murder of Agamemnon
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The murder of Agamemnon is a pivotal episode in Greek mythology in which the Mycenaean king is treacherously slain upon his return from the Trojan War, triggering the cycle of vengeance that defines the Atreid saga.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| murder of Agamemnon canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20981334 — 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: murder of Agamemnon Context triple: [Atreid saga, includesEvent, murder of Agamemnon]
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A.
Orestida
Orestida is a municipality in the Western Macedonia region of Greece, known for its location within the Kastoria regional unit.
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B.
killing of Priam by Neoptolemus
The killing of Priam by Neoptolemus is a famous episode from Greek mythology in which the aged Trojan king Priam is brutally slain by Achilles’ son during the sack of Troy.
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C.
Orest in Elektra
Orest in Elektra is the tormented brother of the title character in Richard Strauss’s opera, driven by a duty to avenge their father’s murder.
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D.
Massacre of the Niobids
The Massacre of the Niobids is a classical mythological scene, popular in ancient and later art, depicting the slaughter of Niobe’s children by Apollo and Artemis as punishment for their mother’s hubris.
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E.
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.
- 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: murder of Agamemnon Target entity description: The murder of Agamemnon is a pivotal episode in Greek mythology in which the Mycenaean king is treacherously slain upon his return from the Trojan War, triggering the cycle of vengeance that defines the Atreid saga.
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A.
Orestida
Orestida is a municipality in the Western Macedonia region of Greece, known for its location within the Kastoria regional unit.
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B.
killing of Priam by Neoptolemus
The killing of Priam by Neoptolemus is a famous episode from Greek mythology in which the aged Trojan king Priam is brutally slain by Achilles’ son during the sack of Troy.
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C.
Orest in Elektra
Orest in Elektra is the tormented brother of the title character in Richard Strauss’s opera, driven by a duty to avenge their father’s murder.
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D.
Massacre of the Niobids
The Massacre of the Niobids is a classical mythological scene, popular in ancient and later art, depicting the slaughter of Niobe’s children by Apollo and Artemis as punishment for their mother’s hubris.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.