seventh labour of Heracles

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labour of Heracles mythological event

The seventh labour of Heracles is the mythic task in which the hero captures the ferocious Cretan Bull, a monstrous creature terrorizing Crete.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Seventh Labor of Heracles	1
seventh Labour of Heracles	1
seventh labour of Heracles canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5725129 — 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: seventh labour of Heracles
Context triple: [Cretan Bull, labourNumber, seventh labour of Heracles]

A. Fifth Labor of Heracles
The Fifth Labor of Heracles is the mythic task in which the hero was ordered to clean the vast, filthy stables of King Augeas in a single day, famously achieved by rerouting two rivers.
B. sixth Labour of Heracles
The sixth Labour of Heracles is the mythological task in which the hero was ordered to drive away or kill the man-eating Stymphalian Birds that plagued a marsh in Arcadia.
C. Ninth Labor of Heracles
The Ninth Labor of Heracles is the mythological quest in which the hero Heracles is tasked with obtaining the war belt of the Amazon queen Hippolyta.
D. twelfth labor of Heracles
The twelfth labor of Heracles is the climactic feat in Greek mythology in which the hero must descend into the Underworld and bring back Cerberus, the three-headed hound guarding its gates.
E. Fourth Labor of Heracles
The Fourth Labor of Heracles is the mythic task in which the hero was ordered to capture alive the fearsome Erymanthian Boar and bring it back to King Eurystheus.
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: seventh labour of Heracles
Target entity description: The seventh labour of Heracles is the mythic task in which the hero captures the ferocious Cretan Bull, a monstrous creature terrorizing Crete.

A. Fifth Labor of Heracles
The Fifth Labor of Heracles is the mythic task in which the hero was ordered to clean the vast, filthy stables of King Augeas in a single day, famously achieved by rerouting two rivers.
B. sixth Labour of Heracles
The sixth Labour of Heracles is the mythological task in which the hero was ordered to drive away or kill the man-eating Stymphalian Birds that plagued a marsh in Arcadia.
C. Ninth Labor of Heracles
The Ninth Labor of Heracles is the mythological quest in which the hero Heracles is tasked with obtaining the war belt of the Amazon queen Hippolyta.
D. twelfth labor of Heracles
The twelfth labor of Heracles is the climactic feat in Greek mythology in which the hero must descend into the Underworld and bring back Cerberus, the three-headed hound guarding its gates.
E. Fourth Labor of Heracles
The Fourth Labor of Heracles is the mythic task in which the hero was ordered to capture alive the fearsome Erymanthian Boar and bring it back to King Eurystheus.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	labour of Heracles ⓘ mythological event ⓘ
associatedWithCulture	Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ
chronologicalPosition	after the cleaning of the Augean stables in many traditions ⓘ before the Mares of Diomedes in many traditions ⓘ
commissionedBy	Eurystheus ⓘ
consequence	Cretan Bull later released ⓘ Cretan Bull wanders to Marathon in Attica in some versions ⓘ linked to: Cretan Bull
depictedIn	Roman wall painting ⓘ ancient Greek vase painting ⓘ
featuresCreature	Cretan Bull ⓘ
featuresRuler	King Minos ⓘ linked to: Minos
followedBy	eighth labour of Heracles ⓘ
follows	sixth labour of Heracles ⓘ
genre	heroic myth ⓘ
hasAntagonist	Cretan Bull ⓘ
hasMainCharacter	Heracles ⓘ
hasMotif	bull as sacred or divine animal ⓘ heroic capture rather than killing ⓘ monster terrorizing a region ⓘ
hasObjective	capture the Cretan Bull alive ⓘ
hasSequenceNumber	7 ⓘ
hasSource	Apollodorus, Bibliotheca ⓘ linked to: Apollodorus' Bibliotheca Diodorus Siculus, Library of History ⓘ linked to: Diodorus Siculus Pausanias, Description of Greece ⓘ linked to: Pausanias
hasTaskType	capture of a monster ⓘ
hasTheme	heroic strength ⓘ service to a king ⓘ submission of chaos ⓘ
heroPerformsFor	King Eurystheus ⓘ linked to: Eurystheus
heroUsesMethod	overpowers the bull by physical strength ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mythologicalCycle	Heracles cycle ⓘ
narrativeFunction	demonstration of Heracles’ mastery over wild nature ⓘ
narrativeRole	middle labour in the canonical twelve ⓘ
partOf	Labours of Heracles ⓘ linked to: Twelve Labors
relatedDeity	Poseidon ⓘ Zeus ⓘ
relatedPlace	Knossos ⓘ Marathon ⓘ
relatedWork	Labours of Heracles ⓘ linked to: Twelve Labors
result	Cretan Bull brought to Eurystheus ⓘ Heracles captures the Cretan Bull ⓘ
takesPlaceIn	Crete ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cretan Bull → labourNumber → seventh labour of Heracles ⓘ

Ninth Labor of Heracles → relatedWork → Seventh Labor of Heracles ⓘ

linked to: seventh labour of Heracles

sixth Labour of Heracles → followedBy → seventh Labour of Heracles ⓘ