Leucippus (son of Perieres)

E518796

Messenian prince figure in Greek mythology

Leucippus (son of Perieres) is a figure in Greek mythology, a Messenian prince known primarily as a descendant of the royal line of Perieres and associated with early Spartan and Messenian genealogies.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Leucippus	7
Leucippus (son of Oenomaus)	1
Leucippus (son of Perieres) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5431825 — 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: Leucippus (son of Perieres)
Context triple: [Gorgophone, child, Leucippus (son of Perieres)]

A. Leucippe
Leucippe is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, traditionally identified as one of the many children of the Trojan king Priam.
B. Leucippus
Leucippus was an early Greek philosopher traditionally credited with founding atomism, the theory that reality is composed of indivisible particles moving in the void.
C. Democritus
Democritus was an ancient Greek philosopher best known for developing an early atomic theory of the universe, proposing that all matter is composed of indivisible atoms moving in the void.
D. Anaximenes of Miletus
Anaximenes of Miletus was an early Greek Presocratic thinker who proposed that air is the fundamental substance underlying all reality.
E. Strato of Lampsacus
Strato of Lampsacus was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Peripatetic school, known for his naturalistic explanations of the world and for succeeding Theophrastus as head of Aristotle’s Lyceum.
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: Leucippus (son of Perieres)
Target entity description: Leucippus (son of Perieres) is a figure in Greek mythology, a Messenian prince known primarily as a descendant of the royal line of Perieres and associated with early Spartan and Messenian genealogies.

A. Leucippe
Leucippe is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, traditionally identified as one of the many children of the Trojan king Priam.
B. Leucippus
Leucippus was an early Greek philosopher traditionally credited with founding atomism, the theory that reality is composed of indivisible particles moving in the void.
C. Democritus
Democritus was an ancient Greek philosopher best known for developing an early atomic theory of the universe, proposing that all matter is composed of indivisible atoms moving in the void.
D. Anaximenes of Miletus
Anaximenes of Miletus was an early Greek Presocratic thinker who proposed that air is the fundamental substance underlying all reality.
E. Strato of Lampsacus
Strato of Lampsacus was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Peripatetic school, known for his naturalistic explanations of the world and for succeeding Theophrastus as head of Aristotle’s Lyceum.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (26)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Messenian prince ⓘ figure in Greek mythology ⓘ
associatedWith	Messenia ⓘ Sparta ⓘ
child	Alcinoe ⓘ Arsinoe ⓘ Hilaeira ⓘ Phoebe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Messenia ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek religion and mythology ⓘ
father	Perieres ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
grandfather	Aeolus ⓘ
grandmother	Perimede ⓘ
mentionedIn	Pausanias, Description of Greece ⓘ linked to: Pausanias’ Description of Greece
mother	Gorgophone ⓘ
mythologicalEra	age of heroes ⓘ
partOf	genealogy of early Spartan kings ⓘ royal house of Messenia ⓘ
relative	Castor and Pollux ⓘ linked to: Dioskouroi Clytemnestra ⓘ Helen of Troy ⓘ
sibling	Aphareus ⓘ Icarius ⓘ Tyndareus ⓘ
spouse	Philodice ⓘ

How these facts were elicited