Ninth Labor of Heracles

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labor of Heracles mythological quest

The Ninth Labor of Heracles is the mythological quest in which the hero Heracles is tasked with obtaining the war belt of the Amazon queen Hippolyta.

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Label	Occurrences
Ninth Labor of Heracles canonical	4
Heracles’ Ninth Labor	1
Ninth labor of Heracles	1

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Target entity: Ninth Labor of Heracles
Context triple: [Belt of Hippolyta, partOf, Ninth Labor of Heracles]

A. Fifth Labor of Heracles
The Fifth Labor of Heracles is the mythic task in which the hero was ordered to clean the vast, filthy stables of King Augeas in a single day, famously achieved by rerouting two rivers.
B. sixth Labour of Heracles
The sixth Labour of Heracles is the mythological task in which the hero was ordered to drive away or kill the man-eating Stymphalian Birds that plagued a marsh in Arcadia.
C. Heracles cycle
The Heracles cycle is a collection of ancient Greek myths centered on the hero Heracles, detailing his divine origins, famous labors, and numerous adventures.
D. Creatures of Heracles
Creatures of Heracles are the various mythological monsters and beasts that the hero Heracles was tasked with confronting and overcoming in his legendary labors.
E. Hercules Furens
Hercules Furens is a Latin tragedy by the Roman philosopher and playwright Seneca the Younger that dramatizes the madness and violent exploits of the hero Hercules.
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: Ninth Labor of Heracles
Target entity description: The Ninth Labor of Heracles is the mythological quest in which the hero Heracles is tasked with obtaining the war belt of the Amazon queen Hippolyta.

A. Fifth Labor of Heracles
The Fifth Labor of Heracles is the mythic task in which the hero was ordered to clean the vast, filthy stables of King Augeas in a single day, famously achieved by rerouting two rivers.
B. sixth Labour of Heracles
The sixth Labour of Heracles is the mythological task in which the hero was ordered to drive away or kill the man-eating Stymphalian Birds that plagued a marsh in Arcadia.
C. Heracles cycle
The Heracles cycle is a collection of ancient Greek myths centered on the hero Heracles, detailing his divine origins, famous labors, and numerous adventures.
D. Creatures of Heracles
Creatures of Heracles are the various mythological monsters and beasts that the hero Heracles was tasked with confronting and overcoming in his legendary labors.
E. Hercules Furens
Hercules Furens is a Latin tragedy by the Roman philosopher and playwright Seneca the Younger that dramatizes the madness and violent exploits of the hero Hercules.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	labor of Heracles ⓘ mythological quest ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Girdle of Hippolyta ⓘ linked to: Belt of Hippolyta
antagonizedBy	Hera ⓘ
assignedBy	Eurystheus ⓘ
associatedWith	heroic iconography of Heracles ⓘ
belongsToGenre	heroic myth ⓘ
chronologicalOrder	9 ⓘ
commissionedFor	Admete ⓘ
culturalContext	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
depictedIn	Apollodorus' Bibliotheca ⓘ Diodorus Siculus' Library of History ⓘ linked to: Diodorus Siculus Pausanias' Description of Greece ⓘ linked to: Pausanias’ Description of Greece ancient Greek vase painting ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Admete ⓘ Eurystheus ⓘ Hera ⓘ Iolaus ⓘ Theseus ⓘ
featuresEvent	Heracles acquires Hippolyta's belt ⓘ Heracles confronts the Amazons ⓘ Heracles travels to the Amazons ⓘ
followedBy	Tenth Labor of Heracles ⓘ linked to: Tenth Labour of Heracles
follows	Eighth Labor of Heracles ⓘ
goal	to obtain the war belt of Hippolyta ⓘ
hasMainProtagonist	Heracles ⓘ
hasOutcome	Heracles successfully brings the belt to Eurystheus ⓘ
hasTheme	conflict between Greeks and Amazons ⓘ deception by the gods ⓘ heroic quest ⓘ
hasVariant	version where Hera incites the Amazons against Heracles ⓘ version where Heracles kills Hippolyta in battle ⓘ version where Hippolyta willingly offers the belt ⓘ
involvesCharacter	Hippolyta ⓘ linked to: Queen Hippolyta
involvesGroup	Amazons ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Ancient Greek ⓘ
motivatedBy	desire of Eurystheus to please his daughter Admete ⓘ
narrativeTradition	Greek mythology ⓘ
objectOfQuest	war belt of Hippolyta ⓘ linked to: Queen Hippolyta
partOf	Labors of Heracles ⓘ linked to: Twelve Labors
relatedWork	Eighth Labor of Heracles ⓘ Eleventh Labor of Heracles ⓘ linked to: Eleventh Labour of Heracles Fifth Labor of Heracles ⓘ First Labor of Heracles ⓘ Fourth Labor of Heracles ⓘ Second Labor of Heracles ⓘ Seventh Labor of Heracles ⓘ linked to: seventh labour of Heracles Sixth Labor of Heracles ⓘ Tenth Labor of Heracles ⓘ linked to: Tenth Labour of Heracles Third Labor of Heracles ⓘ Twelfth Labor of Heracles ⓘ
takesPlaceIn	land of the Amazons ⓘ
takesPlaceNear	Thermodon River ⓘ