Eleventh Labour of Heracles

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Greek mythological narrative labour of Heracles mythological event

The Eleventh Labour of Heracles is the mythic task in which the hero was ordered to obtain the golden apples of the Hesperides, guarded by the dragon Ladon at the edge of the world.

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Label	Occurrences
Eleventh Labor of Heracles	3
Eleventh Labour of Heracles canonical	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11366258 — 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.

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Target entity: Eleventh Labour of Heracles
Context triple: [Ladon, associatedWith, Eleventh Labour of Heracles]

A. 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.
B. 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.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. 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.
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: Eleventh Labour of Heracles
Target entity description: The Eleventh Labour of Heracles is the mythic task in which the hero was ordered to obtain the golden apples of the Hesperides, guarded by the dragon Ladon at the edge of the world.

A. 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.
B. 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.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek mythological narrative ⓘ labour of Heracles ⓘ mythological event ⓘ
appleGuardianGroup	Hesperides ⓘ
appleOrigin	wedding of Zeus and Hera ⓘ linked to: wedding of Peleus and Thetis
appleOwner	Hera ⓘ
appleSymbolism	divine favor ⓘ immortality ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Gaia ⓘ Hera ⓘ Zeus ⓘ
commissionedBy	Eurystheus ⓘ
dragonGuardian	Ladon ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Athena ⓘ Atlas ⓘ Eurystheus ⓘ Gaia ⓘ Heracles ⓘ Hesperides ⓘ Ladon ⓘ Nereus ⓘ Prometheus ⓘ
goal	bring golden apples to Eurystheus ⓘ
guardedBy	Ladon ⓘ
hasTask	obtain the golden apples of the Hesperides ⓘ
helpedBy	Athena ⓘ Atlas ⓘ Prometheus ⓘ
includesEpisode	Heracles consults Nereus for directions ⓘ Heracles frees Prometheus ⓘ Heracles persuades Atlas to fetch the apples ⓘ Heracles slays the eagle tormenting Prometheus ⓘ Heracles temporarily holds up the sky ⓘ Heracles tricks Atlas into taking back the sky ⓘ
involvesLocation	edge of the world ⓘ garden of the Hesperides ⓘ linked to: island of the Hesperides
involvesObject	golden apples ⓘ golden apples of the Hesperides ⓘ
mythology	Greek mythology ⓘ
opposedBy	Ladon ⓘ
partOf	Labours of Heracles ⓘ linked to: Twelve Labors
performedBy	Heracles ⓘ
positionInSeries	11 ⓘ
recordedIn	Apollodorus' Bibliotheca ⓘ Hesiodic tradition ⓘ Pindar's odes ⓘ
relatedWork	Tenth Labour of Heracles ⓘ Twelfth Labour of Heracles ⓘ linked to: Twelfth Labor of Heracles
symbolizes	overcoming impossible challenges ⓘ quest for immortality ⓘ
variantEpisode	Heracles kills Ladon and plucks the apples himself ⓘ

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

Ladon → associatedWith → Eleventh Labour of Heracles ⓘ

golden apples of the Hesperides → laborNumber → Eleventh Labor of Heracles ⓘ

linked to: Eleventh Labour of Heracles

Ninth Labor of Heracles → relatedWork → Eleventh Labor of Heracles ⓘ

linked to: Eleventh Labour of Heracles

Twelfth Labor of Heracles → follows → Eleventh Labor of Heracles ⓘ

subject linked to: twelfth labor of Heracles

linked to: Eleventh Labour of Heracles

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