Adrastus
E174450
Adrastus is a legendary king of Argos in Greek mythology, best known as the leader of the Seven Against Thebes.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adrastus canonical | 39 |
| Adrastus (king of Argos) | 3 |
| Adrastus of Argos | 1 |
| Adrastus, king of Argos | 1 |
| King Adrastus of Argos | 1 |
| king of Argos (Danaus) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1488076 — 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: Adrastus Context triple: [Thersander, grandfather, Adrastus]
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A.
Heleus
Heleus is a figure in Greek mythology known as a son of Perseus and Andromeda.
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B.
Aristodemus
Aristodemus is a minor figure in ancient Greek philosophy, known primarily as a participant and narrator in Plato’s dialogue Symposium.
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C.
Acrisius
Acrisius is a king in Greek mythology, best known as the father of Danaë and the ill-fated grandfather of the hero Perseus.
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D.
Perses
Perses is a relatively obscure figure in Greek mythology, sometimes associated with destruction or linked to the lineage of the goddess Hecate.
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E.
Demophon
Demophon is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the sons of the Athenian hero Theseus and later a king of Athens.
- 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: Adrastus Target entity description: Adrastus is a legendary king of Argos in Greek mythology, best known as the leader of the Seven Against Thebes.
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A.
Heleus
Heleus is a figure in Greek mythology known as a son of Perseus and Andromeda.
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B.
Aristodemus
Aristodemus is a minor figure in ancient Greek philosophy, known primarily as a participant and narrator in Plato’s dialogue Symposium.
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C.
Acrisius
Acrisius is a king in Greek mythology, best known as the father of Danaë and the ill-fated grandfather of the hero Perseus.
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D.
Perses
Perses is a relatively obscure figure in Greek mythology, sometimes associated with destruction or linked to the lineage of the goddess Hecate.
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E.
Demophon
Demophon is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the sons of the Athenian hero Theseus and later a king of Athens.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek mythological figure
ⓘ
legendary character ⓘ mythological king ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Amphiaraus
ⓘ
Capaneus ⓘ Hippomedon ⓘ Parthenopaeus ⓘ Polynices ⓘ Tydeus ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Euripides’ plays
ⓘ
Pindar’s odes ⓘ
linked to:
Pindar's odes
Statius’ Thebaid ⓘ
linked to:
Statius' Thebaid
|
| associatedWith |
Argos
ⓘ
Nemea ⓘ Sicyon ⓘ Thebes ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | grief over the death of his son Aegialeus ⓘ |
| child |
Aegialeia
ⓘ
Aegialeus ⓘ Alcmena ⓘ
linked to:
Alcmene
Argeia ⓘ Cyanippe ⓘ Deipyle ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Argos ⓘ |
| culture | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| father |
Talaus
ⓘ
Talus ⓘ |
| fulfilledProphecyBy |
marrying Argeia to Polynices
ⓘ
marrying Deipyle to Tydeus ⓘ |
| grandfather | Bias ⓘ |
| greatGrandfather | Amythaon ⓘ |
| led |
expedition of the Seven Against Thebes
ⓘ
linked to:
Seven Against Thebes
first Theban war ⓘ
linked to:
Theban wars
|
| mother | Lysimache ⓘ |
| notableFor | leading the Seven Against Thebes ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Seven Against Thebes
ⓘ
war of the Epigoni ⓘ |
| positionHeld | king of Argos ⓘ |
| predecessor | Talaus ⓘ |
| prophecy | told to marry his daughters to a lion and a boar ⓘ |
| relativeByMarriage |
Polynices
ⓘ
Tydeus ⓘ |
| role | leader of the Seven Against Thebes ⓘ |
| sibling | Pronax ⓘ |
| spouse |
Amphithea
ⓘ
Demonassa ⓘ |
| successor | Diomedes ⓘ |
| survived | expedition of the Seven Against Thebes ⓘ |
| vehicle | chariot drawn by a lion and a boar ⓘ |
| worshippedAt |
Argos
ⓘ
Sicyon ⓘ |
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: Adrastus Description of subject: Adrastus is a legendary king of Argos in Greek mythology, best known as the leader of the Seven Against Thebes.
Referenced by (46)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Adrastus
linked to: Adrastus
subject linked to:
Statius' Thebaid
linked to: Adrastus
linked to: Adrastus
linked to: Adrastus
linked to: Adrastus
subject linked to:
Euripides’ lost play Hypsipyle