Troilo
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Troilo is the tragic Trojan lover and warrior whose doomed romance with Criseida is central to Boccaccio’s medieval narrative tradition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Troilo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4948319 — 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: Troilo Context triple: [Il Filostrato, mainCharacter, Troilo]
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A.
Timoteus
Timoteus is a male given name, commonly used in various European languages and derived from the biblical name Timothy.
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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.
Theron of Akragas
Theron of Akragas was a 5th-century BC tyrant of the Greek city of Akragas in Sicily, known for his military alliance with Syracuse and his role in the defeat of Carthaginian forces at the Battle of Himera.
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D.
Tyrtamus
Tyrtamus, better known by his later name Theophrastus, was an ancient Greek philosopher and Aristotle’s successor as head of the Peripatetic school.
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E.
Artemios
Artemios is the given first name of Greek singer Demis Roussos, an internationally renowned pop and rock vocalist.
- 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: Troilo Target entity description: Troilo is the tragic Trojan lover and warrior whose doomed romance with Criseida is central to Boccaccio’s medieval narrative tradition.
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A.
Timoteus
Timoteus is a male given name, commonly used in various European languages and derived from the biblical name Timothy.
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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.
Theron of Akragas
Theron of Akragas was a 5th-century BC tyrant of the Greek city of Akragas in Sicily, known for his military alliance with Syracuse and his role in the defeat of Carthaginian forces at the Battle of Himera.
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D.
Tyrtamus
Tyrtamus, better known by his later name Theophrastus, was an ancient Greek philosopher and Aristotle’s successor as head of the Peripatetic school.
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E.
Artemios
Artemios is the given first name of Greek singer Demis Roussos, an internationally renowned pop and rock vocalist.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Trojan prince
ⓘ
fictional warrior ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Il Filostrato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Trojan War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Troy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Troilus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToFictionalGroup | Trojans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTo | Boccaccio’s medieval narrative tradition ⓘ |
| characterType |
courtly lover
ⓘ
medieval romance hero ⓘ |
| createdBy | Giovanni Boccaccio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasLover | Criseida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameVariant |
Troilo (Italian form of Troilus)
NERFINISHED
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Troilus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
lover
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warrior ⓘ |
| influenced |
Geoffrey Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
later Troilus and Criseyde traditions ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Italian ⓘ |
| literaryGenreContext |
courtly love narrative
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medieval romance ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
tragic hero
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tragic lover ⓘ |
| partOf | medieval Trojan narrative tradition ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
valiant knight
ⓘ
young nobleman ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
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fate ⓘ love ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| timeOfLiteraryOrigin | 14th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Troilo Description of subject: Troilo is the tragic Trojan lover and warrior whose doomed romance with Criseida is central to Boccaccio’s medieval narrative tradition.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.