Candaules
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Candaules was a legendary king of Lydia, best known from Herodotus’ account in which his murder by Gyges leads to the founding of a new royal dynasty.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Candaules canonical | 3 |
| Candaules and Gyges | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14023647 — 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: Candaules Context triple: [Gyges, predecessor, Candaules]
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A.
Martin Hylacomylus
Martin Hylacomylus is the Latinized name of Martin Waldseemüller, the early 16th-century German cartographer best known for producing the first map to use the name "America."
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B.
Phraortes
Phraortes was an early king of the Medes who expanded Median power and is traditionally credited with helping lay the foundations of the Median Empire in ancient Iran.
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C.
Ariabignes
Ariabignes was a Persian prince and naval commander, son of King Darius I, who was killed while leading Persian forces during the Greco-Persian Wars.
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D.
Gyges
Gyges is one of the three Hecatoncheires in Greek mythology, a primordial giant with a hundred hands and fifty heads who aided the Olympian gods in their battle against the Titans.
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E.
Gyges
Gyges was an early 7th-century BCE king of Lydia, known from both Greek and Near Eastern sources for founding the Mermnad dynasty and dramatically seizing the throne.
- 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: Candaules Target entity description: Candaules was a legendary king of Lydia, best known from Herodotus’ account in which his murder by Gyges leads to the founding of a new royal dynasty.
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A.
Martin Hylacomylus
Martin Hylacomylus is the Latinized name of Martin Waldseemüller, the early 16th-century German cartographer best known for producing the first map to use the name "America."
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B.
Phraortes
Phraortes was an early king of the Medes who expanded Median power and is traditionally credited with helping lay the foundations of the Median Empire in ancient Iran.
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C.
Ariabignes
Ariabignes was a Persian prince and naval commander, son of King Darius I, who was killed while leading Persian forces during the Greco-Persian Wars.
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D.
Gyges
Gyges is one of the three Hecatoncheires in Greek mythology, a primordial giant with a hundred hands and fifty heads who aided the Olympian gods in their battle against the Titans.
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E.
Gyges
Gyges was an early 7th-century BCE king of Lydia, known from both Greek and Near Eastern sources for founding the Mermnad dynasty and dramatically seizing the throne.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.