The Burial at Thebes
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The Burial at Thebes is Seamus Heaney’s acclaimed verse adaptation of Sophocles’ tragedy Antigone, noted for its contemporary political resonance and lyrical language.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21124361 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Burial at Thebes Context triple: [Seamus Heaney bibliography, includesTranslation, The Burial at Thebes]
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A.
House of Creon
The House of Creon is a royal Theban dynasty in Greek mythology associated with King Creon, who rules Thebes during the events surrounding Oedipus and Antigone.
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B.
Lord of Thebes
Lord of Thebes is an epithet of the ancient Egyptian war god Montu, highlighting his role as the chief protective and martial deity of the city of Thebes.
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C.
Crates of Thebes
Crates of Thebes was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher known for renouncing his wealth to live a life of poverty and virtue, and for being a prominent teacher of Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism.
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D.
Seven Against Thebes
Seven Against Thebes is a famous episode in Greek mythology in which a coalition of heroes mounts a doomed expedition to capture the city of Thebes.
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E.
The Sacrifice of Polyxena
The Sacrifice of Polyxena is a Baroque history painting by French artist Antoine Coypel depicting the tragic mythological execution of Polyxena at the end of the Trojan War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Burial at Thebes Target entity description: The Burial at Thebes is Seamus Heaney’s acclaimed verse adaptation of Sophocles’ tragedy Antigone, noted for its contemporary political resonance and lyrical language.
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A.
House of Creon
The House of Creon is a royal Theban dynasty in Greek mythology associated with King Creon, who rules Thebes during the events surrounding Oedipus and Antigone.
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B.
Lord of Thebes
Lord of Thebes is an epithet of the ancient Egyptian war god Montu, highlighting his role as the chief protective and martial deity of the city of Thebes.
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C.
Crates of Thebes
Crates of Thebes was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher known for renouncing his wealth to live a life of poverty and virtue, and for being a prominent teacher of Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism.
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D.
Seven Against Thebes
Seven Against Thebes is a famous episode in Greek mythology in which a coalition of heroes mounts a doomed expedition to capture the city of Thebes.
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E.
The Sacrifice of Polyxena
The Sacrifice of Polyxena is a Baroque history painting by French artist Antoine Coypel depicting the tragic mythological execution of Polyxena at the end of the Trojan War.
- F. None of above. chosen
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