Oedipus
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Oedipus is a tragic hero in Greek mythology best known for unwittingly killing his father and marrying his mother, a fate he was prophesied to fulfill.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oedipus canonical | 36 |
| Oedipus Rex | 7 |
| Oedipus myth | 3 |
| King of Thebes | 2 |
| Oedipus Tyrannus | 2 |
| Oedipus and the Sphinx | 2 |
| Oedipus the King | 2 |
| Oedipus and Akhnaton | 1 |
| the myth of Oedipus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T156953 — 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: Oedipus Context triple: [Ancient Greek religion, hasMythologicalFigure, Oedipus]
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A.
Electra
Electra is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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B.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
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C.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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D.
Odysseus
Odysseus is the cunning Greek hero and king of Ithaca renowned for his long, perilous journey home after the Trojan War as depicted in ancient epic poetry.
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E.
Prometheus Bound
Prometheus Bound is an ancient Greek tragedy traditionally attributed to Aeschylus that dramatizes the punishment of the Titan Prometheus for defying Zeus by giving fire and knowledge to humanity.
- 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: Oedipus Target entity description: Oedipus is a tragic hero in Greek mythology best known for unwittingly killing his father and marrying his mother, a fate he was prophesied to fulfill.
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A.
Electra
Electra is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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B.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
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C.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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D.
Odysseus
Odysseus is the cunning Greek hero and king of Ithaca renowned for his long, perilous journey home after the Trojan War as depicted in ancient epic poetry.
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E.
Prometheus Bound
Prometheus Bound is an ancient Greek tragedy traditionally attributed to Aeschylus that dramatizes the punishment of the Titan Prometheus for defying Zeus by giving fire and knowledge to humanity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
king ⓘ mythological character ⓘ tragic hero ⓘ |
| adoptiveFather | Polybus ⓘ |
| adoptiveMother | Merope ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy
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Euripides' lost plays about Oedipus ⓘ Greek mythology ⓘ Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex" ⓘ Sophocles' play "Oedipus at Colonus" ⓘ Theban cycle ⓘ |
| associatedConcept | Oedipus complex ⓘ |
| became | King of Thebes after solving the Sphinx's riddle ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Thebes ⓘ |
| blinded | himself ⓘ |
| causeOfSelfBlinding | discovery of his true parentage and deeds ⓘ |
| centralTo | Theban myths ⓘ |
| children |
Antigone
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Eteocles ⓘ Ismene ⓘ Polynices ⓘ |
| createdBy | ancient Greek mythic tradition ⓘ |
| culture |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| father | Laius ⓘ |
| freed |
Thebes
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surface form:
Thebes from the Sphinx
|
| genre | tragedy ⓘ |
| hasRole |
Oedipus
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
King of Thebes
|
| influenced | Sigmund Freud's theory of the Oedipus complex ⓘ |
| killed | Laius ⓘ |
| knownFor |
fulfilling a tragic prophecy despite attempts to avoid it
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killing his father ⓘ marrying his mother ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| married | Jocasta ⓘ |
| mother | Jocasta ⓘ |
| notableWork | central figure of the Oedipus myth ⓘ |
| raisedIn | Corinth ⓘ |
| solved | the riddle of the Sphinx ⓘ |
| spouse | Jocasta ⓘ |
| subjectOfProphecy | that he would kill his father and marry his mother ⓘ |
| theme |
fate versus free will
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guilt and innocence ⓘ knowledge and ignorance ⓘ sight and blindness ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfMyth | mythic age of Thebes ⓘ |
| triedToAvoid | the prophecy about killing his father and marrying his mother ⓘ |
| unknowinglyKilled | his father ⓘ |
| unknowinglyMarried | his mother ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oedipus Description of subject: Oedipus is a tragic hero in Greek mythology best known for unwittingly killing his father and marrying his mother, a fate he was prophesied to fulfill.
Referenced by (56)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Oedipus and the Sphinx
this entity surface form:
Oedipus the King
this entity surface form:
Oedipus and the Sphinx
subject surface form:
Oedipus Rex
subject surface form:
Oedipus Rex
this entity surface form:
Oedipus Tyrannus
subject surface form:
Oedipus Rex
this entity surface form:
Oedipus the King
subject surface form:
Oedipus at Colonus
this entity surface form:
Oedipus Rex
subject surface form:
Oedipus at Colonus
subject surface form:
Oedipus at Colonus
this entity surface form:
Oedipus myth
this entity surface form:
Oedipus and Akhnaton
this entity surface form:
Oedipus Rex