Agis III
E882626
Agis III was a Spartan king of the Eurypontid dynasty who led Sparta’s resistance against Macedonian dominance under Alexander the Great.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Agis III canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10744664 — 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: Agis III Context triple: [Archidamus III, child, Agis III]
-
A.
Antigonus III Doson
Antigonus III Doson was a 3rd-century BC king of Macedon from the Antigonid dynasty, known for restoring Macedonian power in Greece through military and diplomatic successes before his early death.
-
B.
Antigonus II Gonatas
Antigonus II Gonatas was a 3rd-century BC king of Macedon who consolidated Antigonid rule and restored Macedonian power after the turmoil following Alexander the Great’s death.
-
C.
Demetrius II Aetolicus
Demetrius II Aetolicus was a 3rd-century BC king of Macedon from the Antigonid dynasty, known for his conflicts with the Aetolian League and struggles to maintain Macedonian dominance in Greece.
-
D.
Antigonus I Monophthalmus
Antigonus I Monophthalmus was a prominent Macedonian general of Alexander the Great who became a powerful Diadochi ruler and founder of the Antigonid dynasty during the early Hellenistic era.
-
E.
Demetrius I Soter
Demetrius I Soter was a 2nd-century BC Seleucid king known for reclaiming the throne from usurpers and briefly restoring the strength of the Hellenistic Syrian kingdom.
- 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: Agis III Target entity description: Agis III was a Spartan king of the Eurypontid dynasty who led Sparta’s resistance against Macedonian dominance under Alexander the Great.
-
A.
Antigonus III Doson
Antigonus III Doson was a 3rd-century BC king of Macedon from the Antigonid dynasty, known for restoring Macedonian power in Greece through military and diplomatic successes before his early death.
-
B.
Antigonus II Gonatas
Antigonus II Gonatas was a 3rd-century BC king of Macedon who consolidated Antigonid rule and restored Macedonian power after the turmoil following Alexander the Great’s death.
-
C.
Demetrius II Aetolicus
Demetrius II Aetolicus was a 3rd-century BC king of Macedon from the Antigonid dynasty, known for his conflicts with the Aetolian League and struggles to maintain Macedonian dominance in Greece.
-
D.
Antigonus I Monophthalmus
Antigonus I Monophthalmus was a prominent Macedonian general of Alexander the Great who became a powerful Diadochi ruler and founder of the Antigonid dynasty during the early Hellenistic era.
-
E.
Demetrius I Soter
Demetrius I Soter was a 2nd-century BC Seleucid king known for reclaiming the throne from usurpers and briefly restoring the strength of the Hellenistic Syrian kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eurypontid king
ⓘ
Spartan king ⓘ ancient Greek person ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Autophradates
ⓘ
Persian Empire ⓘ
linked to:
Achaemenid Empire
Pharnabazus III ⓘ
linked to:
Pharnabazus II
|
| attempted | to restore Spartan power in Greece ⓘ |
| battle | Battle of Megalopolis ⓘ |
| causeOfRevolt | Macedonian dominance over Greek city-states ⓘ |
| conflict | Spartan-led revolt against Macedon (333–331 BC) ⓘ |
| contemporary |
Alexander the Great
ⓘ
Antipater ⓘ |
| country | Sparta ⓘ |
| deathDate | 331 BC ⓘ |
| deathPlace | near Megalopolis ⓘ |
| era | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Spartans ⓘ |
| father | Archidamus III ⓘ |
| givenName | Agis ⓘ |
| historicalSource |
Diodorus Siculus
ⓘ
Plutarch ⓘ |
| house | Eurypontid house ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| legacy | last major Spartan challenge to Macedonian power ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in battle ⓘ |
| memberOfDynasty | Eurypontid dynasty ⓘ |
| militaryAction | raised mercenary forces with Persian support ⓘ |
| militaryRank | strategos (military leader) of Sparta ⓘ |
| notableEvent | organized revolt while Alexander campaigned in Asia ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leading Spartan resistance to Macedonian rule
ⓘ
revolt against Alexander the Great ⓘ |
| opponent |
Alexander the Great
ⓘ
Antipater ⓘ |
| opposed | Macedonian hegemony in Greece ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Sparta ⓘ |
| positionHeld | king of Sparta ⓘ |
| predecessor | Archidamus III ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Greece
ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 331 BC ⓘ |
| reignStart | 338 BC ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| royalTitle | Basileus of Sparta ⓘ |
| successor |
Eurydamidas II
ⓘ
linked to:
Eudamidas II
|
| supportedBy | some Greek city-states in the Peloponnese ⓘ |
| title | King of the Lacedaemonians ⓘ |
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: Agis III Description of subject: Agis III was a Spartan king of the Eurypontid dynasty who led Sparta’s resistance against Macedonian dominance under Alexander the Great.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.