Perieres of Messenia
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Perieres of Messenia is a figure in Greek mythology, a Messenian king associated with the royal line of Perseus through his marriage to Gorgophone.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Perieres | 2 |
| Demaratus of Corinth | 1 |
| Perieres of Messenia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5431822 — 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: Perieres of Messenia Context triple: [Gorgophone, spouse, Perieres of Messenia]
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Leonidas of Naxos
Leonidas of Naxos was an ancient Greek figure from the island of Naxos, notable enough in antiquity to have the Leonidaion building named in his honor.
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B.
Pelopidas
Pelopidas was a prominent 4th-century BCE Theban statesman and general, known for his leadership of the Sacred Band and his role in challenging Spartan dominance in Greece.
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C.
Alexander of Pherae
Alexander of Pherae was a 4th-century BC tyrant of the Thessalian city of Pherae, notorious in ancient sources for his cruelty and oppressive rule.
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D.
Tisiphonus of Pherae
Tisiphonus of Pherae was a 4th-century BC tyrant of the Thessalian city of Pherae, known as one of the successors in the line of local despots that followed the rule of Jason of Pherae.
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Leonidas of Tarentum
Leonidas of Tarentum was an ancient Greek epigrammatist of the Hellenistic period, known for his concise, often melancholic poems preserved in the Greek Anthology.
- 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: Perieres of Messenia Target entity description: Perieres of Messenia is a figure in Greek mythology, a Messenian king associated with the royal line of Perseus through his marriage to Gorgophone.
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A.
Leonidas of Naxos
Leonidas of Naxos was an ancient Greek figure from the island of Naxos, notable enough in antiquity to have the Leonidaion building named in his honor.
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B.
Pelopidas
Pelopidas was a prominent 4th-century BCE Theban statesman and general, known for his leadership of the Sacred Band and his role in challenging Spartan dominance in Greece.
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C.
Alexander of Pherae
Alexander of Pherae was a 4th-century BC tyrant of the Thessalian city of Pherae, notorious in ancient sources for his cruelty and oppressive rule.
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D.
Tisiphonus of Pherae
Tisiphonus of Pherae was a 4th-century BC tyrant of the Thessalian city of Pherae, known as one of the successors in the line of local despots that followed the rule of Jason of Pherae.
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E.
Leonidas of Tarentum
Leonidas of Tarentum was an ancient Greek epigrammatist of the Hellenistic period, known for his concise, often melancholic poems preserved in the Greek Anthology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
character in Greek mythology
ⓘ
human ⓘ mythological Greek king ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Messenian royal dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
house of Perseus NERFINISHED ⓘ royal line of Perseus ⓘ |
| child |
Aphareus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Icarius NERFINISHED ⓘ Leucippus NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyndareus NERFINISHED ⓘ according to some traditions, other unnamed sons ⓘ possibly Pisus ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
myths concerning the descendants of Perseus
ⓘ
myths of Messenia ⓘ |
| country | Messenia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion and mythology ⓘ |
| fatherInLaw | Perseus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn | genealogies of Spartan and Messenian royal houses ⓘ |
| languageOfTradition | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| marriageAlliance | Perseid dynasty through Gorgophone ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Apollodorus, Bibliotheca
NERFINISHED
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Pausanias, Description of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motherInLaw | Andromeda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalEra | age of heroes ⓘ |
| mythologicalStatus | semi-legendary king ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Aphareus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gorgophone NERFINISHED ⓘ Icarius NERFINISHED ⓘ Leucippus NERFINISHED ⓘ Perseus NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyndareus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | king of Messenia ⓘ |
| region | Peloponnese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Gorgophone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
in some traditions, another wife besides Gorgophone ⓘ |
| typeOfMythologicalFigure | heroic-age king ⓘ |
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: Perieres of Messenia Description of subject: Perieres of Messenia is a figure in Greek mythology, a Messenian king associated with the royal line of Perseus through his marriage to Gorgophone.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Demaratus of Corinth