Heracleidae
E121512
The Heracleidae are the mythological descendants of the Greek hero Heracles, who play a central role in various legends about dynastic claims and the return of his lineage to power in Greece.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Heracleidae canonical | 7 |
| Heraclidae | 3 |
| Daughters of Heracles (Heracleidae) | 1 |
| Heraclids | 1 |
| Hercules family | 1 |
| Neoptolemid line | 1 |
| Perseid royal lineage | 1 |
| return of the Heracleidae | 1 |
| royal house of Mycenae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1032241 — 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: Heracleidae Context triple: [Alcmene, category, Heracleidae]
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A.
Dorians
The Dorians were one of the major ancient Greek ethnic groups, traditionally associated with the Peloponnese, Sparta, and a distinct dialect and cultural identity within the Greek world.
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B.
Gattilusio family
The Gattilusio family was a powerful Genoese noble dynasty that controlled several Aegean islands and coastal territories as semi-independent lords under Byzantine and later Ottoman influence in the late Middle Ages.
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C.
Alcmaeonid family
The Alcmaeonid family was a powerful and influential aristocratic clan in ancient Athens, known for its political prominence, periodic exiles, and association with major figures such as Pericles.
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D.
Amphictyon
Amphictyon is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as an early king of Athens and associated with the legendary Amphictyonic League.
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E.
Salopians
Salopians are the pupils and alumni of Shrewsbury School, a historic independent boarding school in Shrewsbury, England.
- 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: Heracleidae Target entity description: The Heracleidae are the mythological descendants of the Greek hero Heracles, who play a central role in various legends about dynastic claims and the return of his lineage to power in Greece.
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A.
Dorians
The Dorians were one of the major ancient Greek ethnic groups, traditionally associated with the Peloponnese, Sparta, and a distinct dialect and cultural identity within the Greek world.
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B.
Gattilusio family
The Gattilusio family was a powerful Genoese noble dynasty that controlled several Aegean islands and coastal territories as semi-independent lords under Byzantine and later Ottoman influence in the late Middle Ages.
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C.
Alcmaeonid family
The Alcmaeonid family was a powerful and influential aristocratic clan in ancient Athens, known for its political prominence, periodic exiles, and association with major figures such as Pericles.
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D.
Amphictyon
Amphictyon is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as an early king of Athens and associated with the legendary Amphictyonic League.
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E.
Salopians
Salopians are the pupils and alumni of Shrewsbury School, a historic independent boarding school in Shrewsbury, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
descendants of Heracles
ⓘ
dynastic lineage ⓘ mythological group ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
ⓘ
surface form:
Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)
Description of Greece ⓘ
surface form:
Description of Greece by Pausanias
Euripides’ play Heracleidae ⓘ
surface form:
Heracleidae (play)
Euripides’ play Heracleidae ⓘ
surface form:
Heraclidae by Euripides
works of Herodotus ⓘ
surface form:
Histories by Herodotus
|
| associatedWithEvent |
Epigoni
ⓘ
surface form:
Return of the Heracleidae
|
| associatedWithPeople | Dorians ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Argos
ⓘ
Sparta ⓘ
surface form:
Lacedaemon
Messenia ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ |
| basedOn | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| hasAncestor | Heracles ⓘ |
| hasCentralFigure |
Aristodemus
ⓘ
Cresphontes ⓘ Hyllus ⓘ Temenus ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Aristodemus
ⓘ
Cresphontes ⓘ Aristodemus ⓘ
surface form:
Eurysthenes
Hyllus ⓘ Macaria ⓘ Procles ⓘ Temenus ⓘ Tlepolemus ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalMotif |
eventual conquest
ⓘ
failed invasions ⓘ oracular guidance ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalOpponents |
Athenians
ⓘ
surface form:
Athenians (in some traditions)
Eurystheus ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalTheme |
Dorian invasion
ⓘ
dynastic legitimacy ⓘ return to ancestral lands ⓘ |
| languageOfTradition | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| linkedToCityState |
Argos
ⓘ
Messene ⓘ Sparta ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Heracles ⓘ |
| partOfTradition | heroic age of Greek mythology ⓘ |
| timeInMythology | generations after Heracles ⓘ |
| usedFor |
justification of royal claims
ⓘ
legitimization of Argive kings ⓘ legitimization of Messenian kings ⓘ legitimization of Spartan kings ⓘ |
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: Heracleidae Description of subject: The Heracleidae are the mythological descendants of the Greek hero Heracles, who play a central role in various legends about dynastic claims and the return of his lineage to power in Greece.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Heraclidae
this entity surface form:
Hercules family
this entity surface form:
Daughters of Heracles (Heracleidae)
this entity surface form:
return of the Heracleidae
this entity surface form:
Heraclidae
this entity surface form:
Perseid royal lineage
this entity surface form:
Neoptolemid line
this entity surface form:
royal house of Mycenae
this entity surface form:
Heraclidae
this entity surface form:
Heraclids