Polybus
E109700
Polybus is the king of Corinth in Greek mythology who raises Oedipus as his own son.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Polybus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T924851 — 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: Polybus Context triple: [Oedipus, adoptiveFather, Polybus]
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A.
Praxeas
Praxeas was an early Christian theologian known for promoting a modalistic view of the Trinity that was later deemed heretical by mainstream church authorities.
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B.
Bertramus
Bertramus is a Latinized variant of the given name Bertram, historically used in medieval and ecclesiastical contexts.
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C.
Cleon
Cleon was an influential Athenian statesman and general during the Peloponnesian War, known for his aggressive policies and prominent role in Athenian politics.
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D.
Soter
Soter is a Greek term meaning "savior" or "deliverer," often used as a title for deities or revered figures who provide salvation or protection.
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E.
Pythias
Pythias was the first wife of the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle and the mother of his daughter, also named Pythias.
- 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: Polybus Target entity description: Polybus is the king of Corinth in Greek mythology who raises Oedipus as his own son.
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A.
Praxeas
Praxeas was an early Christian theologian known for promoting a modalistic view of the Trinity that was later deemed heretical by mainstream church authorities.
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B.
Bertramus
Bertramus is a Latinized variant of the given name Bertram, historically used in medieval and ecclesiastical contexts.
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C.
Cleon
Cleon was an influential Athenian statesman and general during the Peloponnesian War, known for his aggressive policies and prominent role in Athenian politics.
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D.
Siris
Siris is a philosophical work by George Berkeley that explores metaphysics, theology, and the medicinal virtues of tar-water through a chain of reflective questions and arguments.
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E.
Soter
Soter is a Greek term meaning "savior" or "deliverer," often used as a title for deities or revered figures who provide salvation or protection.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological king ⓘ |
| adopted | Oedipus ⓘ |
| adoptiveFatherOf | Oedipus ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Sophocles' tragedy "Oedipus Rex"
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linked to:
Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex"
myth of Oedipus ⓘ |
| associatedWithMythologicalCycle | Theban cycle ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Isthmus of Corinth ⓘ |
| childInMyth | Oedipus ⓘ |
| country | Corinth ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| deathCauseInTradition | natural causes ⓘ |
| genre | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| hasGreekName | Πόλυβος ⓘ |
| hasRole | foster father of Oedipus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being king of Corinth in the Oedipus myth
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raising Oedipus as his own son ⓘ |
| languageOfTradition | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literarySource |
Apollodorus
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linked to:
Apollodorus of Athens
Pausanias ⓘ Sophocles ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | false father of the hero ⓘ |
| parentalStatusRegardingOedipus | not the biological father of Oedipus ⓘ |
| positionHeld | king of Corinth ⓘ |
| raised | Oedipus ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| residence | Corinth ⓘ |
| spouse |
Merope
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Periboea ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mythic age ⓘ |
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: Polybus Description of subject: Polybus is the king of Corinth in Greek mythology who raises Oedipus as his own son.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.