Capaneus
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Capaneus is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Seven Against Thebes, famed for his immense arrogance and defiance of the gods, for which he was struck down by Zeus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Capaneus canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5283078 — 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: Capaneus Context triple: [Seven Against Thebes, featuresCharacter, Capaneus]
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A.
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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B.
Panopeus
Panopeus was an ancient town in central Greece, in the region of Phocis, known from Greek mythology and classical literature.
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C.
Eurytion
Eurytion is a herdsman in Greek mythology best known for guarding the cattle of the three-bodied giant Geryon, whom Heracles killed during his tenth labor.
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D.
Polybotes
Polybotes is a giant from Greek mythology best known for battling the sea god Poseidon during the Gigantomachy.
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E.
Triopas
Triopas is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as a king and ancestor within certain heroic lineages.
- 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: Capaneus Target entity description: Capaneus is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Seven Against Thebes, famed for his immense arrogance and defiance of the gods, for which he was struck down by Zeus.
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A.
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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B.
Panopeus
Panopeus was an ancient town in central Greece, in the region of Phocis, known from Greek mythology and classical literature.
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C.
Eurytion
Eurytion is a herdsman in Greek mythology best known for guarding the cattle of the three-bodied giant Geryon, whom Heracles killed during his tenth labor.
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D.
Polybotes
Polybotes is a giant from Greek mythology best known for battling the sea god Poseidon during the Gigantomachy.
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E.
Triopas
Triopas is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as a king and ancestor within certain heroic lineages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mortal man ⓘ warrior ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Adrastus
ⓘ
Polynices ⓘ Tydeus ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Inferno (Divine Comedy) ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Argive heroes
ⓘ
Theban cycle ⓘ |
| boastedThat | not even Zeus could stop him from taking Thebes ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | thunderbolt ⓘ |
| culture | Greek ⓘ |
| family | House of Argos ⓘ |
| father | Sthenelus ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
extreme pride
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great physical strength ⓘ impiety ⓘ |
| killedBy | Zeus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
arrogance
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blasphemy against the gods ⓘ defiance of Zeus ⓘ participation in the expedition against Thebes ⓘ |
| languageOfTradition | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryArchetypeOf | blasphemous warrior ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | struck by lightning ⓘ |
| memberOf | Seven Against Thebes ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
climbed the walls of Thebes during the siege
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was struck down on the walls by Zeus' thunderbolt ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Thebans
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Zeus ⓘ |
| origin | Argos ⓘ |
| parent |
Astynome
ⓘ
Hipponous ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
war of the Seven Against Thebes
ⓘ
linked to:
Seven Against Thebes
|
| portrayedIn |
Aeschylus' play Seven Against Thebes
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Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy ⓘ Statius' epic Thebaid ⓘ
linked to:
Statius' Thebaid
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| positionInAfterlife | seventh circle of Hell ⓘ |
| punishedFor | blasphemy ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| sieged | Thebes ⓘ |
| spouse | Evadne ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
defiance of divine authority
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hubris ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mythic age of heroes ⓘ |
| weaponUsed |
shield
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spear ⓘ |
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: Capaneus Description of subject: Capaneus is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Seven Against Thebes, famed for his immense arrogance and defiance of the gods, for which he was struck down by Zeus.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.