Clytemnestra
E120642
Clytemnestra is a queen of Mycenae in Greek mythology, famed for murdering her husband Agamemnon upon his return from the Trojan War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clytemnestra canonical | 39 |
| Clytemnestra is wife of Agamemnon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1044600 — 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: Clytemnestra Context triple: [Leda, motherOf, Clytemnestra]
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A.
Electra
Electra is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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B.
Orestes
Orestes was a Roman general and statesman who effectively ruled the Western Roman Empire through his young son, the last emperor Romulus Augustulus, before being overthrown by Odoacer.
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C.
Jocasta
Jocasta is a tragic figure in Greek mythology and Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex," known as both the wife and unwitting mother of Oedipus, whose discovery of their incestuous relationship leads to catastrophe.
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D.
Orestheus
Orestheus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the flood survivor and progenitor of humankind, Deucalion.
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E.
Chrysothemis
Chrysothemis is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology who tend a blissful garden at the western edge of the world.
- 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: Clytemnestra Target entity description: Clytemnestra is a queen of Mycenae in Greek mythology, famed for murdering her husband Agamemnon upon his return from the Trojan War.
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A.
Electra
Electra is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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B.
Orestes
Orestes was a Roman general and statesman who effectively ruled the Western Roman Empire through his young son, the last emperor Romulus Augustulus, before being overthrown by Odoacer.
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C.
Jocasta
Jocasta is a tragic figure in Greek mythology and Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex," known as both the wife and unwitting mother of Oedipus, whose discovery of their incestuous relationship leads to catastrophe.
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D.
Orestheus
Orestheus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the flood survivor and progenitor of humankind, Deucalion.
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E.
Chrysothemis
Chrysothemis is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology who tend a blissful garden at the western edge of the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological queen ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Oresteia
ⓘ
surface form:
Aeschylus' Agamemnon
The Eumenides ⓘ
surface form:
Aeschylus' The Eumenides
Oresteia ⓘ
surface form:
Aeschylus' The Libation Bearers
Electra (Euripides) ⓘ
surface form:
Euripides' Electra
Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) ⓘ
surface form:
Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis
Electra (Sophocles) ⓘ
surface form:
Sophocles' Electra
|
| associatedEvent | Trojan War ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Argos ⓘ |
| characterType |
tragic heroine
ⓘ
vengeful wife ⓘ |
| child |
Chrysothemis
ⓘ
Electra ⓘ Iphigenia ⓘ Orestes ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| father | Tyndareus ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| house |
House of Atreus myth cycle
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surface form:
House of Atreus
|
| killed |
Agamemnon
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Cassandra ⓘ |
| killedBy |
Electra
ⓘ
Orestes ⓘ |
| lover | Aegisthus ⓘ |
| mother | Leda ⓘ |
| motivatedBy |
adultery with Aegisthus
ⓘ
sacrifice of Iphigenia by Agamemnon ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle | Atreid saga ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Orestes
ⓘ
surface form:
murder of Agamemnon
|
| relatedConcept |
blood feud
ⓘ
justice and revenge in Greek tragedy ⓘ matricide ⓘ |
| residence |
Mycenae and Tiryns
ⓘ
surface form:
Mycenae
|
| sibling |
Castor
ⓘ
Helen of Troy ⓘ Phoebe ⓘ Pollux ⓘ Timandra ⓘ |
| spouse | Agamemnon ⓘ |
| symbol |
axe
ⓘ
net ⓘ |
| title |
Queen of Ithaca
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surface form:
Queen of Mycenae
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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: Clytemnestra Description of subject: Clytemnestra is a queen of Mycenae in Greek mythology, famed for murdering her husband Agamemnon upon his return from the Trojan War.
Referenced by (40)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Iphigenia in Aulis
this entity surface form:
Clytemnestra is wife of Agamemnon