Agenor
E123843
Agenor is a figure in Greek mythology, often portrayed as a Phoenician king and ancestor of several notable mythic characters, including Semele.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Agenor canonical | 20 |
| Agenor (son of Pleuron) | 1 |
| Agenor (son of Poseidon) | 1 |
| Agenor, king of Tyre or Sidon in myth | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1014725 — 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: Agenor Context triple: [Semele, grandfather, Agenor]
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A.
Astakos
Astakos is a coastal town in western Greece known as a regional port and ferry hub on the Ionian Sea.
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B.
Aristaeus
Aristaeus is a minor Greek god associated with agriculture, beekeeping, and pastoral pursuits, often revered as a culture hero who taught humans various rural arts.
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C.
Anchises
Anchises is a figure in Greek and Roman mythology best known as the mortal father of the Trojan hero Aeneas and a lover of the goddess Aphrodite.
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D.
Helinus
Helinus is a small genus of flowering plants known for its climbing or scrambling shrubs, classified within the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae.
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E.
Hyginus
Hyginus was a Latin author and mythographer, traditionally identified as Gaius Julius Hyginus, known for compiling and preserving numerous Greek and Roman myths and celestial stories.
- 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: Agenor Target entity description: Agenor is a figure in Greek mythology, often portrayed as a Phoenician king and ancestor of several notable mythic characters, including Semele.
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A.
Astakos
Astakos is a coastal town in western Greece known as a regional port and ferry hub on the Ionian Sea.
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B.
Aristaeus
Aristaeus is a minor Greek god associated with agriculture, beekeeping, and pastoral pursuits, often revered as a culture hero who taught humans various rural arts.
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C.
Anchises
Anchises is a figure in Greek and Roman mythology best known as the mortal father of the Trojan hero Aeneas and a lover of the goddess Aphrodite.
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D.
Helinus
Helinus is a small genus of flowering plants known for its climbing or scrambling shrubs, classified within the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae.
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E.
Hyginus
Hyginus was a Latin author and mythographer, traditionally identified as Gaius Julius Hyginus, known for compiling and preserving numerous Greek and Roman myths and celestial stories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
king in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ |
| associatedMyth | search for Europa after her abduction by Zeus ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Phoenicia
ⓘ
linked to:
Phoenician civilization
Tyre ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in Greek mythology
ⓘ
Phoenician kings in mythology ⓘ |
| commanded | his sons to search for Europa and not return without her ⓘ |
| culture |
Greek mythology
ⓘ
Phoenician mythology ⓘ
linked to:
Phoenician religion
|
| ethnicity | Phoenician ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
Cadmus
ⓘ
Cilix ⓘ Europa ⓘ Phineus ⓘ Phoenix ⓘ Semele ⓘ Thasus ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Cadmus
ⓘ
Cilix ⓘ Europa ⓘ Phineus ⓘ Phoenix ⓘ Semele ⓘ Thasus ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Herodotus’ Histories ⓘ
linked to:
works of Herodotus
Homeric tradition ⓘ
linked to:
Homeric epics
|
| mythVariant |
sometimes described as son of Belus
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sometimes described as son of Poseidon and Libya ⓘ sometimes located as king in Sidon ⓘ |
| notableDescendant |
Dionysus
ⓘ
Harmonia ⓘ Minos ⓘ |
| roleInMyth |
ancestor of several Greek mythic lineages
ⓘ
ancestor of the Phoenicians ⓘ |
| sibling |
Cepheus
ⓘ
Danaus ⓘ Egyptus ⓘ Phineus (brother of Agenor in some traditions) ⓘ |
| spouse |
Antiope
ⓘ
Argiope ⓘ Damno ⓘ Telephassa ⓘ |
| title |
King of Phoenicia
ⓘ
Phoenician king ⓘ |
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: Agenor Description of subject: Agenor is a figure in Greek mythology, often portrayed as a Phoenician king and ancestor of several notable mythic characters, including Semele.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Agenor
linked to: Agenor
subject linked to:
Phineus (brother of Agenor in some traditions)