Agamemnon
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Agamemnon is the legendary king of Mycenae and commander of the Greek forces in the Trojan War in Greek mythology.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Agamemnon canonical | 67 |
| Agamemnon (Aeschylus) | 2 |
| Agamemnon (adaptation) | 1 |
| Agamemnon (play) | 1 |
| Agamemnon – Brian Cox | 1 |
| King Agamemnon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T869763 — 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: Agamemnon Context triple: [Iliad, mainCharacter, Agamemnon]
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A.
Electra
Electra is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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B.
Orestes
Orestes was a Roman general and statesman who effectively ruled the Western Roman Empire through his young son, the last emperor Romulus Augustulus, before being overthrown by Odoacer.
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C.
Oedipus
Oedipus is a tragic hero in Greek mythology best known for unwittingly killing his father and marrying his mother, a fate he was prophesied to fulfill.
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D.
Chrysothemis
Chrysothemis is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology who tend a blissful garden at the western edge of the world.
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E.
Crates of Thebes
Crates of Thebes was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher known for renouncing his wealth to live a life of poverty and virtue, and for being a prominent teacher of Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism.
- 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: Agamemnon Target entity description: Agamemnon is the legendary king of Mycenae and commander of the Greek forces in the Trojan War in Greek mythology.
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A.
Electra
Electra is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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B.
Orestes
Orestes was a Roman general and statesman who effectively ruled the Western Roman Empire through his young son, the last emperor Romulus Augustulus, before being overthrown by Odoacer.
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C.
Oedipus
Oedipus is a tragic hero in Greek mythology best known for unwittingly killing his father and marrying his mother, a fate he was prophesied to fulfill.
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D.
Chrysothemis
Chrysothemis is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology who tend a blissful garden at the western edge of the world.
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E.
Crates of Thebes
Crates of Thebes was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher known for renouncing his wealth to live a life of poverty and virtue, and for being a prominent teacher of Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek mythological character
ⓘ
figure in Greek mythology ⓘ legendary military leader ⓘ mythological king ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Aeschylus' Agamemnon
ⓘ
linked to:
Oresteia
Aeschylus' Oresteia trilogy ⓘ
linked to:
Oresteia
Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis ⓘ
linked to:
Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides)
Iliad ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Iliad
Odyssey ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Odyssey
Sophocles' Electra ⓘ
linked to:
Electra (Sophocles)
|
| associatedWithPlace |
Argos
ⓘ
Mycenae ⓘ
linked to:
Mycenae and Tiryns
|
| causeOf |
Greek expedition against Troy
ⓘ
linked to:
Trojan War
sacrifice of Iphigenia ⓘ
linked to:
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia
|
| child |
Chrysothemis
ⓘ
Electra ⓘ Iphigenia ⓘ Orestes ⓘ |
| conflict | quarrel with Achilles ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| enemy |
Paris
ⓘ
Priam ⓘ Trojans ⓘ |
| father | Atreus ⓘ |
| house |
House of Atreus
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Atreus myth cycle
|
| killed | Iphigenia ⓘ |
| killedBy |
Aegisthus
ⓘ
Clytemnestra ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| lover | Cassandra ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | murder ⓘ |
| mother | Aerope ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle |
Trojan War cycle
ⓘ
linked to:
Trojan War
|
| nameInGreek | Ἀγαμέμνων ⓘ |
| objectTaken |
Briseis
ⓘ
linked to:
Briseis (traditional association)
|
| participatedIn | Trojan War ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Mycenae
ⓘ
linked to:
Mycenae and Tiryns
|
| portrayedAs |
arrogant leader
ⓘ
tragic figure ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
commander-in-chief of the Greek forces in the Trojan War
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king of Mycenae ⓘ leader of the Achaean army ⓘ |
| reasonForAction | appease the goddess Artemis ⓘ |
| sibling | Menelaus ⓘ |
| spouse | Clytemnestra ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
the corruption of power
ⓘ
the dangers of hubris ⓘ |
| tookFrom | Achilles ⓘ |
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: Agamemnon Description of subject: Agamemnon is the legendary king of Mycenae and commander of the Greek forces in the Trojan War in Greek mythology.
Referenced by (73)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Homer's Iliad
linked to: Agamemnon
subject linked to:
Troy
subject linked to:
Troy
linked to: Agamemnon
subject linked to:
Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides)
subject linked to:
Nostoi (Returns)
subject linked to:
Briseis (traditional association)
subject linked to:
Briseis (traditional association)