Icarus

E223544

character in Greek mythology mythological figure

Icarus is a figure from Greek mythology known for flying too close to the sun with wings made of feathers and wax, causing his fatal fall into the sea.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Icarus canonical	8
myth of Icarus	2
Icarus I	1
Icarus from Greek mythology	1
Young Icarus	1
myth of Daedalus and Icarus	1
story of Daedalus and Icarus	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1977810 — 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: Icarus
Context triple: [cut-out period, notableWork, Icarus]

A. ICARUS
ICARUS is a large liquid-argon time projection chamber neutrino detector designed to study neutrino properties and rare particle interactions.
B. Phaethon
Phaethon is a figure in Greek mythology best known for disastrously attempting to drive the sun god’s chariot across the sky, leading to his death and the scorching of the earth.
C. Ceyx
Ceyx is a figure from Greek mythology, a king of Trachis known for his tragic love story with Alcyone that led to their transformation into halcyon birds.
D. Pegasus
Pegasus is the NATO reporting name for the Boeing KC-46, a modern aerial refueling and strategic military transport aircraft.
E. Leda
Leda is a figure in Greek mythology, a Spartan queen best known as the mother of Helen of Troy and the Dioscuri after being seduced by Zeus.
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: Icarus
Target entity description: Icarus is a figure from Greek mythology known for flying too close to the sun with wings made of feathers and wax, causing his fatal fall into the sea.

A. ICARUS
ICARUS is a large liquid-argon time projection chamber neutrino detector designed to study neutrino properties and rare particle interactions.
B. Phaethon
Phaethon is a figure in Greek mythology best known for disastrously attempting to drive the sun god’s chariot across the sky, leading to his death and the scorching of the earth.
C. Ceyx
Ceyx is a figure from Greek mythology, a king of Trachis known for his tragic love story with Alcyone that led to their transformation into halcyon birds.
D. Pegasus
Pegasus is the NATO reporting name for the Boeing KC-46, a modern aerial refueling and strategic military transport aircraft.
E. Leda
Leda is a figure in Greek mythology, a Spartan queen best known as the mother of Helen of Troy and the Dioscuri after being seduced by Zeus.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	character in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ
appearsIn	myths about Daedalus and Minos ⓘ
associatedPlace	Crete ⓘ Myrtoan Sea ⓘ surface form: Icarian Sea
associatedWith	disobedience ⓘ hubris ⓘ over-ambition ⓘ
causeOfDeath	drowning ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
culture	Greek mythology ⓘ
deathLocationTraditional	Myrtoan Sea ⓘ surface form: Icarian Sea
escapeMethod	flight with artificial wings ⓘ
familyRelation	son of Daedalus ⓘ
father	Daedalus ⓘ
flightEndedAt	sea ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasIconography	falling from the sky ⓘ wings melting in the sun ⓘ young man with wings ⓘ
hasWingsMadeOf	feathers ⓘ wax ⓘ
imprisonedWith	Daedalus ⓘ
imprisonmentLocation	labyrinth of the Minotaur ⓘ surface form: Labyrinth of Crete
inspiredGenre	literature ⓘ music ⓘ painting ⓘ poetry ⓘ
moralLesson	danger of excessive ambition ⓘ danger of ignoring wise counsel ⓘ importance of moderation ⓘ
nameEtymology	possibly related to the Icarian Sea ⓘ
narrativeRole	tragic example ⓘ
notableFor	falling into the sea ⓘ flying too close to the sun ⓘ
parent	Daedalus ⓘ
relatedWork	Apollodorus' Bibliotheca ⓘ surface form: Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ
symbolizes	consequences of ignoring limits ⓘ reckless ambition ⓘ youthful overconfidence ⓘ
timePeriodOfMyth	mythic age of Greek heroes ⓘ
warnedNotToFly	too high ⓘ too low ⓘ
warningReceivedFrom	Daedalus ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

cut-out period → notableWork → Icarus ⓘ

album "Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest" → hasPart → Icarus ⓘ

subject surface form: Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest

this entity surface form: Young Icarus

Ovid’s Metamorphoses → containsEpisode → Icarus ⓘ

this entity surface form: story of Daedalus and Icarus

Musee des Beaux Arts → hasSubject → Icarus ⓘ

subject surface form: Musée des Beaux Arts

this entity surface form: myth of Icarus

Daedalus → parentOf → Icarus ⓘ

Daedalus → relative → Icarus ⓘ

Daedalus → contrastedWith → Icarus ⓘ

Matisse cut-outs → notableWork → Icarus ⓘ

spacecraft Icarus II → predecessor → Icarus ⓘ

subject surface form: Icarus II

this entity surface form: Icarus I

spacecraft Icarus II → namedAfter → Icarus ⓘ

subject surface form: Icarus II

this entity surface form: Icarus from Greek mythology

L’envol d’Icare → narrativeTheme → Icarus ⓘ

this entity surface form: myth of Icarus

L’envol d’Icare → subject → Icarus ⓘ

Cretan cycle of myths → featuresCharacter → Icarus ⓘ

Cretan cycle of myths → includesMyth → Icarus ⓘ

this entity surface form: myth of Daedalus and Icarus

Gustav Graves → weaponControlled → Icarus ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

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