Basileus of Cyrene
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The Basileus of Cyrene was the monarchic ruler of the ancient Greek city-state of Cyrene in North Africa, holding supreme political and religious authority.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Basileus of Cyrene canonical | 2 |
| King of Cyrene | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9803768 — 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: Basileus of Cyrene Context triple: [Arcesilaus I of Cyrene, title, Basileus of Cyrene]
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A.
Arcesilas IV of Cyrene
Arcesilas IV of Cyrene was the last king of the Battiad dynasty in the Greek city of Cyrene, known for his association with the poet Pindar and his eventual overthrow.
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B.
Battus IV of Cyrene
Battus IV of Cyrene was a 6th-century BC king of the Greek city-state of Cyrene in North Africa and a later ruler of the Battiad dynasty.
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C.
Battus I of Cyrene
Battus I of Cyrene was the first king of Cyrene and the founder of the Battiad dynasty in ancient Greek Libya.
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D.
Battus II of Cyrene
Battus II of Cyrene was an ancient Greek king of the Battiad dynasty who ruled the North African city-state of Cyrene during the 6th century BCE and oversaw its territorial expansion and increased Greek immigration.
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E.
Battus III of Cyrene
Battus III of Cyrene was a king of the ancient Greek city-state of Cyrene in North Africa and a member of the ruling Battiad dynasty.
- 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: Basileus of Cyrene Target entity description: The Basileus of Cyrene was the monarchic ruler of the ancient Greek city-state of Cyrene in North Africa, holding supreme political and religious authority.
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A.
Arcesilas IV of Cyrene
Arcesilas IV of Cyrene was the last king of the Battiad dynasty in the Greek city of Cyrene, known for his association with the poet Pindar and his eventual overthrow.
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B.
Battus IV of Cyrene
Battus IV of Cyrene was a 6th-century BC king of the Greek city-state of Cyrene in North Africa and a later ruler of the Battiad dynasty.
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C.
Battus I of Cyrene
Battus I of Cyrene was the first king of Cyrene and the founder of the Battiad dynasty in ancient Greek Libya.
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D.
Battus II of Cyrene
Battus II of Cyrene was an ancient Greek king of the Battiad dynasty who ruled the North African city-state of Cyrene during the 6th century BCE and oversaw its territorial expansion and increased Greek immigration.
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E.
Battus III of Cyrene
Battus III of Cyrene was a king of the ancient Greek city-state of Cyrene in North Africa and a member of the ruling Battiad dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek political office
ⓘ
head of state role ⓘ monarchical office ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Cyrenaica
ⓘ
city-state of Cyrene ⓘ |
| associatedWith | foundation and expansion of Cyrene ⓘ |
| basedOn | Greek concept of kingship (basileia) ⓘ |
| country | Cyrene ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Greek ⓘ |
| describedIn | ancient Greek historiography ⓘ |
| dynasty | Battiad dynasty ⓘ |
| endTime | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| ethnicContext | Greek colonists in Libya ⓘ |
| exercisedPowerIn |
foreign policy
ⓘ
legislation ⓘ public sacrifices ⓘ religious cults ⓘ war and peace ⓘ |
| followed | Greek monarchical traditions ⓘ |
| governmentForm | monarchy ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver |
citizens of Cyrene
ⓘ
territory of Cyrene ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| hasRole |
chief priest
ⓘ
judicial authority ⓘ military leadership ⓘ supreme political authority ⓘ supreme religious authority ⓘ |
| inception | 7th century BCE ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Cyrenaica
ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | ancient period ⓘ |
| partOf |
government of Cyrene
ⓘ
linked to:
royal house of Cyrene
political system of Cyrene ⓘ |
| positionHeldBy |
Arcesilaus I of Cyrene
ⓘ
Arcesilaus II of Cyrene ⓘ Arcesilaus III of Cyrene ⓘ Arcesilaus IV of Cyrene ⓘ
linked to:
Arcesilas IV of Cyrene
Battus I of Cyrene ⓘ Battus II of Cyrene ⓘ Battus III of Cyrene ⓘ Battus IV of Cyrene ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| replacedBy | more oligarchic institutions of Cyrene ⓘ |
| seatOfGovernment | Cyrene ⓘ |
| typeOfMonarchy | hereditary kingship ⓘ |
| usedTitle | basileus ⓘ |
| usedTitleLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Basileus of Cyrene Description of subject: The Basileus of Cyrene was the monarchic ruler of the ancient Greek city-state of Cyrene in North Africa, holding supreme political and religious authority.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Basileus of Cyrene