Atreus
E192272
Atreus is a legendary king in Greek mythology, father of Agamemnon and Menelaus and a central figure in the tragic saga of the House of Atreus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Atreus canonical | 47 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1705853 — 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: Atreus Context triple: [Atreid dynasty, namedAfter, Atreus]
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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.
Sthenelus
Sthenelus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a king of Mycenae and a descendant of the hero Perseus.
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C.
Polydectes
Polydectes is a king in Greek mythology best known for sending Perseus on the quest to slay Medusa in an attempt to get rid of him.
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D.
Telegonus
Telegonus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of the sorceress Circe and the hero Odysseus, who unwittingly killed his father and later married Penelope.
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E.
Acrisius
Acrisius is a king in Greek mythology, best known as the father of Danaë and the ill-fated grandfather of the hero Perseus.
- 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: Atreus Target entity description: Atreus is a legendary king in Greek mythology, father of Agamemnon and Menelaus and a central figure in the tragic saga of the House of Atreus.
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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.
Sthenelus
Sthenelus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a king of Mycenae and a descendant of the hero Perseus.
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C.
Polydectes
Polydectes is a king in Greek mythology best known for sending Perseus on the quest to slay Medusa in an attempt to get rid of him.
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D.
Telegonus
Telegonus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of the sorceress Circe and the hero Odysseus, who unwittingly killed his father and later married Penelope.
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E.
Acrisius
Acrisius is a king in Greek mythology, best known as the father of Danaë and the ill-fated grandfather of the hero Perseus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
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: Atreus Description of subject: Atreus is a legendary king in Greek mythology, father of Agamemnon and Menelaus and a central figure in the tragic saga of the House of Atreus.
Referenced by (47)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Aerope was given to Nauplius to be sold or married abroad
subject linked to:
Aerope, later wife of Atreus in some traditions
subject linked to:
Aerope, later wife of Atreus in some traditions
subject linked to:
Seneca the Younger’s tragedy Thyestes