Danaus
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Danaus is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the king of Libya and father of the Danaids, whose story is central to the legend of the fifty daughters who slew their husbands.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Danaus canonical | 36 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4647704 — 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: Danaus Context triple: [Io, descendant, Danaus]
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A.
Monarchidae
Monarchidae is a family of small to medium-sized passerine birds, commonly known as monarch flycatchers, found mainly in Australasia, Asia, and Africa.
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B.
Anthela
Anthela was an ancient Greek locality in Thessaly known for its sanctuary of Demeter and its role as an early meeting place of the Amphictyonic League.
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C.
Phaenarete
Phaenarete was an Athenian midwife best known as the mother of the philosopher Socrates.
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D.
Eudocimus
Eudocimus is a genus of wading birds in the ibis family, best known for including the brightly colored scarlet ibis and related species.
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E.
Melopyrrha
Melopyrrha is a genus of Caribbean seed-eating birds commonly known as bullfinches, characterized by their stout bills and often striking plumage.
- 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: Danaus Target entity description: Danaus is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the king of Libya and father of the Danaids, whose story is central to the legend of the fifty daughters who slew their husbands.
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A.
Monarchidae
Monarchidae is a family of small to medium-sized passerine birds, commonly known as monarch flycatchers, found mainly in Australasia, Asia, and Africa.
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B.
Anthela
Anthela was an ancient Greek locality in Thessaly known for its sanctuary of Demeter and its role as an early meeting place of the Amphictyonic League.
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C.
Phaenarete
Phaenarete was an Athenian midwife best known as the mother of the philosopher Socrates.
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D.
Eudocimus
Eudocimus is a genus of wading birds in the ibis family, best known for including the brightly colored scarlet ibis and related species.
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E.
Melopyrrha
Melopyrrha is a genus of Caribbean seed-eating birds commonly known as bullfinches, characterized by their stout bills and often striking plumage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological king ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Heracles (through Perseus)
ⓘ
linked to:
Heracles
Perseus (through Abas and Acrisius) ⓘ
linked to:
Perseus
|
| appearsIn |
Aeschylus' play "The Suppliants"
ⓘ
linked to:
The Suppliants
|
| associatedWith |
Argive royal lineage
ⓘ
Argos ⓘ river-god Nilus (as father-in-law in some genealogies) ⓘ water and wells in Argos (in some traditions) ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in Aeschylean tragedy
ⓘ
Kings in Greek mythology ⓘ Mythological ancestors of heroes ⓘ |
| child |
Hypermnestra
ⓘ
Lynceus (in some traditions as son-in-law rather than son) ⓘ
linked to:
Lynceus
|
| countryOfRule | Libya ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Greek ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Aegyptus ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Argive (in Greek tradition) ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Danaids ⓘ |
| fledFrom | Egypt ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandfatherOf |
Abas
ⓘ
Acrisius ⓘ Proetus ⓘ |
| hasLegend | foundation or reorganization of Argive institutions (in some accounts) ⓘ |
| literarySource |
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
ⓘ
Hyginus' Fabulae ⓘ
linked to:
Hyginus’ Fabulae
Pausanias' Description of Greece ⓘ
linked to:
Pausanias’ Description of Greece
|
| migratedTo | Argos ⓘ |
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
flight from Aegyptus with his fifty daughters
ⓘ
marriage of his daughters to the fifty sons of Aegyptus ⓘ slaying of the sons of Aegyptus by the Danaids ⓘ |
| notableWork |
myth of the Danaids
ⓘ
linked to:
Danaids
|
| numberOfChildren | 50 daughters ⓘ |
| ordered | murder of the sons of Aegyptus ⓘ |
| positionHeld | king of Libya ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| sibling | Aegyptus ⓘ |
| spouse |
Europe (daughter of Nilus)
ⓘ
linked to:
Europa (daughter of Nilus)
Melia (in some traditions) ⓘ
linked to:
Meliae
|
| title | king of Argos (in later tradition) ⓘ |
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: Danaus Description of subject: Danaus is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the king of Libya and father of the Danaids, whose story is central to the legend of the fifty daughters who slew their husbands.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Lynceus (by marriage-related tradition of the Danaids)
subject linked to:
Danaids
subject linked to:
Aeschylus, Danaid trilogy (fragmentary)
subject linked to:
river god Inachus