Creon
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Creon is a mythological king of Thebes in Greek tragedy, best known for his roles in the stories of Oedipus and Antigone.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Creon canonical | 29 |
| Creon of Thebes | 7 |
| King of Thebes | 2 |
| Creon about the people’s sympathy for Antigone | 1 |
| Creon is a Theban ruler | 1 |
| Creon to show flexibility | 1 |
| Haemon | 1 |
| king of Thebes | 1 |
| Κρέων | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4886226 — 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: Creon Context triple: [Amphitryon, purifiedBy, Creon]
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A.
Laius
Laius is a mythological king of Thebes in Greek tragedy, best known for the prophecy that his son would kill him and marry his wife, setting the stage for the story of Oedipus.
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B.
Polus
Polus is a young, ambitious rhetorician in Plato’s dialogue "Gorgias," often portrayed as an overconfident student of the sophist Gorgias.
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Polus
Polus is the Roman mythological figure identified with the Greek Titan Coeus, associated with the celestial axis and the heavens.
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D.
Orestheus
Orestheus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the flood survivor and progenitor of humankind, Deucalion.
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E.
Eteocles
Eteocles is a figure in Greek mythology, a king of Thebes known for his deadly conflict with his brother Polynices in the aftermath of their father Oedipus’s downfall.
- 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: Creon Target entity description: Creon is a mythological king of Thebes in Greek tragedy, best known for his roles in the stories of Oedipus and Antigone.
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A.
Laius
Laius is a mythological king of Thebes in Greek tragedy, best known for the prophecy that his son would kill him and marry his wife, setting the stage for the story of Oedipus.
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B.
Polus
Polus is a young, ambitious rhetorician in Plato’s dialogue "Gorgias," often portrayed as an overconfident student of the sophist Gorgias.
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C.
Polus
Polus is the Roman mythological figure identified with the Greek Titan Coeus, associated with the celestial axis and the heavens.
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D.
Orestheus
Orestheus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the flood survivor and progenitor of humankind, Deucalion.
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E.
Eteocles
Eteocles is a figure in Greek mythology, a king of Thebes known for his deadly conflict with his brother Polynices in the aftermath of their father Oedipus’s downfall.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in Greek mythology
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character in Greek tragedy ⓘ mythological king ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
authoritarian
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concerned with state law ⓘ stubborn ⓘ |
| child |
Haemon
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Megara ⓘ Menoeceus ⓘ |
| country | Thebes ⓘ |
| creator |
Aeschylus
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Euripides ⓘ Sophocles ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| event |
became king after the deaths of Eteocles and Polynices
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condemned Antigone to death ⓘ refused burial of Polynices ⓘ |
| genre | tragedy character ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Antigone
ⓘ
Oedipus Rex ⓘ
linked to:
Oedipus
Oedipus at Colonus ⓘ Phoenician Women ⓘ Seven Against Thebes ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
king of Thebes
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linked to:
Creon
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| relative |
Antigone
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Eteocles ⓘ Eurydice of Thebes ⓘ Haemon ⓘ Ismene ⓘ Jocasta ⓘ Laius ⓘ Megara ⓘ Menoeceus ⓘ Oedipus ⓘ Polynices ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
antagonist of Antigone
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brother-in-law of Oedipus ⓘ opponent of Polynices ⓘ regent of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus ⓘ uncle of Antigone ⓘ |
| sibling | Jocasta ⓘ |
| spouse | Eurydice of Thebes ⓘ |
| theme |
conflict between state law and divine law
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hubris ⓘ tragic downfall ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mythic age of Thebes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Creon Description of subject: Creon is a mythological king of Thebes in Greek tragedy, best known for his roles in the stories of Oedipus and Antigone.
Referenced by (44)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Creon
subject linked to:
Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex"
subject linked to:
Sophocles' play "Oedipus at Colonus"
subject linked to:
Sophocles’ play "Antigone"
subject linked to:
Sophocles’ play "Antigone"
subject linked to:
Euripides' Phoenician Women
linked to: Creon
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