Thersander
E29513
Thersander is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a descendant of the royal house of Thebes and one of the Epigoni who attacked the city.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thersander canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T206962 — 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: Thersander Context triple: [Merope, offspring, Thersander]
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A.
Andru
Andru is a diminutive form of the given name Andrei, typically used as an affectionate or informal nickname.
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B.
Typhoeus
Typhoeus is a monstrous serpentine giant from Greek mythology, often depicted as a fearsome adversary of Zeus and a symbol of chaotic natural forces.
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C.
Haggith
Haggith is a lesser-known wife of King David in the Hebrew Bible and the mother of his son Adonijah.
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D.
Crius
Crius is one of the twelve primordial Titans of Greek mythology, associated with the constellations and the cosmic order preceding the Olympian gods.
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E.
Colinus
Colinus is a genus of New World quails best known for species like the Northern bobwhite, small ground-dwelling game birds found in the Americas.
- 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: Thersander Target entity description: Thersander is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a descendant of the royal house of Thebes and one of the Epigoni who attacked the city.
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A.
Andru
Andru is a diminutive form of the given name Andrei, typically used as an affectionate or informal nickname.
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B.
Typhoeus
Typhoeus is a monstrous serpentine giant from Greek mythology, often depicted as a fearsome adversary of Zeus and a symbol of chaotic natural forces.
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C.
Haggith
Haggith is a lesser-known wife of King David in the Hebrew Bible and the mother of his son Adonijah.
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D.
Crius
Crius is one of the twelve primordial Titans of Greek mythology, associated with the constellations and the cosmic order preceding the Olympian gods.
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E.
Colinus
Colinus is a genus of New World quails best known for species like the Northern bobwhite, small ground-dwelling game birds found in the Americas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological warrior ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Greeks at Troy ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mycenae and Tiryns
ⓘ
surface form:
Mycenae
Thebes ⓘ |
| child | Tisamenus ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Greek ⓘ |
| father |
Polynices
ⓘ
surface form:
Polyneices
|
| grandfather |
Adrastus
ⓘ
Oedipus ⓘ |
| grandmother | Jocasta ⓘ |
| isA | descendant of the royal house of Thebes ⓘ |
| killedBy | Telephus ⓘ |
| memberOf | Epigoni ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Apollodorus of Athens
ⓘ
surface form:
Apollodorus
Homeric tradition ⓘ Pausanias ⓘ |
| mother | Argia ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle |
Theban cycle
ⓘ
Trojan cycle ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the successful avengers of the Seven against Thebes
ⓘ
linking the royal houses of Argos and Thebes ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Trojan War
ⓘ
expedition of the Epigoni against Thebes ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Mysia ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | one of the leaders of the Epigoni ⓘ |
| ruled | Thebes ⓘ |
| spouse |
Demonassa
ⓘ
daughter of Amphiaraus ⓘ |
| succeeded | Polyneices as ruler in Theban line ⓘ |
| timeOfDeath | during the voyage to Troy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Thersander Description of subject: Thersander is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a descendant of the royal house of Thebes and one of the Epigoni who attacked the city.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
War of the Epigoni