Telamon
E291382
Telamon is a hero in Greek mythology, best known as the father of Ajax the Great and a companion of Heracles in several of his exploits.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Telamon canonical | 22 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2695102 — 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: Telamon Context triple: [Salamis Island, mythologicalAssociation, Telamon]
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A.
Agenor
Agenor is a figure in Greek mythology, often portrayed as a Phoenician king and ancestor of several notable mythic characters, including Semele.
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B.
Aeacus
Aeacus is a just and pious king from Greek mythology who ruled the island of Aegina and later became one of the three judges of the dead in the underworld.
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C.
Heleus
Heleus is a figure in Greek mythology known as a son of Perseus and Andromeda.
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D.
Cretheus
Cretheus is a figure in Greek mythology, a king of Iolcus and ancestor of the hero Jason.
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E.
Peleus
Peleus is a hero in Greek mythology, a king of Phthia and husband of the sea nymph Thetis, best known as the father of Achilles.
- 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: Telamon Target entity description: Telamon is a hero in Greek mythology, best known as the father of Ajax the Great and a companion of Heracles in several of his exploits.
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A.
Agenor
Agenor is a figure in Greek mythology, often portrayed as a Phoenician king and ancestor of several notable mythic characters, including Semele.
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B.
Aeacus
Aeacus is a just and pious king from Greek mythology who ruled the island of Aegina and later became one of the three judges of the dead in the underworld.
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C.
Heleus
Heleus is a figure in Greek mythology known as a son of Perseus and Andromeda.
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D.
Cretheus
Cretheus is a figure in Greek mythology, a king of Iolcus and ancestor of the hero Jason.
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E.
Peleus
Peleus is a hero in Greek mythology, a king of Phthia and husband of the sea nymph Thetis, best known as the father of Achilles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek mythological hero
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Aegina
ⓘ
Salamis ⓘ
linked to:
Salamis Island
Troy ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Salamis
ⓘ
linked to:
Salamis Island
|
| causeOfExile | murder of Phocus ⓘ |
| childOf |
Aeacus
ⓘ
Endeïs ⓘ
linked to:
Endeis
|
| companionOf | Heracles ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Aeginetan ⓘ |
| exiledFrom | Aegina ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
Ajax the Great
ⓘ
linked to:
Ajax the Greater
Teucer ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandfatherOf | Eurysaces ⓘ |
| killed | Phocus ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek (mythic context) ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Apollodorus’ Bibliotheca
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Homeric tradition ⓘ
linked to:
Homeric epics
Pindar’s odes ⓘ
linked to:
Pindar's odes
|
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Achilles
ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ |
| origin | Aegina ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Argonauts’ expedition
ⓘ
linked to:
Argonautic expedition
Calydonian boar hunt ⓘ
linked to:
Calydonian Boar Hunt
expedition against Troy of King Laomedon ⓘ |
| receivedBy | Cychreus of Salamis ⓘ |
| relationToAchilles | uncle ⓘ |
| relationToZeus | grandson (through Aeacus) ⓘ |
| reward |
Hesione in marriage
ⓘ
the island of Salamis (in some traditions) ⓘ
linked to:
Salamis Island
|
| rewardedBy | Heracles ⓘ |
| roleInMyth |
helper of Heracles in the sack of Troy
ⓘ
participant in heroic expeditions ⓘ |
| siblingOf |
Peleus
ⓘ
Phocus ⓘ |
| spouse |
Hesione
ⓘ
Periboea ⓘ |
| succeeded | Cychreus as king of Salamis ⓘ |
| title | King of Salamis ⓘ |
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: Telamon Description of subject: Telamon is a hero in Greek mythology, best known as the father of Ajax the Great and a companion of Heracles in several of his exploits.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Ajax (mythological Greek hero)
subject linked to:
House of Aeacus
subject linked to:
House of Aeacus