Oedipus Cursing His Son Polynices
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"Oedipus Cursing His Son Polynices" is a dramatic history painting by Swiss-born Romantic artist Johann Heinrich Füssli depicting the tragic confrontation between the blind Oedipus and his exiled son Polynices from Greek mythology.
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| Oedipus Cursing His Son Polynices canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14247521 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oedipus Cursing His Son Polynices Context triple: [Johann Heinrich Füssli, notableWork, Oedipus Cursing His Son Polynices]
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curse of Oedipus
The curse of Oedipus is a tragic doom placed upon Oedipus and his descendants, leading to inevitable conflict, suffering, and destruction within his family line in Greek mythology.
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Oedipus
Oedipus is a tragic hero in Greek mythology best known for unwittingly killing his father and marrying his mother, a fate he was prophesied to fulfill.
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Electra (Euripides)
Electra (Euripides) is a Greek tragedy by Euripides that retells the myth of Electra and Orestes avenging their father Agamemnon’s murder.
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Polynices
Polynices is a tragic figure in Greek mythology, the son of Oedipus who fought his brother Eteocles for the throne of Thebes and was denied burial after their mutual death.
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E.
Orest in Elektra
Orest in Elektra is the tormented brother of the title character in Richard Strauss’s opera, driven by a duty to avenge their father’s murder.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oedipus Cursing His Son Polynices Target entity description: "Oedipus Cursing His Son Polynices" is a dramatic history painting by Swiss-born Romantic artist Johann Heinrich Füssli depicting the tragic confrontation between the blind Oedipus and his exiled son Polynices from Greek mythology.
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A.
curse of Oedipus
The curse of Oedipus is a tragic doom placed upon Oedipus and his descendants, leading to inevitable conflict, suffering, and destruction within his family line in Greek mythology.
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B.
Oedipus
Oedipus is a tragic hero in Greek mythology best known for unwittingly killing his father and marrying his mother, a fate he was prophesied to fulfill.
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C.
Electra (Euripides)
Electra (Euripides) is a Greek tragedy by Euripides that retells the myth of Electra and Orestes avenging their father Agamemnon’s murder.
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D.
Polynices
Polynices is a tragic figure in Greek mythology, the son of Oedipus who fought his brother Eteocles for the throne of Thebes and was denied burial after their mutual death.
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E.
Orest in Elektra
Orest in Elektra is the tormented brother of the title character in Richard Strauss’s opera, driven by a duty to avenge their father’s murder.
- F. None of above. chosen
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