Opheltes (Archemorus)

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figure in Greek mythology infant in Greek mythology

Opheltes, also known as Archemorus, is a tragic infant figure in Greek mythology whose death at Nemea became the origin of the Nemean Games and a central element in the legends surrounding the Seven against Thebes.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Opheltes	7
Opheltes (Archemorus) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5968569 — 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: Opheltes (Archemorus)
Context triple: [Sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea, associatedMyth, Opheltes (Archemorus)]

A. Phayllus
Phayllus was a 4th-century BCE Phocian military leader who succeeded his brother Onomarchus and continued commanding Phocian forces during the Third Sacred War against Thebes and its allies.
B. Plexippus
Plexippus is a figure in Greek mythology known as one of the sons of King Thestius and the brother of Althaea.
C. Phasaelis
Phasaelis was a Nabatean princess, daughter of King Aretas IV, best known as the first wife of Herod Antipas whose repudiation of her led to political and military conflict.
D. Pherendates
Pherendates was an Achaemenid Persian official who served as satrap (provincial governor) of Egypt during the early period of Persian rule.
E. Terpsion
Terpsion is a character in Plato’s dialogues, notably appearing in the Theaetetus as one of the interlocutors involved in recounting Socratic conversations.
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: Opheltes (Archemorus)
Target entity description: Opheltes, also known as Archemorus, is a tragic infant figure in Greek mythology whose death at Nemea became the origin of the Nemean Games and a central element in the legends surrounding the Seven against Thebes.

A. Phayllus
Phayllus was a 4th-century BCE Phocian military leader who succeeded his brother Onomarchus and continued commanding Phocian forces during the Third Sacred War against Thebes and its allies.
B. Plexippus
Plexippus is a figure in Greek mythology known as one of the sons of King Thestius and the brother of Althaea.
C. Phasaelis
Phasaelis was a Nabatean princess, daughter of King Aretas IV, best known as the first wife of Herod Antipas whose repudiation of her led to political and military conflict.
D. Pherendates
Pherendates was an Achaemenid Persian official who served as satrap (provincial governor) of Egypt during the early period of Persian rule.
E. Terpsion
Terpsion is a character in Plato’s dialogues, notably appearing in the Theaetetus as one of the interlocutors involved in recounting Socratic conversations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	figure in Greek mythology ⓘ infant in Greek mythology ⓘ
ageAtDeath	infancy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Archemorus ⓘ Opheltes ⓘ linked to: Opheltes (Archemorus)
appearsInWork	Statius' Thebaid ⓘ
associatedWithAthleticFestival	Panhellenic Nemean Games ⓘ linked to: Nemean Games
associatedWithEvent	Nemean Games ⓘ
associatedWithGroup	Seven against Thebes ⓘ linked to: Seven Against Thebes
associatedWithMyth	Seven against Thebes ⓘ linked to: Seven Against Thebes
associatedWithOmen	his death was taken as a bad omen for the Seven against Thebes ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Nemea ⓘ
causeOfDeath	snake attack ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Nemean Games ⓘ funeral games at Nemea ⓘ
cultTitle	Archemorus at Nemea ⓘ linked to: Nemea
culturalSphere	Ancient Greek religion and myth ⓘ
deathContext	while the Seven against Thebes were passing through Nemea ⓘ
funeralGamesFoundedBy	the leaders of the Seven against Thebes ⓘ
guardianDuringDeath	Hypsipyle ⓘ
hasFather	Lycurgus of Nemea ⓘ
hasGender	male ⓘ
hasMother	Eurydice of Nemea ⓘ
hasParentage	son of Lycurgus of Nemea and Eurydice of Nemea ⓘ
hasProphecy	He would die before he could walk if placed on the ground ⓘ
hasResidence	Nemea ⓘ
honoredAs	hero at Nemea ⓘ
iconography	often depicted with a serpent and a child’s body ⓘ
killedAt	Nemea ⓘ
killedBy	serpent ⓘ
linkedRitual	athletic games in his honor ⓘ hero cult at Nemea ⓘ
literarySource	Apollodorus ⓘ linked to: Apollodorus of Athens Pausanias ⓘ Statius ⓘ
meaningOfNameArchemorus	beginning of doom ⓘ
mythicFunction	etiological figure for the Nemean Games ⓘ
mythologicalCycle	Theban cycle ⓘ
namedBySeven	Archemorus ⓘ
roleOfHypsipyle	nurse of Opheltes ⓘ
symbol	serpent ⓘ

How these facts were elicited