Ladon
E269211
Ladon is the many-headed dragon of Greek mythology who watches over the golden apples in the Garden of the Hesperides.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ladon canonical | 27 |
| Ladon the Dragon | 1 |
| dragon Ladon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2437986 — 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: Ladon Context triple: [Hesperia, guardedBy, Ladon]
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A.
LernaeanHydra
The Lernaean Hydra is a many-headed serpent-like monster from Greek mythology, famed for its regenerative heads and its defeat as one of Heracles’ Twelve Labors.
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B.
Erymanthian Boar
The Erymanthian Boar is a fearsome mythical creature from Greek mythology, a gigantic wild boar that Heracles was tasked with capturing alive as one of his Twelve Labors.
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C.
Antaeus
Antaeus is a giant in Greek mythology, famed for drawing his strength from contact with the earth and being defeated by Heracles.
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D.
Cercyon
Cercyon is a figure from Greek mythology, a violent bandit and wrestler slain by the hero Theseus during his journey to Athens.
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E.
Dictys
Dictys is a fisherman and brother of King Polydectes in Greek mythology who discovers and shelters Perseus and his mother Danaë after they wash ashore.
- 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: Ladon Target entity description: Ladon is the many-headed dragon of Greek mythology who watches over the golden apples in the Garden of the Hesperides.
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A.
LernaeanHydra
The Lernaean Hydra is a many-headed serpent-like monster from Greek mythology, famed for its regenerative heads and its defeat as one of Heracles’ Twelve Labors.
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B.
Erymanthian Boar
The Erymanthian Boar is a fearsome mythical creature from Greek mythology, a gigantic wild boar that Heracles was tasked with capturing alive as one of his Twelve Labors.
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C.
Antaeus
Antaeus is a giant in Greek mythology, famed for drawing his strength from contact with the earth and being defeated by Heracles.
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D.
Cercyon
Cercyon is a figure from Greek mythology, a violent bandit and wrestler slain by the hero Theseus during his journey to Athens.
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E.
Dictys
Dictys is a fisherman and brother of King Polydectes in Greek mythology who discovers and shelters Perseus and his mother Danaë after they wash ashore.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
creature in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological dragon ⓘ serpent-like monster ⓘ |
| appearsInTradition | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Eleventh Labour of Heracles
ⓘ
Hesperides ⓘ |
| associatedWithObject | golden apples of immortality ⓘ |
| category |
Dragons in mythology
ⓘ
Greek legendary creatures ⓘ Monsters of Hera ⓘ
linked to:
Creatures of Heracles
|
| guardedFor | Hera ⓘ |
| guardedLocation | far western edge of the world ⓘ |
| guardedLocationType | mythical garden ⓘ |
| guards |
Garden of the Hesperides
ⓘ
linked to:
The Garden of the Hesperides
golden apples ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeForm |
Ladon the Dragon
ⓘ
linked to:
Ladon
Lados ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
many-headed
ⓘ
serpentine ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfHeads | many ⓘ |
| hasParent |
Ceto
ⓘ
Echidna ⓘ Phorcys ⓘ Typhon ⓘ
linked to:
Typhoeus
|
| hasPossibleParentage |
Phorcys and Ceto
ⓘ
linked to:
Phorcys
Typhon and Echidna ⓘ |
| hasRole | guardian of the golden apples ⓘ |
| hasSpecies | dragon ⓘ |
| killedBy | Heracles ⓘ |
| killedDuring | Heracles’ eleventh labour ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| livesIn |
Garden of the Hesperides
ⓘ
linked to:
The Garden of the Hesperides
|
| mentionedIn |
Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica
ⓘ
linked to:
Argonautica
Hesiodic tradition ⓘ Pseudo-Apollodorus’ Bibliotheca ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
|
| nameWrittenInGreek | Λάδων ⓘ |
| parent | none ⓘ |
| relatedMyth | Quest for the golden apples ⓘ |
| serves | Hera ⓘ |
| sharesTypeWith |
Lernaean Hydra
ⓘ
linked to:
LernaeanHydra
Python (mythological serpent) ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
obstacle to heroic quest
ⓘ
vigilance ⓘ |
| watchedBy | Hera ⓘ |
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: Ladon Description of subject: Ladon is the many-headed dragon of Greek mythology who watches over the golden apples in the Garden of the Hesperides.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ladon
linked to: Ladon