Triopas
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Triopas is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as a king and ancestor within certain heroic lineages.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Triopas canonical | 10 |
| King of Argos | 1 |
| Triopas (son of Minyas) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5260108 — 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: Triopas Context triple: [Rhode, offspring, Triopas]
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A.
Polybotes
Polybotes is a giant from Greek mythology best known for battling the sea god Poseidon during the Gigantomachy.
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B.
Antaeus
Antaeus is a giant in Greek mythology, famed for drawing his strength from contact with the earth and being defeated by Heracles.
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C.
Argeiphontes
Argeiphontes is an epithet of the Greek god Hermes, highlighting his role as the slayer of the many-eyed giant Argus Panoptes.
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D.
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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E.
Mardontes
Mardontes was a Persian military commander who led Achaemenid forces against the Greeks during the Greco-Persian Wars, notably at the Battle of Mycale.
- 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: Triopas Target entity description: Triopas is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as a king and ancestor within certain heroic lineages.
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A.
Polybotes
Polybotes is a giant from Greek mythology best known for battling the sea god Poseidon during the Gigantomachy.
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B.
Antaeus
Antaeus is a giant in Greek mythology, famed for drawing his strength from contact with the earth and being defeated by Heracles.
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C.
Argeiphontes
Argeiphontes is an epithet of the Greek god Hermes, highlighting his role as the slayer of the many-eyed giant Argus Panoptes.
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D.
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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E.
Mardontes
Mardontes was a Persian military commander who led Achaemenid forces against the Greeks during the Greco-Persian Wars, notably at the Battle of Mycale.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
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mythological Greek king ⓘ |
| associatedMyth |
genealogies of Argive kings
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genealogies of Thessalian kings ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Argive royal lineage
ⓘ
Argos ⓘ Thessalian royal lineage ⓘ Thessaly ⓘ house of Phoroneus ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in Greek mythology
ⓘ
Kings in Greek mythology ⓘ Mythological Greek ancestors ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Greek ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
Aethilla
ⓘ
Erysichthon ⓘ Iphimedeia ⓘ Messene ⓘ Phorbas ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Triopas of Argos
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linked to:
Triopas of Thessaly
Triopas of Thessaly ⓘ Triops ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Hyginus Fabulae
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linked to:
Fabulae
scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ scholia on Homer ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole |
ancestor of heroic lineages
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king ⓘ |
| mythType | heroic ancestor ⓘ |
| nameScript | Τρίωψ ⓘ |
| nameTransliteration | Triopas ⓘ |
| regionRuled |
Argos
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Thessaly ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Demeter
ⓘ
Poseidon ⓘ |
| spouse |
Hiscilla
ⓘ
Mycene ⓘ |
| timeFrame | mythic prehistory ⓘ |
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: Triopas Description of subject: Triopas is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as a king and ancestor within certain heroic lineages.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.