Ithocles
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Ithocles is the ambitious Spartan nobleman whose tragic pursuit of power and forbidden love drives the central conflict in John Ford’s Jacobean tragedy "The Broken Heart."
All labels observed (1)
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| Ithocles canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21885514 — 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: Ithocles Context triple: [The Broken Heart, mainCharacter, Ithocles]
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A.
Aegisthus
Aegisthus is a figure in Greek mythology known for his affair with Clytemnestra and his role in the murder of King Agamemnon, which led to his eventual killing by Orestes.
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B.
Orestheus
Orestheus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the flood survivor and progenitor of humankind, Deucalion.
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C.
Eteocles
Eteocles is a figure in Greek mythology, a king of Thebes known for his deadly conflict with his brother Polynices in the aftermath of their father Oedipus’s downfall.
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D.
Creon of Corinth
Creon of Corinth is a king in Greek mythology, best known from Euripides’ Medea as the ruler who grants Jason and Medea refuge before later banishing Medea and being killed by her revenge.
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E.
Creon
Creon is a mythological king of Thebes in Greek tragedy, best known for his roles in the stories of Oedipus and Antigone.
- 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: Ithocles Target entity description: Ithocles is the ambitious Spartan nobleman whose tragic pursuit of power and forbidden love drives the central conflict in John Ford’s Jacobean tragedy "The Broken Heart."
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A.
Aegisthus
Aegisthus is a figure in Greek mythology known for his affair with Clytemnestra and his role in the murder of King Agamemnon, which led to his eventual killing by Orestes.
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B.
Orestheus
Orestheus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the flood survivor and progenitor of humankind, Deucalion.
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C.
Eteocles
Eteocles is a figure in Greek mythology, a king of Thebes known for his deadly conflict with his brother Polynices in the aftermath of their father Oedipus’s downfall.
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D.
Creon of Corinth
Creon of Corinth is a king in Greek mythology, best known from Euripides’ Medea as the ruler who grants Jason and Medea refuge before later banishing Medea and being killed by her revenge.
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E.
Creon
Creon is a mythological king of Thebes in Greek tragedy, best known for his roles in the stories of Oedipus and Antigone.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.