Acamas (son of Theseus)
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Acamas, son of the Athenian hero Theseus, is a figure in Greek mythology known for his role in the Trojan War and for helping rescue his grandmother Aethra from captivity in Troy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Acamas (son of Theseus) canonical | 1 |
| Theseus’ sons | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5723345 — 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: Acamas (son of Theseus) Context triple: [Phaedra, children, Acamas (son of Theseus)]
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A.
Polydeukes
Polydeukes is a hero from Greek mythology, one of the Dioscuri twins (with his brother Castor), renowned as a skilled boxer and protector of sailors.
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B.
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.
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C.
Melicertes
Melicertes is a figure in Greek mythology who, after his death and transformation at sea, became the sea god Palaemon associated with sailors and harbors.
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D.
Amphimachus
Amphimachus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as one of the sons of Electryon, king of Mycenae and father of Alcmena, the mother of Heracles.
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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: Acamas (son of Theseus) Target entity description: Acamas, son of the Athenian hero Theseus, is a figure in Greek mythology known for his role in the Trojan War and for helping rescue his grandmother Aethra from captivity in Troy.
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A.
Polydeukes
Polydeukes is a hero from Greek mythology, one of the Dioscuri twins (with his brother Castor), renowned as a skilled boxer and protector of sailors.
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B.
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.
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C.
Melicertes
Melicertes is a figure in Greek mythology who, after his death and transformation at sea, became the sea god Palaemon associated with sailors and harbors.
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D.
Amphimachus
Amphimachus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as one of the sons of Electryon, king of Mycenae and father of Alcmena, the mother of Heracles.
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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 (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | figure in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| appearsIn | mythology of the Trojan War ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Athens
ⓘ
Troy ⓘ |
| category |
Characters of the Trojan War
ⓘ
Children of Theseus ⓘ Mythological Greek princes ⓘ |
| childOf |
Phaedra
ⓘ
Theseus ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Athenian
ⓘ
linked to:
Athenians
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandchildOf | Aethra ⓘ |
| grandmother | Aethra ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Posthomerica tradition
ⓘ
later epic cycle about the Trojan War ⓘ |
| mythologicalEra | Heroic Age ⓘ |
| notableFor |
rescue of his grandmother Aethra
ⓘ
role in the Trojan War ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Trojan War ⓘ |
| relative | Aethra ⓘ |
| rescued | Aethra ⓘ |
| rescuedFrom |
Helen of Troy’s service
ⓘ
captivity in Troy ⓘ |
| rescuedWith | Demophon ⓘ |
| roleInTrojanWar |
Greek warrior
ⓘ
envoy to Troy in some traditions ⓘ |
| siblingOf | Demophon ⓘ |
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: Acamas (son of Theseus) Description of subject: Acamas, son of the Athenian hero Theseus, is a figure in Greek mythology known for his role in the Trojan War and for helping rescue his grandmother Aethra from captivity in Troy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.