Eurytus
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Eurytus is a famed archer-king in Greek mythology, known as the ruler of Oechalia and a rival of Heracles in archery and in love.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eurytus canonical | 5 |
| Eurytus of Oechalia | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3888117 — 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: Eurytus Context triple: [Heracles cycle, includesCharacter, Eurytus]
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A.
Neocles
Neocles was an Athenian of the late 6th century BC, best known as the father of the prominent statesman and general Themistocles.
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B.
Adrastus
Adrastus is a legendary king of Argos in Greek mythology, best known as the leader of the Seven Against Thebes.
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C.
Orestheus
Orestheus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the flood survivor and progenitor of humankind, Deucalion.
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D.
Alcathous
Alcathous is the ancient acropolis of the Greek city of Megara, serving as its fortified citadel and religious center.
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E.
Iasius
Iasius is a figure in Greek mythology, often identified with Iasion, who is associated with Demeter and sometimes regarded as a founder-hero linked to agriculture and mystery rites.
- 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: Eurytus Target entity description: Eurytus is a famed archer-king in Greek mythology, known as the ruler of Oechalia and a rival of Heracles in archery and in love.
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A.
Neocles
Neocles was an Athenian of the late 6th century BC, best known as the father of the prominent statesman and general Themistocles.
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B.
Adrastus
Adrastus is a legendary king of Argos in Greek mythology, best known as the leader of the Seven Against Thebes.
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C.
Orestheus
Orestheus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the flood survivor and progenitor of humankind, Deucalion.
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D.
Alcathous
Alcathous is the ancient acropolis of the Greek city of Megara, serving as its fortified citadel and religious center.
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E.
Iasius
Iasius is a figure in Greek mythology, often identified with Iasion, who is associated with Demeter and sometimes regarded as a founder-hero linked to agriculture and mystery rites.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
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mythological archer ⓘ mythological king ⓘ |
| associatedMyth |
Heracles’ later death indirectly caused by events at Oechalia
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love of Heracles for Iole ⓘ sack of Oechalia ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Heracles ⓘ |
| boastedThat | no one could surpass him in archery ⓘ |
| brokePromiseTo | Heracles ⓘ |
| challenged | Heracles to archery contest ⓘ |
| child |
Clytius
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Deioneus ⓘ Didaeon ⓘ Hippasus ⓘ Iole ⓘ Iphitus ⓘ Molion ⓘ Toxeus ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion and myth ⓘ |
| deathCause | slain in attack on Oechalia by Heracles ⓘ |
| father | Melaneus ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| killedBy | Heracles ⓘ |
| knownFor |
archery contest with Heracles
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refusing Heracles the hand of Iole ⓘ skill in archery ⓘ |
| literarySource |
Apollodorus, Bibliotheca
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linked to:
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Diodorus Siculus ⓘ Pindar ⓘ Sophocles (through the lost play "Trachiniae" traditions and related myths) ⓘ
linked to:
fragments of Sophocles
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| mother |
Stratonice
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linked to:
Stratonice of Macedon
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| mythologicalEra | age of Heracles ⓘ |
| mythologicalLocation |
Oechalia in Euboea (in some traditions)
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Oechalia in Messenia (in some traditions) ⓘ Oechalia in Thessaly (in some traditions) ⓘ |
| occupation |
archer
ⓘ
king ⓘ |
| offeredPrize | Iole ⓘ |
| offeredPrizeFor | victory in archery contest ⓘ |
| realm | Oechalia ⓘ |
| reasonForRefusal | fear that Heracles would harm Iole as he had Megara ⓘ |
| rivalOf | Heracles ⓘ |
| spouse |
Antioche
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Antiope ⓘ |
| taughtBy |
Apollo (in some accounts)
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linked to:
Απόλλων
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| title |
King of Oechalia
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linked to:
King of Aetolia
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| weapon | bow ⓘ |
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: Eurytus Description of subject: Eurytus is a famed archer-king in Greek mythology, known as the ruler of Oechalia and a rival of Heracles in archery and in love.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Eurytus