Astyanax
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Astyanax is the infant son of the Trojan prince Hector and his wife Andromache in Greek mythology, remembered for his tragic fate after the fall of Troy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Astyanax canonical | 2 |
| Astyanax (in some traditions, if he survives) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5363787 — 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: Astyanax Context triple: [Hector, child, Astyanax]
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A.
Aesimus
Aesimus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the son of the trickster Autolycus.
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B.
Xyloskalo
Xyloskalo is a mountain pass and popular trailhead on Crete that serves as the main entrance to the Samaria Gorge hiking route.
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C.
Anaxibia
Anaxibia is a figure in Greek mythology known as the wife of Nestor, king of Pylos.
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D.
Rhexenor
Rhexenor is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known primarily as a relative of Queen Arete of the Phaeacians in Homeric tradition.
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E.
Alphaeus
Alphaeus is a New Testament figure mentioned as the father of James the Less, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus.
- 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: Astyanax Target entity description: Astyanax is the infant son of the Trojan prince Hector and his wife Andromache in Greek mythology, remembered for his tragic fate after the fall of Troy.
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A.
Aesimus
Aesimus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the son of the trickster Autolycus.
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B.
Xyloskalo
Xyloskalo is a mountain pass and popular trailhead on Crete that serves as the main entrance to the Samaria Gorge hiking route.
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C.
Anaxibia
Anaxibia is a figure in Greek mythology known as the wife of Nestor, king of Pylos.
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D.
Rhexenor
Rhexenor is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known primarily as a relative of Queen Arete of the Phaeacians in Homeric tradition.
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E.
Alphaeus
Alphaeus is a New Testament figure mentioned as the father of James the Less, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Trojan prince
ⓘ
child in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Scamandrius
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Skamandrios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Euripides' play Andromache
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Euripides' play The Trojan Women NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
Fall of Troy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trojan War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTheme | suffering of non-combatants in war ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Andromache's laments NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | thrown from the walls of Troy ⓘ |
| cityOfOrigin | Troy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| deathContext | Greek victors feared he would avenge Troy ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Trojan ⓘ |
| family | House of Priam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Hector NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Astyanax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandfather | Priam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandmother | Hecuba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killedBy | Neoptolemus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Greek tragedy ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Iliad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Posthomerica tradition ⓘ |
| mother | Andromache NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythology | Trojan Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedBy | Trojans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | lord of the city ⓘ |
| notableFor | tragic death after the fall of Troy ⓘ |
| otherNameGivenBy | Hector NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| otherNameMeaning | name related to the river Scamander ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | symbol of Troy's future ⓘ |
| relative |
Cassandra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Deiphobus NERFINISHED ⓘ Helenus NERFINISHED ⓘ Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ Polyxena NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInAndromache | dead son mourned by Andromache ⓘ |
| roleInTheTrojanWomen | child sacrificed after the fall of Troy ⓘ |
| symbolism | innocent victim of war ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfMyth | Mythic age of heroes ⓘ |
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: Astyanax Description of subject: Astyanax is the infant son of the Trojan prince Hector and his wife Andromache in Greek mythology, remembered for his tragic fate after the fall of Troy.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.