Troilus
E82823
Troilus is a young Trojan prince from Greek mythology, often associated with tragic love and prophecy in the legends surrounding the Trojan War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Troilus canonical | 33 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T669673 — 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: Troilus Context triple: [Apollo, child, Troilus]
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A.
Achilles
Achilles is a legendary Greek hero of the Trojan War, famed for his near invincibility, martial prowess, and central role in Homer's Iliad.
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B.
Patroclus
Patroclus is a prominent figure in Greek mythology, best known as the close companion of Achilles whose death in the Trojan War profoundly motivates Achilles’ return to battle in Homer's Iliad.
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C.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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D.
Dardanus
Dardanus is a figure in Greek mythology, often regarded as a son of Zeus and Electra and the legendary ancestor of the Trojans and Romans.
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E.
Roxane
Roxane is a feminine given name, best known today through figures such as writer and cultural critic Roxane Gay.
- 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: Troilus Target entity description: Troilus is a young Trojan prince from Greek mythology, often associated with tragic love and prophecy in the legends surrounding the Trojan War.
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A.
Achilles
Achilles is a legendary Greek hero of the Trojan War, famed for his near invincibility, martial prowess, and central role in Homer's Iliad.
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B.
Patroclus
Patroclus is a prominent figure in Greek mythology, best known as the close companion of Achilles whose death in the Trojan War profoundly motivates Achilles’ return to battle in Homer's Iliad.
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C.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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D.
Dardanus
Dardanus is a figure in Greek mythology, often regarded as a son of Zeus and Electra and the legendary ancestor of the Trojans and Romans.
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E.
Roxane
Roxane is a feminine given name, best known today through figures such as writer and cultural critic Roxane Gay.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Trojan prince
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character in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ tragic lover ⓘ |
| ageInMyth | youth ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Troilus and Cressida
ⓘ
Troilus and Criseyde ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cressida
ⓘ
Homeric epic cycle ⓘ
linked to:
Epic Cycle
Temple of Apollo Thymbraeus ⓘ Trojan War ⓘ prophecy about the fall of Troy ⓘ tragic love ⓘ |
| category |
Characters of the Trojan War
ⓘ
Mythological children of Priam ⓘ Princes in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Troy ⓘ |
| depictedIn | ancient Greek vase painting ⓘ |
| father | Priam ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influencedWork |
Geoffrey Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde
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linked to:
Troilus and Criseyde
William Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida ⓘ
linked to:
Troilus and Cressida
|
| killedBy | Achilles ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | medieval adaptations of Trojan legends ⓘ |
| memberOf | Trojan royal family ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Iliad scholia
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Posthomerica ⓘ works of Homeric commentators ⓘ |
| mother |
Hecuba
ⓘ
linked to:
Hecuba (Euripides)
|
| mythologicalLocation | Troy ⓘ |
| notableTheme |
intersection of love and war
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power of fate and prophecy ⓘ |
| prophecyDetail | Troy would not fall if Troilus reached adulthood ⓘ |
| pursuedBy | Achilles ⓘ |
| roleInMyth | his death hastens the doom of Troy ⓘ |
| siblingOf |
Cassandra
ⓘ
Deiphobus ⓘ Hector ⓘ Paris ⓘ Polyxena ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
doomed love
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the fragility of Troy ⓘ youthful beauty ⓘ |
| timePeriodInMyth | mythic age of heroes ⓘ |
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: Troilus Description of subject: Troilus is a young Trojan prince from Greek mythology, often associated with tragic love and prophecy in the legends surrounding the Trojan War.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.