Achilles’ slaying of Memnon
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Achilles’ slaying of Memnon is a key episode in the post-Homeric Trojan War tradition in which the Greek hero kills the Ethiopian king Memnon, a renowned ally of Troy.
All labels observed (1)
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| Achilles’ slaying of Memnon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16598618 — 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: Achilles’ slaying of Memnon Context triple: [Aethiopis, featuresEvent, Achilles’ slaying of Memnon]
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A.
death of Achilles
The death of Achilles is a legendary episode from Greek mythology recounting how the nearly invincible hero of the Trojan War was ultimately killed, most famously by an arrow to his vulnerable heel.
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B.
slaughter of the suitors
The slaughter of the suitors is the climactic episode in Homer’s Odyssey in which Odysseus, having returned to Ithaca, kills the men courting his wife Penelope and reclaiming his household.
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C.
The Greeks and the Trojans Fighting over the Body of Patroclus
"The Greeks and the Trojans Fighting over the Body of Patroclus" is a dramatic 19th-century history painting depicting a violent episode from Homer's Iliad, in which opposing warriors struggle over the fallen hero Patroclus.
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D.
The Death of Priam
The Death of Priam is a neoclassical history painting by Scottish artist Gavin Hamilton depicting the brutal slaying of the Trojan king Priam during the fall of Troy.
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E.
Menelaus Supporting the Body of Patroclus
Menelaus Supporting the Body of Patroclus is a classical marble sculpture depicting the Trojan War hero Menelaus holding the fallen Patroclus, celebrated for its dramatic expression of grief and heroism.
- 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: Achilles’ slaying of Memnon Target entity description: Achilles’ slaying of Memnon is a key episode in the post-Homeric Trojan War tradition in which the Greek hero kills the Ethiopian king Memnon, a renowned ally of Troy.
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A.
death of Achilles
The death of Achilles is a legendary episode from Greek mythology recounting how the nearly invincible hero of the Trojan War was ultimately killed, most famously by an arrow to his vulnerable heel.
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B.
slaughter of the suitors
The slaughter of the suitors is the climactic episode in Homer’s Odyssey in which Odysseus, having returned to Ithaca, kills the men courting his wife Penelope and reclaiming his household.
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C.
The Greeks and the Trojans Fighting over the Body of Patroclus
"The Greeks and the Trojans Fighting over the Body of Patroclus" is a dramatic 19th-century history painting depicting a violent episode from Homer's Iliad, in which opposing warriors struggle over the fallen hero Patroclus.
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D.
The Death of Priam
The Death of Priam is a neoclassical history painting by Scottish artist Gavin Hamilton depicting the brutal slaying of the Trojan king Priam during the fall of Troy.
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E.
Menelaus Supporting the Body of Patroclus
Menelaus Supporting the Body of Patroclus is a classical marble sculpture depicting the Trojan War hero Menelaus holding the fallen Patroclus, celebrated for its dramatic expression of grief and heroism.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.