Cycnus
E463283
Cycnus is a figure from Greek mythology, known primarily as a formidable warrior who battles Heracles in the ancient poem "Shield of Heracles."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cycnus canonical | 2 |
| Cycnus (king of Colonae) | 1 |
| Cycnus (king of Liguria) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4648589 — 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: Cycnus Context triple: [Shield of Heracles, mainCharacter, Cycnus]
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A.
Alcathous
Alcathous is the ancient acropolis of the Greek city of Megara, serving as its fortified citadel and religious center.
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B.
Cercyon
Cercyon is a figure from Greek mythology, a violent bandit and wrestler slain by the hero Theseus during his journey to Athens.
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C.
Inachus
Inachus is a river god in Greek mythology, regarded as the first king of Argos and the progenitor of several important mythological figures.
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D.
Vrachionas
Vrachionas is the highest mountain on the Greek island of Zakynthos, known for its panoramic views over the island and the Ionian Sea.
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E.
Erichthonius
Erichthonius is a legendary early king of Dardania in Greek mythology, often regarded as an ancestor of the Trojan royal line.
- 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: Cycnus Target entity description: Cycnus is a figure from Greek mythology, known primarily as a formidable warrior who battles Heracles in the ancient poem "Shield of Heracles."
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A.
Alcathous
Alcathous is the ancient acropolis of the Greek city of Megara, serving as its fortified citadel and religious center.
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B.
Cercyon
Cercyon is a figure from Greek mythology, a violent bandit and wrestler slain by the hero Theseus during his journey to Athens.
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C.
Inachus
Inachus is a river god in Greek mythology, regarded as the first king of Argos and the progenitor of several important mythological figures.
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D.
Vrachionas
Vrachionas is the highest mountain on the Greek island of Zakynthos, known for its panoramic views over the island and the Ionian Sea.
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E.
Erichthonius
Erichthonius is a legendary early king of Dardania in Greek mythology, often regarded as an ancestor of the Trojan royal line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mortal man ⓘ mythological warrior ⓘ |
| alignment | hostile to Heracles ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Shield of Heracles ⓘ |
| armor |
breastplate
ⓘ
helmet ⓘ shield ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Ares ⓘ |
| battlesWith | Heracles ⓘ |
| builds | temple of Ares ⓘ |
| childOf |
Ares
ⓘ
Pelopia ⓘ |
| collects | human heads ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| deathCause | slain in single combat ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Hesiodic corpus
ⓘ
linked to:
Hesiodic tradition
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasFather | Ares ⓘ |
| hasMother | Pelopia ⓘ |
| intendsToDecorate | temple of Ares with human heads ⓘ |
| killedAt | Itonus ⓘ |
| killedBy | Heracles ⓘ |
| killedNear | River Peneus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
combat with Heracles
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ferocity in battle ⓘ great physical strength ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | epic poetry ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle |
Heracles myths
ⓘ
linked to:
Heracles cycle
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| occupation | warrior ⓘ |
| robs | travelers ⓘ |
| sourceTextAuthorTraditionallyAscribedTo | Hesiod ⓘ |
| threatens |
pilgrims
ⓘ
travelers ⓘ |
| weapon |
spear
ⓘ
sword ⓘ |
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: Cycnus Description of subject: Cycnus is a figure from Greek mythology, known primarily as a formidable warrior who battles Heracles in the ancient poem "Shield of Heracles."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cycnus
linked to: Cycnus