Apollo

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Greek deity Olympian god mythological character

Apollo is the Olympian god of the sun, music, prophecy, and healing in ancient Greek mythology.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Apollo canonical	332
Apollo Lyceus	3
Apollo Pythios	3
Apollo Delios	2
Apollo Delian	1
Apollo Delphinios	1
Apollo Hekatos	1
Apollo Phoebus	1
Apollo Smintheus	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T118863 — 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: Apollo
Context triple: [Delphi, dedicatedTo, Apollo]

A. Artemis program
The Artemis program is NASA’s ongoing initiative to return humans to the Moon, establish a sustainable lunar presence, and prepare for future crewed missions to Mars.
B. Alcyone
Alcyone is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and often associated with the star cluster of the same name.
C. Epimetheus
Epimetheus is a figure in Greek mythology, a Titan known as the foolish brother of Prometheus and husband of Pandora, whose actions helped bring misfortune to humanity.
D. Apollo program
The Apollo program was NASA’s landmark human spaceflight initiative that successfully landed astronauts on the Moon and returned them safely to Earth during the 1960s and early 1970s.
E. Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the historic 1969 spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon and safely returned them to Earth.
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: Apollo
Target entity description: Apollo is the Olympian god of the sun, music, prophecy, and healing in ancient Greek mythology.

A. Artemis program
The Artemis program is NASA’s ongoing initiative to return humans to the Moon, establish a sustainable lunar presence, and prepare for future crewed missions to Mars.
B. Alcyone
Alcyone is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and often associated with the star cluster of the same name.
C. Epimetheus
Epimetheus is a figure in Greek mythology, a Titan known as the foolish brother of Prometheus and husband of Pandora, whose actions helped bring misfortune to humanity.
D. Apollo program
The Apollo program was NASA’s landmark human spaceflight initiative that successfully landed astronauts on the Moon and returned them safely to Earth during the 1960s and early 1970s.
E. Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the historic 1969 spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon and safely returned them to Earth.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (112)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek deity ⓘ Olympian god ⓘ mythological character ⓘ
associatedPlace	Clarion ⓘ Delos ⓘ Delphi ⓘ Delphi ⓘ surface form: Delphi Oracle Didyma ⓘ Python ⓘ surface form: Pytho
associatedWith	the Muses ⓘ surface form: Muses Nine Muses ⓘ
child	Amphissus ⓘ Aristaeus ⓘ Asclepiades (sons of Asclepius, indirectly) ⓘ Asclepius ⓘ Ion ⓘ Linus ⓘ Miletus ⓘ Orpheus ⓘ Helios ⓘ surface form: Phaethon (son of Apollo) Troilus ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greek mythology
domain	archery ⓘ colonization ⓘ healing ⓘ music ⓘ oracles ⓘ plague ⓘ poetry ⓘ prophecy ⓘ purification ⓘ sun ⓘ
epithet	Apollo Agyieus ⓘ Apollo self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Apollo Delphinios Apollo self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Apollo Hekatos Apollo Karneios ⓘ Apollo Loxias ⓘ Apollo self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Apollo Lyceus Apollo Musagetes ⓘ Apollo Nomios ⓘ Apollo Paean ⓘ Apollo self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Apollo Pythios Apollo self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Apollo Smintheus Helios ⓘ surface form: Phoebus Apollo Musagetes ⓘ surface form: Phoebus Apollo
equivalentInRomanMythology	Apollo self-link ⓘ
festival	Carneia ⓘ Daphnephoria ⓘ Pythian Games ⓘ Thargelia ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
lover	Cassandra ⓘ Coronis ⓘ Cyrene ⓘ Daphne ⓘ Hyacinthus ⓘ Marpessa ⓘ
mainSanctuary	Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi ⓘ surface form: Temple of Apollo at Delphi Temple of Apollo ⓘ surface form: Temple of Apollo on Delos
notableMyth	death of Hyacinthus ⓘ guiding the Trojan arrows in the Iliad ⓘ love for Daphne and creation of the laurel ⓘ punishment of Niobe ⓘ slaying of Python at Delphi ⓘ
pantheon	Olympian gods ⓘ
parent	Leto ⓘ Zeus ⓘ
parentageStatus	son of Zeus and Leto ⓘ
role	god of archery ⓘ god of healing ⓘ god of light ⓘ god of music ⓘ god of plague ⓘ god of prophecy ⓘ leader of the Muses ⓘ patron of poets ⓘ patron of seers ⓘ protector of youths ⓘ
sacredAnimal	dolphin ⓘ raven ⓘ swan ⓘ wolf ⓘ
sacredPlant	laurel ⓘ
sibling	Aphrodite ⓘ Ares ⓘ Athena ⓘ Dionysus ⓘ Helen of Troy ⓘ Hephaestus ⓘ Heracles ⓘ Hermes ⓘ Minos ⓘ Persephone ⓘ
symbol	bow and arrows ⓘ laurel wreath ⓘ lyre ⓘ python ⓘ raven ⓘ sun chariot ⓘ tripod ⓘ
twinSibling	Artemis ⓘ
twinStatus	twin brother of Artemis ⓘ
vehicle	chariot of the sun ⓘ
weapon	bow and arrows ⓘ
worshipCultCenter	Claros ⓘ Delos ⓘ Delphi ⓘ Didyma ⓘ
worshipRegion	Asia Minor ⓘ Greece ⓘ Magna Graecia ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ

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Referenced by (345)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman medicine → associatedDeity → Apollo ⓘ

Selinus → primaryDeityWorshipped → Apollo ⓘ

Παρανασσός → sacredTo → Apollo ⓘ

Helikon → sacredTo → Apollo ⓘ

Spartan polis → mainDeity → Apollo ⓘ

Agyieus → epithetOf → Apollo ⓘ

Agyieus → associatedWithDeity → Apollo ⓘ

Temple of Apollo Thymbraeus → dedicatedTo → Apollo ⓘ

Temple of Apollo Thymbraeus → associatedDeity → Apollo ⓘ

Temple of Apollo Thymbraeus → hasNameElement → Apollo ⓘ

Euripides’ play "Ion" → mainCharacter → Apollo ⓘ

subject surface form: Ion (play)

temple of Apollo at Thebes → dedicatedTo → Apollo ⓘ

subject surface form: Temple of Apollo at Thebes

temple of Apollo at Thebes → worshippedDeity → Apollo ⓘ

subject surface form: Temple of Apollo at Thebes

Apollo's purification at Tempe → hasParticipant → Apollo ⓘ

Ancient Megara → patronDeity → Apollo ⓘ

wedding of Peleus and Thetis → hasAttendee → Apollo ⓘ

Creusa → rapedBy → Apollo ⓘ

Creusa → lover → Apollo ⓘ

Creusa → conceivesChildWith → Apollo ⓘ

Creusa → receivesOracleFrom → Apollo ⓘ

Patara → associatedWithDeity → Apollo ⓘ

Pinara → hasTempleDedicatedTo → Apollo ⓘ

Phocians → primaryDeityVenerated → Apollo ⓘ

Amyclae → primaryDeityWorshipped → Apollo ⓘ

Amyclae → hasSanctuaryOf → Apollo ⓘ

Lycian League → hasDeity → Apollo ⓘ

Latona Fountain → depicts → Apollo ⓘ

Apollo Fountain → depicts → Apollo ⓘ

Kouroi of the sanctuary of Apollo at Ptoon → dedicatedTo → Apollo ⓘ

Kouroi of the sanctuary of Apollo at Ptoon → associatedDeity → Apollo ⓘ

Clarion → mainDeity → Apollo ⓘ

Clarion → dedicatedTo → Apollo ⓘ

Thermon → dedicatedTo → Apollo ⓘ

Plataea monument group → dedicatedTo → Apollo ⓘ

Spartans → mainDeity → Apollo ⓘ

Apollo Alexikakos → hasDeity → Apollo ⓘ

Apollo Alexikakos → epithetOf → Apollo ⓘ

Temple of Apollo at Delphi → dedicatedTo → Apollo ⓘ

Northern Black Sea Greek colonies → worshippedDeity → Apollo ⓘ

Panticapaion → dedicatedSanctuariesTo → Apollo ⓘ

Siphnians → patronDeity → Apollo ⓘ

Apollon Theater in Ermoupoli → namedAfter → Apollo ⓘ

The Rising of the Sun → hasPart → Apollo ⓘ

The Rising of the Sun → depicts → Apollo ⓘ

Thracian Horseman → syncretizedWith → Apollo ⓘ

Telchines → associatedWith → Apollo ⓘ

Telchines → punishedBy → Apollo ⓘ

Vale of Tempe → associatedWithDeity → Apollo ⓘ

Pellene → hasSanctuaryOf → Apollo ⓘ

Altar of the Chians → dedicatedTo → Apollo ⓘ

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