Apollo

E12942

Greek deity Olympian god mythological character

Apollo is the Olympian god of the sun, music, prophecy, and healing in ancient Greek mythology.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Apollo canonical	619
Apollo Delios	3
Apollo Lyceus	3
Apollo Pythios	3
Apollo Cynthius	1
Apollo Delian	1
Apollo Delphinios	1
Apollo Hekatos	1
Apollo Phoebus	1
Apollo Smintheus	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T118863 — 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: Apollo
Context triple: [Delphi, dedicatedTo, Apollo]

A. Artemis program
The Artemis program is NASA’s ongoing initiative to return humans to the Moon, establish a sustainable lunar presence, and prepare for future crewed missions to Mars.
B. Alcyone
Alcyone is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and often associated with the star cluster of the same name.
C. Epimetheus
Epimetheus is a figure in Greek mythology, a Titan known as the foolish brother of Prometheus and husband of Pandora, whose actions helped bring misfortune to humanity.
D. Apollo program
The Apollo program was NASA’s landmark human spaceflight initiative that successfully landed astronauts on the Moon and returned them safely to Earth during the 1960s and early 1970s.
E. Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the historic 1969 spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon and safely returned them to Earth.
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: Apollo
Target entity description: Apollo is the Olympian god of the sun, music, prophecy, and healing in ancient Greek mythology.

A. Artemis program
The Artemis program is NASA’s ongoing initiative to return humans to the Moon, establish a sustainable lunar presence, and prepare for future crewed missions to Mars.
B. Alcyone
Alcyone is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and often associated with the star cluster of the same name.
C. Epimetheus
Epimetheus is a figure in Greek mythology, a Titan known as the foolish brother of Prometheus and husband of Pandora, whose actions helped bring misfortune to humanity.
D. Apollo program
The Apollo program was NASA’s landmark human spaceflight initiative that successfully landed astronauts on the Moon and returned them safely to Earth during the 1960s and early 1970s.
E. Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the historic 1969 spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon and safely returned them to Earth.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (112)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek deity ⓘ Olympian god ⓘ mythological character ⓘ
associatedPlace	Clarion ⓘ Delos ⓘ Delphi ⓘ Delphi Oracle ⓘ linked to: Delphi Didyma ⓘ Pytho ⓘ linked to: Python
associatedWith	Muses ⓘ linked to: the Muses Nine Muses ⓘ
child	Amphissus ⓘ Aristaeus ⓘ Asclepiades (sons of Asclepius, indirectly) ⓘ Asclepius ⓘ Ion ⓘ Linus ⓘ Miletus ⓘ Orpheus ⓘ Phaethon (son of Apollo) ⓘ linked to: Helios Troilus ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ linked to: Ancient Greek religion
domain	archery ⓘ colonization ⓘ healing ⓘ music ⓘ oracles ⓘ plague ⓘ poetry ⓘ prophecy ⓘ purification ⓘ sun ⓘ
epithet	Apollo Agyieus ⓘ Apollo Delphinios ⓘ linked to: Apollo Apollo Hekatos ⓘ linked to: Apollo Apollo Karneios ⓘ Apollo Loxias ⓘ Apollo Lyceus ⓘ linked to: Apollo Apollo Musagetes ⓘ Apollo Nomios ⓘ Apollo Paean ⓘ Apollo Pythios ⓘ linked to: Apollo Apollo Smintheus ⓘ linked to: Apollo Phoebus ⓘ linked to: Helios Phoebus Apollo ⓘ linked to: Apollo Musagetes
equivalentInRomanMythology	Apollo ⓘ
festival	Carneia ⓘ Daphnephoria ⓘ Pythian Games ⓘ Thargelia ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
lover	Cassandra ⓘ Coronis ⓘ Cyrene ⓘ Daphne ⓘ Hyacinthus ⓘ Marpessa ⓘ
mainSanctuary	Temple of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ linked to: Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi Temple of Apollo on Delos ⓘ linked to: Temple of Apollo
notableMyth	death of Hyacinthus ⓘ guiding the Trojan arrows in the Iliad ⓘ love for Daphne and creation of the laurel ⓘ punishment of Niobe ⓘ slaying of Python at Delphi ⓘ
pantheon	Olympian gods ⓘ
parent	Leto ⓘ Zeus ⓘ
parentageStatus	son of Zeus and Leto ⓘ
role	god of archery ⓘ god of healing ⓘ god of light ⓘ god of music ⓘ god of plague ⓘ god of prophecy ⓘ leader of the Muses ⓘ patron of poets ⓘ patron of seers ⓘ protector of youths ⓘ
sacredAnimal	dolphin ⓘ raven ⓘ swan ⓘ wolf ⓘ
sacredPlant	laurel ⓘ
sibling	Aphrodite ⓘ Ares ⓘ Athena ⓘ Dionysus ⓘ Helen of Troy ⓘ Hephaestus ⓘ Heracles ⓘ Hermes ⓘ Minos ⓘ Persephone ⓘ
symbol	bow and arrows ⓘ laurel wreath ⓘ lyre ⓘ python ⓘ raven ⓘ sun chariot ⓘ tripod ⓘ
twinSibling	Artemis ⓘ
twinStatus	twin brother of Artemis ⓘ
vehicle	chariot of the sun ⓘ
weapon	bow and arrows ⓘ
worshipCultCenter	Claros ⓘ Delos ⓘ Delphi ⓘ Didyma ⓘ
worshipRegion	Asia Minor ⓘ Greece ⓘ Magna Graecia ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ

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Referenced by (634)

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

Delphi → dedicatedTo → Apollo ⓘ

Delphi → associatedWithDeity → Apollo ⓘ

Zeus → child → Apollo ⓘ

Ancient Greek religion → hasDeity → Apollo ⓘ

George Balanchine → notableWork → Apollo ⓘ

Hermes → associatedDeity → Apollo ⓘ

Sacred Way (Delphi) → associatedDeity → Apollo ⓘ

subject linked to: Sacred Way

Charioteer of Delphi → dedicatedTo → Apollo ⓘ

Castalian Spring → hasDeity → Apollo ⓘ

Castalian Spring → associatedWith → Apollo ⓘ

Oracle of Apollo at Delphi → dedicatedTo → Apollo ⓘ

subject linked to: Oracle of Apollo

Oracle of Apollo at Delphi → associatedWithDeityAspect → Apollo Pythios ⓘ

subject linked to: Oracle of Apollo

linked to: Apollo

slope of Mount Parnassus → mythologicalAssociation → Apollo ⓘ

Apollo → equivalentInRomanMythology → Apollo ⓘ

Apollo → epithet → Apollo Lyceus ⓘ

linked to: Apollo

Apollo → epithet → Apollo Smintheus ⓘ

linked to: Apollo

Apollo → epithet → Apollo Delphinios ⓘ

linked to: Apollo

Apollo → epithet → Apollo Pythios ⓘ

linked to: Apollo

Apollo → epithet → Apollo Hekatos ⓘ

linked to: Apollo

Treasury of the Athenians → dedicatedTo → Apollo ⓘ

Pythian Games → honoursDeity → Apollo ⓘ

Pythian Games → dedicatedTo → Apollo Pythios ⓘ

linked to: Apollo

Amphictyonic League → associatedDeity → Apollo ⓘ

Temple of Apollo at Delphi → dedicatedTo → Apollo ⓘ

subject linked to: Temple of Apollo

Helios → laterSyncretizedWith → Apollo ⓘ

Twelve Olympians → member → Apollo ⓘ

Iliad → featuresDeity → Apollo ⓘ

subject linked to: Homer's Iliad

Theatre of Delphi → dedicatedTo → Apollo ⓘ

Stadium of Delphi → associatedWithDeity → Apollo ⓘ

Pan → possibleParent → Apollo ⓘ

Leto → motherOf → Apollo ⓘ

Leto → parentOf → Apollo ⓘ

Gigantomachy → involvesDeity → Apollo ⓘ

Hestia → refusedMarriageProposalFrom → Apollo ⓘ

Cronus → grandfather → Apollo ⓘ

Rhea → grandparentOf → Apollo ⓘ

Ares → sibling → Apollo ⓘ

Homeric Hymns → containsHymnTo → Apollo ⓘ

Delos → sacredTo → Apollo ⓘ

Delos → hasSanctuaryOf → Apollo ⓘ

Artemis → twinBrother → Apollo ⓘ

Artemis → sibling → Apollo ⓘ

Pindar's odes → associatedDeities → Apollo ⓘ

Coeus → grandparentOf → Apollo ⓘ

Asclepius → father → Apollo ⓘ

Asclepius → associatedDeity → Apollo ⓘ

Orpheus → associatedWith → Apollo ⓘ

Hellenistic religion → corePantheonIncludes → Apollo ⓘ

Giorgi Melitonis dze Balanchivadze → notableWork → Apollo ⓘ

Actium → dedicatedDeity → Apollo ⓘ

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Referenced by (634)

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