Ares
E21905
Ares is the Greek god of war, embodying the brutal and chaotic aspects of battle in ancient Greek mythology.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ares canonical | 165 |
| Ares, the Greek god of war | 2 |
| Άρης | 2 |
| Ἄρης | 2 |
| Ares (in cult image or decoration) | 1 |
| Ares (in most accounts) | 1 |
| Ares (in some traditions) | 1 |
| Ares (mythology) | 1 |
| Ares in The Hitman’s Bodyguard | 1 |
| Greek god Ares | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T156635 — 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: Ares Context triple: [Zeus, child, Ares]
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A.
Typhoeus
Typhoeus is a monstrous serpentine giant from Greek mythology, often depicted as a fearsome adversary of Zeus and a symbol of chaotic natural forces.
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B.
Zeus
Zeus is the king of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology, ruling over the sky and thunder and presiding as the chief deity of the pantheon.
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C.
Poseidon
Poseidon is the ancient Greek god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses, one of the twelve Olympian deities.
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D.
Heracles
Heracles is a legendary hero of Greek mythology renowned for his superhuman strength and his completion of the Twelve Labors.
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E.
Athena
Athena is the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, warfare, and crafts, and the patron deity of the city 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: Ares Target entity description: Ares is the Greek god of war, embodying the brutal and chaotic aspects of battle in ancient Greek mythology.
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A.
Typhoeus
Typhoeus is a monstrous serpentine giant from Greek mythology, often depicted as a fearsome adversary of Zeus and a symbol of chaotic natural forces.
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B.
Zeus
Zeus is the king of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology, ruling over the sky and thunder and presiding as the chief deity of the pantheon.
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C.
Poseidon
Poseidon is the ancient Greek god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses, one of the twelve Olympian deities.
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D.
Heracles
Heracles is a legendary hero of Greek mythology renowned for his superhuman strength and his completion of the Twelve Labors.
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E.
Athena
Athena is the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, warfare, and crafts, and the patron deity of the city of Athens.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (79)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek god
ⓘ
Olympian god ⓘ war deity ⓘ |
| aspectContrastedWithAthena | brutal physical warfare vs. strategic warfare ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
battle rage
ⓘ
bloodshed ⓘ masculine aggression ⓘ slaughter ⓘ |
| associatedRegion | Thrace ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Deimos
ⓘ
Enyo ⓘ Eris ⓘ Harmonia ⓘ Phobos ⓘ battle frenzy ⓘ |
| chariotDrawnBy | fire-breathing horses ⓘ |
| child |
Adrestia
ⓘ
Deimos ⓘ Eros (in some traditions) ⓘ
linked to:
Cupid
Harmonia ⓘ Phobos ⓘ |
| consort | Aphrodite ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Athena ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| defeatedBy |
Athena (in the Iliad)
ⓘ
linked to:
Athena
Heracles (in some myths) ⓘ
linked to:
Heracles
|
| domain |
battlefield
ⓘ
bloodshed ⓘ violence ⓘ war ⓘ |
| father | Zeus ⓘ |
| featuredInWork |
Hesiod's Theogony
ⓘ
Homer's Iliad ⓘ Homer's Odyssey (briefly) ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Odyssey
various Greek tragedies ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| greekName |
Ἄρης
ⓘ
linked to:
Ares
|
| lover | Aphrodite ⓘ |
| mother | Hera ⓘ |
| mythologicalEra | Archaic and Classical Greece ⓘ |
| notableMyth |
affair with Aphrodite
ⓘ
capture by Otus and Ephialtes ⓘ participation in Trojan War ⓘ |
| pantheon | Olympian gods ⓘ |
| parentOfPersonification |
Deimos (Terror)
ⓘ
Harmonia (Harmony) ⓘ
linked to:
Harmonia
Phobos (Fear) ⓘ |
| parentsCollective | Zeus and Hera ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
armed warrior
ⓘ
young bearded man in armor ⓘ |
| residence | Mount Olympus ⓘ |
| romanEquivalent | Mars ⓘ |
| sacredAnimal |
dog
ⓘ
vulture ⓘ |
| sacredBird |
eagle owl (in some sources)
ⓘ
vulture ⓘ |
| sacredPlant | spear-shaped plants (symbolically) ⓘ |
| sibling |
Aphrodite (in some traditions as a daughter of Zeus)
ⓘ
linked to:
Aphrodite
Apollo ⓘ Artemis ⓘ Athena ⓘ Dionysus ⓘ Hephaestus ⓘ Hermes ⓘ |
| sideInTrojanWar |
Trojans
ⓘ
linked to:
Troy
|
| symbol |
chariot
ⓘ
helmet ⓘ shield ⓘ spear ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
bloodlust
ⓘ
brutal aspects of war ⓘ chaotic aspects of war ⓘ courage in battle ⓘ |
| templeLocation | Athens ⓘ |
| vehicle | war chariot ⓘ |
| weapon |
spear
ⓘ
sword ⓘ |
| worshipCenter |
Sparta
ⓘ
Thrace ⓘ |
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: Ares Description of subject: Ares is the Greek god of war, embodying the brutal and chaotic aspects of battle in ancient Greek mythology.
Referenced by (177)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Homer's Iliad
subject linked to:
Wonder Woman
subject linked to:
Roman god Mars
subject linked to:
Deimos (Terror)
subject linked to:
Deimos (Terror)
subject linked to:
Deimos (Terror)
subject linked to:
Deimos (Terror)
subject linked to:
Zeus and Hera
subject linked to:
Zeus and Hera