Idomeneus
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Idomeneus is a legendary Cretan king and warrior in Greek mythology, renowned as one of the prominent Greek leaders and fighters in the Trojan War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Idomeneus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7105272 — 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: Idomeneus Context triple: [Achaeans, ledBy, Idomeneus]
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A.
Diomedes
Diomedes is a hero from Greek mythology, famed for his role in the Trojan War as one of the Achaeans’ greatest warriors and a favored ally of the goddess Athena.
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B.
Ἀϊδωνεύς (Aidoneus)
Ἀϊδωνεύς (Aidoneus) is an epithet and alternate name for Hades, the ancient Greek god who rules the underworld and the realm of the dead.
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Diomède
Diomède was a French ship of the line that took part in the early 19th-century naval conflict culminating in the Battle of San Domingo.
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D.
Neocles
Neocles was an Athenian of the late 6th century BC, best known as the father of the prominent statesman and general Themistocles.
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E.
Antilochus
Antilochus is a figure in Greek mythology, a son of Nestor renowned for his bravery and close friendship with Achilles during the Trojan War.
- 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: Idomeneus Target entity description: Idomeneus is a legendary Cretan king and warrior in Greek mythology, renowned as one of the prominent Greek leaders and fighters in the Trojan War.
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A.
Diomedes
Diomedes is a hero from Greek mythology, famed for his role in the Trojan War as one of the Achaeans’ greatest warriors and a favored ally of the goddess Athena.
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B.
Ἀϊδωνεύς (Aidoneus)
Ἀϊδωνεύς (Aidoneus) is an epithet and alternate name for Hades, the ancient Greek god who rules the underworld and the realm of the dead.
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C.
Diomède
Diomède was a French ship of the line that took part in the early 19th-century naval conflict culminating in the Battle of San Domingo.
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D.
Neocles
Neocles was an Athenian of the late 6th century BC, best known as the father of the prominent statesman and general Themistocles.
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E.
Antilochus
Antilochus is a figure in Greek mythology, a son of Nestor renowned for his bravery and close friendship with Achilles during the Trojan War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in Greek mythology
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hero of the Trojan War ⓘ mythological Greek king ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Agamemnon
NERFINISHED
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Menelaus NERFINISHED ⓘ Nestor NERFINISHED ⓘ Odysseus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedMyth |
plague in Crete caused by his vow
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sacrifice of his own child upon return from Troy (later tradition) ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Crete
NERFINISHED
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Knossos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Cleisithyra
NERFINISHED
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Idamante (in later traditions) NERFINISHED ⓘ Orsilochus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coCommander | Meriones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Cretan ⓘ |
| fate |
driven from Crete by his people in some accounts
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went into exile in Italy or Colophon in some traditions ⓘ |
| father | Deucalion (son of Minos) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foughtAgainst |
Aeneas
NERFINISHED
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Hector NERFINISHED ⓘ Trojans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| friend | Meriones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandfather | Minos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| greatGrandfather | Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killedInBattle |
Alcathous
NERFINISHED
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Asius NERFINISHED ⓘ Clonius NERFINISHED ⓘ Deucalion (Trojan warrior, not his father) NERFINISHED ⓘ Othryoneus NERFINISHED ⓘ Phaestus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterReception |
appears in works of later Greek and Roman authors
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subject of operas and dramas in early modern Europe ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
NERFINISHED
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Homer's Iliad NERFINISHED ⓘ Homer's Odyssey NERFINISHED ⓘ Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryContribution | led 80 ships from Crete to Troy (in Homeric tradition) ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Greek mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notedFor |
bravery in battle
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skill as a spearman ⓘ |
| oathOrVow | vowed to sacrifice the first living thing he met on returning safely to Crete (later tradition) ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Trojan War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWar |
Greek leader in the Trojan War
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commander of the Cretans at Troy ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | Achaeans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Eurydice (in some traditions)
NERFINISHED
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Meda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | King of Crete 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: Idomeneus Description of subject: Idomeneus is a legendary Cretan king and warrior in Greek mythology, renowned as one of the prominent Greek leaders and fighters in the Trojan War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.