Ares’s dragon
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Ares’s dragon is a fearsome serpent-like guardian of a sacred spring in Greek mythology, whose death at the hands of Cadmus led to the sowing of its teeth and the birth of the Spartoi.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ares’s dragon canonical | 1 |
| Ares’s serpent | 1 |
| the serpent of Ares | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5410899 — 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: Ares’s dragon Context triple: [Cadmus, killed, Ares’s dragon]
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A.
Orthrus
Orthrus is a two-headed dog from Greek mythology, often associated with the giant Geryon and slain by the hero Heracles.
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B.
Ladon
Ladon is the many-headed dragon of Greek mythology who watches over the golden apples in the Garden of the Hesperides.
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C.
Chrysaor
Chrysaor is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as a warrior and known as the brother of Pegasus, born from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa.
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D.
Blaze the Dragon
Blaze the Dragon is the fiery dragon mascot representing the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s athletic teams.
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E.
Minotaur
The Minotaur is a legendary creature from Greek mythology, depicted as a fearsome monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull that dwelled in the Labyrinth of Crete.
- 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: Ares’s dragon Target entity description: Ares’s dragon is a fearsome serpent-like guardian of a sacred spring in Greek mythology, whose death at the hands of Cadmus led to the sowing of its teeth and the birth of the Spartoi.
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A.
Orthrus
Orthrus is a two-headed dog from Greek mythology, often associated with the giant Geryon and slain by the hero Heracles.
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B.
Ladon
Ladon is the many-headed dragon of Greek mythology who watches over the golden apples in the Garden of the Hesperides.
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C.
Chrysaor
Chrysaor is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as a warrior and known as the brother of Pegasus, born from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa.
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D.
Blaze the Dragon
Blaze the Dragon is the fiery dragon mascot representing the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s athletic teams.
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E.
Minotaur
The Minotaur is a legendary creature from Greek mythology, depicted as a fearsome monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull that dwelled in the Labyrinth of Crete.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dragon
ⓘ
figure in Greek mythology ⓘ guardian ⓘ mythological creature ⓘ serpent ⓘ |
| appearsInSource |
Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ later Theban foundation legends ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity | Ares ⓘ |
| associatedWithMyth |
Cadmus myth
ⓘ
foundation myth of Thebes ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| connectedToTheme |
city foundation
ⓘ
divine retribution ⓘ sacred violation ⓘ |
| deathLeadsTo | sowing of dragon’s teeth ⓘ |
| guardianOf |
sacred spring of Ares
ⓘ
spring near Thebes ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Ares’s serpent
ⓘ
linked to:
Ares’s dragon
the dragon of Ares ⓘ the serpent of Ares ⓘ
linked to:
Ares’s dragon
|
| hasAttribute |
deadly
ⓘ
fearsome ⓘ gigantic ⓘ |
| hasBodyForm | serpent-like ⓘ |
| killedBy | Cadmus ⓘ |
| killedIn |
Boeotia
ⓘ
Thebes ⓘ |
| protects | sacred water source ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Ares
ⓘ
Cadmus ⓘ Spartoi ⓘ |
| roleInMyth |
obstacle to Cadmus
ⓘ
source of warriors through its teeth ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
chthonic power
ⓘ
martial ferocity ⓘ |
| teethFunctionInMyth | generate armed men ⓘ |
| teethProduce | Spartoi ⓘ |
| teethSownBy | Cadmus ⓘ |
| teethType | dragon’s teeth ⓘ |
| worshipContext | cult of Ares (indirectly) ⓘ |
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: Ares’s dragon Description of subject: Ares’s dragon is a fearsome serpent-like guardian of a sacred spring in Greek mythology, whose death at the hands of Cadmus led to the sowing of its teeth and the birth of the Spartoi.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ares’s dragon
linked to: Ares’s dragon