Epigoni
E123886
The Epigoni are the sons of the Seven Against Thebes in Greek mythology, famed for successfully avenging their fathers by capturing the city of Thebes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Epigoni canonical | 16 |
| Return of the Heracleidae | 1 |
| sons of the Seven against Thebes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1060914 — 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: Epigoni Context triple: [Boeotia, mythologicalAssociation, Epigoni]
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A.
Sacred Wars
Sacred Wars were a series of ancient Greek conflicts, primarily fought over control of the sacred sanctuary of Delphi and its oracle.
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B.
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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C.
Crates of Thebes
Crates of Thebes was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher known for renouncing his wealth to live a life of poverty and virtue, and for being a prominent teacher of Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism.
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D.
Agon
Agon is a groundbreaking 1957 neoclassical ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to a score by Igor Stravinsky, noted for its abstract structure and innovative use of movement and music.
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E.
Gigantomachy
Gigantomachy is the mythological battle in Greek mythology in which the Olympian gods fought and defeated the Giants, symbolizing the triumph of cosmic order over chaos.
- 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: Epigoni Target entity description: The Epigoni are the sons of the Seven Against Thebes in Greek mythology, famed for successfully avenging their fathers by capturing the city of Thebes.
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A.
Sacred Wars
Sacred Wars were a series of ancient Greek conflicts, primarily fought over control of the sacred sanctuary of Delphi and its oracle.
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B.
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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C.
Crates of Thebes
Crates of Thebes was an ancient Greek Cynic philosopher known for renouncing his wealth to live a life of poverty and virtue, and for being a prominent teacher of Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism.
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D.
Agon
Agon is a groundbreaking 1957 neoclassical ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to a score by Igor Stravinsky, noted for its abstract structure and innovative use of movement and music.
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E.
Gigantomachy
Gigantomachy is the mythological battle in Greek mythology in which the Olympian gods fought and defeated the Giants, symbolizing the triumph of cosmic order over chaos.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figures in Greek mythology
ⓘ
group of mythological characters ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Theban wars
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surface form:
Second Theban War
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| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| describedIn |
Apollodorus of Athens
ⓘ
surface form:
Apollodorus
Pausanias ⓘ Pindar ⓘ |
| etymology | Ancient Greek Ἐπίγονοι meaning "those born afterward" ⓘ |
| goal | avenge their fathers ⓘ |
| hasFather | Seven Against Thebes ⓘ |
| hasFatherCollective | Seven Against Thebes ⓘ |
| hasLeader |
Alcmaeon (son of Megacles)
ⓘ
surface form:
Alcmaeon
Thersander ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Aegialeus
ⓘ
Alcmaeon (son of Megacles) ⓘ
surface form:
Alcmaeon
Amphilochus ⓘ Bias ⓘ Diomedes ⓘ Euryalus ⓘ Promachus ⓘ Sthenelus ⓘ Thersander ⓘ |
| hasMother | Eriphyle ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Epigoni
self-linksurface differs
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Epigoni self-linksurface differs ⓘ Epigoni self-linksurface differs ⓘ Epigoni self-linksurface differs ⓘ Epigoni self-linksurface differs ⓘ Epigoni self-linksurface differs ⓘ Epigoni self-linksurface differs ⓘ Epigoni self-linksurface differs ⓘ Epigoni self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| mythologicalLocation |
Argos
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Thebes ⓘ |
| notableFor |
avenging the Seven Against Thebes
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capturing the city of Thebes ⓘ |
| opposedTo | Thebes ⓘ |
| partOf | Theban cycle ⓘ |
| predecessor | Seven Against Thebes ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Seven Against Thebes
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Thebaid ⓘ |
| result |
Seven Against Thebes
ⓘ
surface form:
destruction of Thebes
|
| theme |
intergenerational justice
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revenge ⓘ |
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: Epigoni Description of subject: The Epigoni are the sons of the Seven Against Thebes in Greek mythology, famed for successfully avenging their fathers by capturing the city of Thebes.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Return of the Heracleidae
subject surface form:
War of the Epigoni
subject surface form:
War of the Epigoni
this entity surface form:
sons of the Seven against Thebes