Bellerophon

E158842

hero in Greek mythology mythological figure

Bellerophon is a hero of Greek mythology best known for taming the winged horse Pegasus and slaying the monstrous Chimera.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Bellerophon canonical	10
Bellérophon	2
Pegasus	2
Bellerophon (mythological hero)	1
Bellerophon (through Sisyphus)	1
Zeus sent a gadfly to sting Pegasus	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1378400 — 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: Bellerophon
Context triple: [Ornytion, notableRelative, Bellerophon]

A. Pegasus
Pegasus is the NATO reporting name for the Boeing KC-46, a modern aerial refueling and strategic military transport aircraft.
B. Arion
Arion is a mythical, divinely-bred immortal horse in Greek mythology, famed for his incredible speed and often associated with heroes such as Heracles and Adrastus.
C. Palamedes
Palamedes is a 1625 Dutch tragedy by Joost van den Vondel that allegorically critiques political and religious injustice in the Dutch Republic.
D. Steropes
Steropes is a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes known for forging Zeus’s thunderbolts.
E. Aidoneus
Aidoneus is an alternate name and epithet for Hades, the Greek god who rules the underworld and the dead.
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: Bellerophon
Target entity description: Bellerophon is a hero of Greek mythology best known for taming the winged horse Pegasus and slaying the monstrous Chimera.

A. Pegasus
Pegasus is the NATO reporting name for the Boeing KC-46, a modern aerial refueling and strategic military transport aircraft.
B. Arion
Arion is a mythical, divinely-bred immortal horse in Greek mythology, famed for his incredible speed and often associated with heroes such as Heracles and Adrastus.
C. Palamedes
Palamedes is a 1625 Dutch tragedy by Joost van den Vondel that allegorically critiques political and religious injustice in the Dutch Republic.
D. Steropes
Steropes is a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes known for forging Zeus’s thunderbolts.
E. Aidoneus
Aidoneus is an alternate name and epithet for Hades, the Greek god who rules the underworld and the dead.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hero in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ
accusedBy	Stheneboea ⓘ
associatedWith	Argos ⓘ Chimera ⓘ Corinth ⓘ Lycia ⓘ Pegasus ⓘ
causeOfFall	Bellerophon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Zeus sent a gadfly to sting Pegasus
child	Hippolochus ⓘ Isander ⓘ Laodamia ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ
enemy	Proetus ⓘ
etymology	name sometimes interpreted as ‘slayer of Bellerus’ ⓘ
fate	lived in misery after his fall ⓘ wandered alone, hated by the gods ⓘ
fatherInLaw	Iobates ⓘ
fellFrom	Pegasus ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
grandparent	Sisyphus ⓘ
hubrisAct	attempted to fly to Olympus on Pegasus ⓘ
killed	Bellerus (in some traditions) ⓘ
mentionedIn	Apollodorus' Bibliotheca ⓘ surface form: Apollodorus’ Bibliotheca Homer's Iliad ⓘ surface form: Homer’s Iliad Pindar's odes ⓘ surface form: Pindar’s odes
motherInLaw	Aphidas’ daughter (in some traditions) ⓘ
mount	Pegasus ⓘ
notableFor	slaying the Chimera ⓘ taming Pegasus ⓘ
parent	Glaucus ⓘ
patron	Iobates ⓘ
possibleParent	Eurymede ⓘ Eurynome ⓘ Poseidon ⓘ
punishmentAttemptedBy	Iobates ⓘ Proetus ⓘ
receivedAidFrom	Athena ⓘ Poseidon ⓘ
rejectedAdvancesOf	Stheneboea ⓘ
slayed	Chimera ⓘ
spouse	Cassandra (alternate name for Philonoe) ⓘ surface form: Cassandra (daughter of Iobates) Phylonoe ⓘ surface form: Philonoe
symbolism	heroic monster-slayer ⓘ warning against hubris ⓘ
tamed	Pegasus ⓘ
task	fight the Amazons ⓘ fight the Chimera ⓘ fight the Solymi ⓘ
weapon	spear ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

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

Ornytion → notableRelative → Bellerophon ⓘ

Sisyphus → grandfatherOf → Bellerophon ⓘ

HMS Bellerophon → namedAfter → Bellerophon ⓘ

Bellerophon riding Pegasus → depicts → Bellerophon ⓘ

Echidna → associatedWithHero → Bellerophon ⓘ

Chimera → killedBy → Bellerophon ⓘ

Chimera → killedWith → Bellerophon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pegasus

Chimera → associatedWithHero → Bellerophon ⓘ

Chimera → ridesUsedBySlayer → Bellerophon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pegasus

Chimera → sentAgainst → Bellerophon ⓘ

Philippe Quinault → notableWork → Bellerophon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bellérophon

Philippe Quinault → wroteLibrettoFor → Bellerophon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bellérophon

Bellerophon → causeOfFall → Bellerophon self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zeus sent a gadfly to sting Pegasus

Enarete → descendant → Bellerophon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bellerophon (through Sisyphus)

Napoleon Bonaparte surrendered aboard her in July 1815 → namedAfter → Bellerophon ⓘ

subject surface form: HMS Bellerophon

this entity surface form: Bellerophon (mythological hero)

Billy Ruffian → colloquialFormOf → Bellerophon ⓘ

Billy Ruffian → namedAfter → Bellerophon ⓘ