Learchus
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Learchus is a figure in Greek mythology, the young son of Ino and Athamas who was tragically killed during his parents’ divinely induced madness.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Learchus canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5410977 — 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: Learchus Context triple: [Ino, hasChild, Learchus]
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A.
Hipparchicus
Hipparchicus is an ancient Greek treatise by Xenophon that provides practical guidance on the duties and conduct of a cavalry commander.
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B.
Heracleon
Heracleon was a prominent 2nd-century Gnostic Christian teacher and exegete associated with the Valentinian school, known especially for his allegorical commentary on the Gospel of John.
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C.
Protarchus
Protarchus is a character in Plato’s dialogue "Philebus," where he serves as a principal interlocutor debating the nature of pleasure and the good life.
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D.
Aristeus of Corinth
Aristeus of Corinth was a 5th-century BC Corinthian general noted for leading Corinthian forces against Athens during the early stages of the Peloponnesian War.
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E.
Cleodaeus
Cleodaeus is a figure in Greek mythology, a Heraclid prince known as a grandson of the hero Heracles and an ancestor of the Dorian kings of Sparta.
- 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: Learchus Target entity description: Learchus is a figure in Greek mythology, the young son of Ino and Athamas who was tragically killed during his parents’ divinely induced madness.
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A.
Hipparchicus
Hipparchicus is an ancient Greek treatise by Xenophon that provides practical guidance on the duties and conduct of a cavalry commander.
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B.
Heracleon
Heracleon was a prominent 2nd-century Gnostic Christian teacher and exegete associated with the Valentinian school, known especially for his allegorical commentary on the Gospel of John.
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C.
Protarchus
Protarchus is a character in Plato’s dialogue "Philebus," where he serves as a principal interlocutor debating the nature of pleasure and the good life.
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D.
Aristeus of Corinth
Aristeus of Corinth was a 5th-century BC Corinthian general noted for leading Corinthian forces against Athens during the early stages of the Peloponnesian War.
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E.
Cleodaeus
Cleodaeus is a figure in Greek mythology, a Heraclid prince known as a grandson of the hero Heracles and an ancestor of the Dorian kings of Sparta.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological child ⓘ |
| appearsInSource |
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
ⓘ
Ovid's Metamorphoses ⓘ
linked to:
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
|
| associatedWithDeity |
Dionysus
ⓘ
Hera ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | murder by his maddened father ⓘ |
| childOf |
Athamas
ⓘ
Ino ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion and mythology ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Greek ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandchildOf |
Cadmus
ⓘ
Harmonia ⓘ |
| hasFather | Athamas ⓘ |
| hasMother | Ino ⓘ |
| hasMythType | tragic child in royal house ⓘ |
| killedBy | Athamas ⓘ |
| killedDuring | divinely induced madness of his parents ⓘ |
| mythologicalLocation |
Boeotia
ⓘ
Orchomenus ⓘ
linked to:
Orchomenus (Arcadia)
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| mythologicalTheme |
divine punishment
ⓘ
innocent child victim ⓘ madness ⓘ |
| notableEvent | thrown to his death by his father in madness ⓘ |
| relatedToMyth |
myth of Ino and Athamas
ⓘ
persecution of Dionysus' caretakers ⓘ |
| siblingOf | Melicertes ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mythic age of Greek legend ⓘ |
| victimOf | Hera's wrath against Ino and Athamas ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Learchus Description of subject: Learchus is a figure in Greek mythology, the young son of Ino and Athamas who was tragically killed during his parents’ divinely induced madness.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.