arrows of Heracles
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The arrows of Heracles are the legendary missiles dipped in the poisonous blood of the Lernaean Hydra, famed in Greek mythology for their deadly, incurable wounds.
All labels observed (1)
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| arrows of Heracles canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18887686 — 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: arrows of Heracles Context triple: [bow of Heracles, relatedArtifact, arrows of Heracles]
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bow of Heracles
The bow of Heracles is the legendary weapon in Greek mythology whose possession is crucial for the Greeks’ victory in the Trojan War and which becomes the central object of contention in Sophocles’ tragedy "Philoctetes."
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B.
bow and arrows of Apollo
The bow and arrows of Apollo are the divine weapons of the Greek god Apollo, famed for their deadly accuracy and often used to strike down his enemies from afar.
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C.
Héraklès archer
Héraklès archer is a celebrated early 20th-century bronze sculpture by Antoine Bourdelle depicting the mythological hero Heracles drawing his bow in a powerful, dynamic pose.
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D.
Cretan archers
Cretan archers were renowned ancient Greek mercenary bowmen from Crete, prized across Hellenistic armies for their skilled and accurate archery.
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E.
Dioskouroi
Dioskouroi refers to the twin brothers Castor and Pollux from Greek mythology, revered as protective deities of sailors and patrons of horsemanship and athleticism.
- 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: arrows of Heracles Target entity description: The arrows of Heracles are the legendary missiles dipped in the poisonous blood of the Lernaean Hydra, famed in Greek mythology for their deadly, incurable wounds.
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A.
bow of Heracles
The bow of Heracles is the legendary weapon in Greek mythology whose possession is crucial for the Greeks’ victory in the Trojan War and which becomes the central object of contention in Sophocles’ tragedy "Philoctetes."
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B.
bow and arrows of Apollo
The bow and arrows of Apollo are the divine weapons of the Greek god Apollo, famed for their deadly accuracy and often used to strike down his enemies from afar.
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C.
Héraklès archer
Héraklès archer is a celebrated early 20th-century bronze sculpture by Antoine Bourdelle depicting the mythological hero Heracles drawing his bow in a powerful, dynamic pose.
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D.
Cretan archers
Cretan archers were renowned ancient Greek mercenary bowmen from Crete, prized across Hellenistic armies for their skilled and accurate archery.
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E.
Dioskouroi
Dioskouroi refers to the twin brothers Castor and Pollux from Greek mythology, revered as protective deities of sailors and patrons of horsemanship and athleticism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.