Coragus
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Coragus was a Macedonian soldier and boxer who famously challenged and was defeated by the Athenian pankratiast Dioxippus in a celebrated contest during Alexander the Great’s campaign.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Coragus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19888904 — 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: Coragus Context triple: [Dioxippus, opponent, Coragus]
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A.
Widuking
Widuking is an alternative name for Widukind, the 8th-century Saxon nobleman who led resistance against Charlemagne’s Frankish expansion.
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B.
Catreus
Catreus is a figure in Greek mythology, a son of King Minos of Crete whose tragic fate is tied to a prophecy that he would be killed by one of his own children.
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C.
Cocyrus
Cocyrus is a hellish realm within the Maw in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, known as a prison of torment and punishment for powerful souls.
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D.
Thoosa
Thoosa is a minor sea nymph in Greek mythology, known primarily as the mother of the Cyclops Polyphemus by the sea god Poseidon.
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E.
Agamenticus
Agamenticus was the original 17th-century name for what became the town of York in southern Maine, one of the earliest English settlements in the region.
- 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: Coragus Target entity description: Coragus was a Macedonian soldier and boxer who famously challenged and was defeated by the Athenian pankratiast Dioxippus in a celebrated contest during Alexander the Great’s campaign.
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A.
Widuking
Widuking is an alternative name for Widukind, the 8th-century Saxon nobleman who led resistance against Charlemagne’s Frankish expansion.
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B.
Catreus
Catreus is a figure in Greek mythology, a son of King Minos of Crete whose tragic fate is tied to a prophecy that he would be killed by one of his own children.
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C.
Cocyrus
Cocyrus is a hellish realm within the Maw in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, known as a prison of torment and punishment for powerful souls.
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D.
Thoosa
Thoosa is a minor sea nymph in Greek mythology, known primarily as the mother of the Cyclops Polyphemus by the sea god Poseidon.
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E.
Agamenticus
Agamenticus was the original 17th-century name for what became the town of York in southern Maine, one of the earliest English settlements in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Dioxippus (legendary Athenian fighter)