Hippomedon
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Hippomedon is a warrior hero in Greek mythology, best known as one of the Seven Against Thebes who attacked the city in the legendary war.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hippomedon canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5283079 — 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: Hippomedon Context triple: [Seven Against Thebes, featuresCharacter, Hippomedon]
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A.
Capaneus
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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B.
Dictys
Dictys is a fisherman and brother of King Polydectes in Greek mythology who discovers and shelters Perseus and his mother Danaë after they wash ashore.
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C.
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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D.
Hylas
Hylas is a fictional interlocutor in George Berkeley’s philosophical dialogues who represents the materialist viewpoint in debates about the nature of reality and perception.
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E.
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.
- 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: Hippomedon Target entity description: Hippomedon is a warrior hero in Greek mythology, best known as one of the Seven Against Thebes who attacked the city in the legendary war.
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A.
Capaneus
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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B.
Dictys
Dictys is a fisherman and brother of King Polydectes in Greek mythology who discovers and shelters Perseus and his mother Danaë after they wash ashore.
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C.
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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D.
Hylas
Hylas is a fictional interlocutor in George Berkeley’s philosophical dialogues who represents the materialist viewpoint in debates about the nature of reality and perception.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Argive leader
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hero in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ warrior ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Argos ⓘ |
| attacked | Thebes ⓘ |
| campaign |
first Theban war of the Seven
ⓘ
linked to:
Theban wars
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| category |
Characters in Greek mythology
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Heroes of Greek mythology ⓘ Participants in the Seven Against Thebes ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| deathCause | drowned in the river Ismenus ⓘ |
| deathPlace | river Ismenus ⓘ |
| father |
Aristonous
ⓘ
Talos ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
courageous
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strong ⓘ warlike ⓘ |
| killedBy | Ismenus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the Seven Against Thebes
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bravery in battle ⓘ ferocity in combat ⓘ great physical size ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryCharacter | Thebaid ⓘ |
| memberOf | Seven Against Thebes ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Aeschylus' lost play "Seven Against Thebes" tradition
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linked to:
Aeschylus' play Seven Against Thebes
Statius' epic "Thebaid" ⓘ
linked to:
Statius' Thebaid
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| mother | Eurythemis ⓘ |
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | exemplary warrior among the Seven ⓘ |
| opponent |
Ismenus
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Thebans ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
expedition of the Seven Against Thebes
ⓘ
linked to:
Seven Against Thebes
war of the Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
linked to:
Seven Against Thebes
|
| relatedMyth |
myth of Eteocles and Polynices
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linked to:
Seven Against Thebes
myth of Oedipus ⓘ |
| role | champion in the war against Thebes ⓘ |
| side | Argive coalition against Thebes ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mythical age of heroes ⓘ |
| typeOfHero | mortal hero ⓘ |
| weapon |
shield
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spear ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hippomedon Description of subject: Hippomedon is a warrior hero in Greek mythology, best known as one of the Seven Against Thebes who attacked the city in the legendary war.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.