Megareus
E508380
Megareus is a Theban warrior and son of Creon in Greek mythology, known for his doomed defense of Thebes during the war of the Seven Against Thebes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Megareus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5283082 — 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: Megareus Context triple: [Seven Against Thebes, featuresCharacter, Megareus]
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A.
Acrisius
Acrisius is a king in Greek mythology, best known as the father of Danaë and the ill-fated grandfather of the hero Perseus.
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B.
Gundisalvus
Gundisalvus is a medieval Latin given name of Visigothic origin that later evolved into the Spanish name Gonzalo.
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C.
Dorus
Dorus is a figure in Greek mythology regarded as the eponymous ancestor of the Dorian people.
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D.
Tryphon
Tryphon was a Seleucid usurper and king in the 2nd century BCE who seized control of parts of the Syrian kingdom during the Maccabean period.
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E.
Cleon
Cleon was an influential Athenian statesman and general during the Peloponnesian War, known for his aggressive policies and prominent role in Athenian politics.
- 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: Megareus Target entity description: Megareus is a Theban warrior and son of Creon in Greek mythology, known for his doomed defense of Thebes during the war of the Seven Against Thebes.
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A.
Acrisius
Acrisius is a king in Greek mythology, best known as the father of Danaë and the ill-fated grandfather of the hero Perseus.
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B.
Gundisalvus
Gundisalvus is a medieval Latin given name of Visigothic origin that later evolved into the Spanish name Gonzalo.
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C.
Dorus
Dorus is a figure in Greek mythology regarded as the eponymous ancestor of the Dorian people.
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D.
Tryphon
Tryphon was a Seleucid usurper and king in the 2nd century BCE who seized control of parts of the Syrian kingdom during the Maccabean period.
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E.
Cleon
Cleon was an influential Athenian statesman and general during the Peloponnesian War, known for his aggressive policies and prominent role in Athenian politics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Theban warrior
ⓘ
figure in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| appearsIn | myths about the Seven Against Thebes ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
House of Creon
ⓘ
royal family of Thebes ⓘ
linked to:
Theban royal family
|
| causeOfDeath | warfare ⓘ |
| culture |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| ethnicity | Theban ⓘ |
| fate | killed in battle ⓘ |
| father |
Creon
ⓘ
linked to:
Creon of Corinth
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| homeCity | Thebes ⓘ |
| knownFor | doomed defense of Thebes ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literarySource |
Theban cycle
ⓘ
tragedies about Thebes ⓘ |
| mother | Eurydice of Thebes ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Antigone
ⓘ
Eteocles ⓘ Ismene ⓘ Oedipus ⓘ Polynices ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
War of the Seven Against Thebes
ⓘ
linked to:
Seven Against Thebes
|
| roleInConflict | defender of Thebes ⓘ |
| sibling |
Haemon
ⓘ
Menoeceus ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mythological age ⓘ |
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: Megareus Description of subject: Megareus is a Theban warrior and son of Creon in Greek mythology, known for his doomed defense of Thebes during the war of the Seven Against Thebes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.