Amphilochus
E511288
Amphilochus is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as a seer and warrior associated with the aftermath of the Theban wars and the founding of oracles and cities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Amphilochus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5338608 — 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: Amphilochus Context triple: [Epigoni, hasMember, Amphilochus]
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A.
Apheidas
Apheidas is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a child of the Muse Erato.
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B.
Aristocles
Aristocles was the given birth name of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, one of the most influential figures in Western philosophy.
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C.
Ariphron
Ariphron was an Athenian statesman of the 5th century BCE, known primarily as the elder brother of the famous orator Pericles.
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D.
Demetrius of Phalerum
Demetrius of Phalerum was an Athenian orator, statesman, and philosopher of the Peripatetic school who governed Athens under Macedonian rule and later became an influential scholar at the Ptolemaic court in Alexandria.
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E.
Pherendates
Pherendates was an Achaemenid Persian official who served as satrap (provincial governor) of Egypt during the early period of Persian rule.
- 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: Amphilochus Target entity description: Amphilochus is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as a seer and warrior associated with the aftermath of the Theban wars and the founding of oracles and cities.
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A.
Apheidas
Apheidas is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a child of the Muse Erato.
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B.
Aristocles
Aristocles was the given birth name of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, one of the most influential figures in Western philosophy.
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C.
Ariphron
Ariphron was an Athenian statesman of the 5th century BCE, known primarily as the elder brother of the famous orator Pericles.
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D.
Demetrius of Phalerum
Demetrius of Phalerum was an Athenian orator, statesman, and philosopher of the Peripatetic school who governed Athens under Macedonian rule and later became an influential scholar at the Ptolemaic court in Alexandria.
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E.
Pherendates
Pherendates was an Achaemenid Persian official who served as satrap (provincial governor) of Egypt during the early period of Persian rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
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seer ⓘ warrior ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Amphilochian Argos
NERFINISHED
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Argos NERFINISHED ⓘ Epigoni (generation after the Seven) NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven Against Thebes (aftermath) ⓘ Theban Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ battlefield prophecy ⓘ city of Mallus in Cilicia NERFINISHED ⓘ divination ⓘ oracle of Amphilochus at Mallus ⓘ oracular cults ⓘ seer Mopsus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| cultType | hero cult ⓘ |
| deathCause | killed in a quarrel with Mopsus (mythological tradition) ⓘ |
| deathPlace | near the city of Mallus (mythological tradition) ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasEponym |
Amphilochian Argos
NERFINISHED
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region of Amphilochia ⓘ |
| hasFather | Amphiaraus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMother | Eriphyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalCategory |
founders of cities
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heroes related to Thebes ⓘ oracular heroes ⓘ |
| hasSibling | Alcmaeon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding cities
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founding oracles ⓘ prophetic abilities ⓘ |
| languageOfTradition | Ancient Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Apollodorus’ Bibliotheca
NERFINISHED
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Pausanias’ Description of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Strabo’s Geography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Greek heroic legend ⓘ |
| participatedIn | events following the Theban wars ⓘ |
| roleInMyth | successor to Amphiaraus as a seer ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mythic age of heroes ⓘ |
| worshippedAs | hero ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Amphilochus Description of subject: Amphilochus is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as a seer and warrior associated with the aftermath of the Theban wars and the founding of oracles and cities.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.