Admetus' father Pheres
E518799
Admetus' father Pheres is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known primarily as the father of King Admetus of Pherae and thus connected to the tragic story of Alcestis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Admetus' father Pheres canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5431918 — 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: Admetus' father Pheres Context triple: [Alcestis, featuresCharacter, Admetus' father Pheres]
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A.
Admetus
Admetus is a king in Greek mythology best known for being granted the chance to escape death through another’s sacrifice, a role famously linked with his devoted wife Alcestis.
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B.
Perseus (son of Nestor)
Perseus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known primarily as one of the many sons of the Pylian king Nestor.
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C.
Lycomedes of Scyros (in some traditions)
Lycomedes of Scyros is a mythological king of the Aegean island of Scyros in Greek legend, sometimes depicted as treacherously murdering the hero Theseus.
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D.
Telamon
Telamon is a hero in Greek mythology, best known as the father of Ajax the Great and a companion of Heracles in several of his exploits.
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E.
Temenus of Argos
Temenus of Argos is a legendary Heraclid king of Argos in Greek mythology, regarded as an ancestor of the Argead dynasty of Macedon.
- 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: Admetus' father Pheres Target entity description: Admetus' father Pheres is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known primarily as the father of King Admetus of Pherae and thus connected to the tragic story of Alcestis.
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A.
Admetus
Admetus is a king in Greek mythology best known for being granted the chance to escape death through another’s sacrifice, a role famously linked with his devoted wife Alcestis.
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B.
Perseus (son of Nestor)
Perseus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known primarily as one of the many sons of the Pylian king Nestor.
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C.
Lycomedes of Scyros (in some traditions)
Lycomedes of Scyros is a mythological king of the Aegean island of Scyros in Greek legend, sometimes depicted as treacherously murdering the hero Theseus.
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D.
Telamon
Telamon is a hero in Greek mythology, best known as the father of Ajax the Great and a companion of Heracles in several of his exploits.
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E.
Temenus of Argos
Temenus of Argos is a legendary Heraclid king of Argos in Greek mythology, regarded as an ancestor of the Argead dynasty of Macedon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in Greek mythology
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mythological figure ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Apollodorus’ Bibliotheca
NERFINISHED
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Hyginus’ Fabulae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Pherae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in Greek mythology
ⓘ
Thessalian mythology ⓘ |
| connectedToFigure |
Alcestis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ Heracles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectedToMyth | story of Alcestis ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Greek ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Admetus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Admetus
NERFINISHED
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Antigona NERFINISHED ⓘ Idomene NERFINISHED ⓘ Lycurgus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | being the father of Admetus ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources | Ancient Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.9.14
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hyginus, Fabulae 50 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motherOfChildrenWith | Periclymene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalEra | age of heroes ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Thessalian legend ⓘ |
| notableRelation | father-in-law of Alcestis ⓘ |
| region | Thessaly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInMyth | father of King Admetus of Pherae ⓘ |
| spouse | Periclymene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Admetus' father Pheres Description of subject: Admetus' father Pheres is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known primarily as the father of King Admetus of Pherae and thus connected to the tragic story of Alcestis.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Alcestis