Amestris (daughter of Xerxes I)
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Amestris was a powerful and notoriously ruthless Achaemenid Persian queen, wife of Xerxes I and mother of King Artaxerxes I.
All labels observed (1)
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| Amestris (daughter of Xerxes I) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18987588 — 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: Amestris (daughter of Xerxes I) Context triple: [Parysatis, relative, Amestris (daughter of Xerxes I)]
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A.
Amytis of Media
Amytis of Media was a Median princess and queen of Babylon, traditionally associated with the legendary Hanging Gardens, which were said to have been built to remind her of her mountainous homeland.
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B.
Artemisia II of Caria
Artemisia II of Caria was a 4th-century BCE Carian queen and satrap renowned for commissioning the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, in honor of her husband-brother Mausolus.
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C.
Parysatis
Parysatis was a powerful and influential Achaemenid Persian queen, known for her political intrigue and dominance at the court of her husband Darius II and their son Artaxerxes II.
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D.
Artemisia I of Caria
Artemisia I of Caria was a 5th-century BCE queen and naval commander who notably fought on the Persian side during the Greco-Persian Wars.
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E.
Queen Atossa
Queen Atossa is a central figure in Aeschylus’ tragedy "The Persians," depicted as the influential mother of King Xerxes and widow of King Darius of the Persian Empire.
- 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: Amestris (daughter of Xerxes I) Target entity description: Amestris was a powerful and notoriously ruthless Achaemenid Persian queen, wife of Xerxes I and mother of King Artaxerxes I.
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A.
Amytis of Media
Amytis of Media was a Median princess and queen of Babylon, traditionally associated with the legendary Hanging Gardens, which were said to have been built to remind her of her mountainous homeland.
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B.
Artemisia II of Caria
Artemisia II of Caria was a 4th-century BCE Carian queen and satrap renowned for commissioning the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, in honor of her husband-brother Mausolus.
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C.
Parysatis
Parysatis was a powerful and influential Achaemenid Persian queen, known for her political intrigue and dominance at the court of her husband Darius II and their son Artaxerxes II.
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D.
Artemisia I of Caria
Artemisia I of Caria was a 5th-century BCE queen and naval commander who notably fought on the Persian side during the Greco-Persian Wars.
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E.
Queen Atossa
Queen Atossa is a central figure in Aeschylus’ tragedy "The Persians," depicted as the influential mother of King Xerxes and widow of King Darius of the Persian Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.