Polymnestor
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Polymnestor is a figure in Greek mythology, a Thracian king best known for murdering the young Polydorus for gold and later being blinded and having his sons killed in revenge by Hecuba.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Polymnestor canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20950218 — 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: Polymnestor Context triple: [Polymestor, knownAs, Polymnestor]
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A.
Iphiclus
Iphiclus is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of Thestius and thus a member of the royal family of Calydon.
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B.
Polydorus of Pherae
Polydorus of Pherae was a 4th-century BC Thessalian ruler associated with the tyrannical dynasty that controlled the city of Pherae in ancient Greece.
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C.
Deiphobus
Deiphobus is a prince of Troy in Greek mythology, known as one of Priam's sons and a prominent warrior during the Trojan War.
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D.
Pentheus
Pentheus is a tragic king in Greek mythology, best known for opposing the worship of Dionysus and being torn apart by his own mother and aunts in a Dionysian frenzy.
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E.
Orestheus
Orestheus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the flood survivor and progenitor of humankind, Deucalion.
- 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: Polymnestor Target entity description: Polymnestor is a figure in Greek mythology, a Thracian king best known for murdering the young Polydorus for gold and later being blinded and having his sons killed in revenge by Hecuba.
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A.
Iphiclus
Iphiclus is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of Thestius and thus a member of the royal family of Calydon.
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B.
Polydorus of Pherae
Polydorus of Pherae was a 4th-century BC Thessalian ruler associated with the tyrannical dynasty that controlled the city of Pherae in ancient Greece.
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C.
Deiphobus
Deiphobus is a prince of Troy in Greek mythology, known as one of Priam's sons and a prominent warrior during the Trojan War.
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D.
Pentheus
Pentheus is a tragic king in Greek mythology, best known for opposing the worship of Dionysus and being torn apart by his own mother and aunts in a Dionysian frenzy.
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E.
Orestheus
Orestheus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the flood survivor and progenitor of humankind, Deucalion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.