king of Tiryns
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The king of Tiryns is the mythological ruler in Greek legend who imposed the Twelve Labors upon the hero Heracles.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King of Tiryns | 2 |
| king of Tiryns canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4886298 — 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: king of Tiryns Context triple: [Eurystheus, positionHeld, king of Tiryns]
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A.
Minos
Minos is a legendary king of Crete in Greek mythology, famed for commissioning the Labyrinth and serving as a judge of the dead in the underworld.
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B.
Admetus
Admetus is a king in Greek mythology best known for being granted the chance to escape death through another’s sacrifice, a role famously linked with his devoted wife Alcestis.
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C.
King of Phthia
King of Phthia is a mythological Greek royal title associated with the legendary ruler Deucalion, famed as a survivor of a great flood and progenitor of humankind.
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D.
King Ergamenes
King Ergamenes was a reformist ruler of the ancient Nubian kingdom of Meroë, known for breaking priestly power and reshaping the monarchy’s authority.
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E.
Pelops
Pelops is a figure in Greek mythology, a son of Tantalus whose descendants formed a powerful and ill-fated royal lineage marked by curses and tragic events.
- 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: king of Tiryns Target entity description: The king of Tiryns is the mythological ruler in Greek legend who imposed the Twelve Labors upon the hero Heracles.
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A.
Minos
Minos is a legendary king of Crete in Greek mythology, famed for commissioning the Labyrinth and serving as a judge of the dead in the underworld.
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B.
Admetus
Admetus is a king in Greek mythology best known for being granted the chance to escape death through another’s sacrifice, a role famously linked with his devoted wife Alcestis.
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C.
King of Phthia
King of Phthia is a mythological Greek royal title associated with the legendary ruler Deucalion, famed as a survivor of a great flood and progenitor of humankind.
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D.
King Ergamenes
King Ergamenes was a reformist ruler of the ancient Nubian kingdom of Meroë, known for breaking priestly power and reshaping the monarchy’s authority.
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E.
Pelops
Pelops is a figure in Greek mythology, a son of Tantalus whose descendants formed a powerful and ill-fated royal lineage marked by curses and tragic events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological ruler ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hera
ⓘ
Twelve Labors ⓘ |
| category |
Characters associated with Heracles
ⓘ
Kings in Greek mythology ⓘ Mycenaean mythology ⓘ |
| causeOfAuthority | favor of Hera ⓘ |
| causeOfConflict | jealousy of Hera toward Heracles ⓘ |
| country |
Argos (mythological kingdom)
ⓘ
linked to:
Argos, Greece
|
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Attica (mythological) ⓘ |
| depictedAs | cowardly ruler ⓘ |
| enemy |
Athenians
ⓘ
Heracles ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandparent | Perseus ⓘ |
| greekName | Εὐρυσθεύς ⓘ |
| imposedTaskOn |
Heracles
ⓘ
Herakles ⓘ
linked to:
Heracles
|
| killedBy | Athenians ⓘ |
| killedDuring | war against Heraclidae ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Apollodorus, Bibliotheca
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History ⓘ
linked to:
Diodorus Siculus
Euripides, Heracleidae ⓘ
linked to:
Euripides’ play Heracleidae
|
| mythologicalTradition | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| name | Eurystheus ⓘ |
| notableFor | ordering the Twelve Labors of Heracles ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Twelve Labors of Heracles
ⓘ
linked to:
Twelve Labors
|
| offspring |
Admete
ⓘ
Alexander (son of Eurystheus) ⓘ Eurybius ⓘ Iphimedon ⓘ Mentor (son of Eurystheus) ⓘ Perimedes (son of Eurystheus) ⓘ
linked to:
Perimedes
|
| oftenPortrayedAs | hiding in a jar when facing Heracles ⓘ |
| parent |
Nicippe
ⓘ
Sthenelus ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King of Mycenae
ⓘ
linked to:
king of Mycenae
King of Tiryns ⓘ |
| realm |
Mycenae
ⓘ
linked to:
Mycenae and Tiryns
Tiryns ⓘ |
| relative | Heracles ⓘ |
| roleInMythology | taskmaster of Heracles ⓘ |
| spouse | Antimache ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Age of Heroes (Greek mythology)
ⓘ
linked to:
Age of Heroes
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: king of Tiryns Description of subject: The king of Tiryns is the mythological ruler in Greek legend who imposed the Twelve Labors upon the hero Heracles.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.