven Against Thebes]
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A.
Sacred Wars
Sacred Wars were a series of ancient Greek conflicts, primarily fought over control of the sacred sanctuary of Delphi and its oracle.
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B.
Antigone
Antigone is a tragic heroine from Greek mythology and Sophocles’ Theban plays, known for defying royal authority to honor her family and the gods.
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Thebaid
Thebaid was a historic region of Upper Egypt centered around Thebes, known in late antiquity as a major administrative and monastic center.
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Typhonomachy
Typhonomachy is the mythological battle in Greek lore between Zeus and the monstrous giant Typhon, often seen as a sequel or counterpart to the Titanomachy.
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Crates of Thebes
Crates of Thebes was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher known for renouncing his wealth to live a life of poverty and virtue, and for being a prominent teacher of Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism.
- 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: Seven Against Thebes Target entity description: Seven Against Thebes is a famous episode in Greek mythology in which a coalition of heroes mounts a doomed expedition to capture the city of Thebes.
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A.
Sacred Wars
Sacred Wars were a series of ancient Greek conflicts, primarily fought over control of the sacred sanctuary of Delphi and its oracle.
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B.
Antigone
Antigone is a tragic heroine from Greek mythology and Sophocles’ Theban plays, known for defying royal authority to honor her family and the gods.
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C.
Thebaid
Thebaid was a historic region of Upper Egypt centered around Thebes, known in late antiquity as a major administrative and monastic center.
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D.
Typhonomachy
Typhonomachy is the mythological battle in Greek lore between Zeus and the monstrous giant Typhon, often seen as a sequel or counterpart to the Titanomachy.
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E.
Crates of Thebes
Crates of Thebes was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher known for renouncing his wealth to live a life of poverty and virtue, and for being a prominent teacher of Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ancient Greek play
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Greek myth ⓘ Theban cycle episode ⓘ mythological event ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| author | Aeschylus ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Adrastus
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Amphiaraus ⓘ Antigone ⓘ Capaneus ⓘ Creon ⓘ Eteocles ⓘ Hippomedon ⓘ Jocasta ⓘ Megareus ⓘ Oedipus ⓘ Parthenopaeus ⓘ Polynices ⓘ Tydeus ⓘ |
| hasAntagonistSide |
Seven Against Thebes
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Eteocles and the Thebans
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| hasAssociatedDeity |
Apollo
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Ares ⓘ Zeus ⓘ |
| hasAssociatedPlace | Argos ⓘ |
| hasCause |
curse on the house of Oedipus
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dispute over the throne of Thebes ⓘ |
| hasCulturalOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| hasGenre | heroic legend ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfOrigin | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfWork | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| hasLaterSequelInMyth | Epigoni ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryAdaptation |
Seven Against Thebes
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Seven Against Thebes (play)
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| hasMainLocation |
Boeotia
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Thebes ⓘ |
| hasOpposingForces |
defenders of Thebes
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seven champions attacking Thebes ⓘ |
| hasOutcome |
death of most attacking heroes
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failure of the expedition ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryConflict | expedition against Thebes ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistSide | Polynices and his Argive allies ⓘ |
| hasSubject | Seven Against Thebes self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
civil war
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family curse ⓘ fate ⓘ fratricide ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Theban cycle
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surface form:
Theban myths
legend of the house of Oedipus ⓘ |
| resultsIn | mutual killing of Eteocles and Polynices ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Seven Against Thebes Description of subject: Seven Against Thebes is a famous episode in Greek mythology in which a coalition of heroes mounts a doomed expedition to capture the city of Thebes.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Siege of Thebes
this entity surface form:
The Siege of Thebes
this entity surface form:
campaign of the Seven Against Thebes
this entity surface form:
the war of the Seven against Thebes
this entity surface form:
Sophocles' Seven Against Thebes tradition
this entity surface form:
Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes
this entity surface form:
Eteocles and the Thebans
this entity surface form:
Seven Against Thebes (play)
subject surface form:
Seven Against Thebes (play)
this entity surface form:
expedition of the Seven Against Thebes
subject surface form:
War of the Epigoni
this entity surface form:
expedition of the Seven against Thebes