Cinyras
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Cinyras is a legendary king of Cyprus in Greek mythology, often associated with great wealth and tragic family stories.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cinyras canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5622527 — 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: Cinyras Context triple: [Adonis, parent, Cinyras]
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A.
Ziaelas of Bithynia
Ziaelas of Bithynia was a Hellenistic king of the ancient kingdom of Bithynia in northwestern Anatolia during the 3rd century BCE.
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B.
Deréon
Deréon is a fashion brand co-founded by Tina Knowles, known for its trendy, urban-inspired clothing line associated with the Knowles family.
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C.
Melesias
Melesias is a character in Plato’s dialogue "Laches," portrayed as a concerned Athenian father seeking guidance on the proper education of his son.
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D.
Idaeus
Idaeus is a figure in Greek mythology known as a son of the Trojan ancestor Dardanus.
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E.
King Iobates of Lycia
King Iobates of Lycia is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the Lycian ruler who sent the hero Bellerophon on perilous quests, including the slaying of the Chimera.
- 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: Cinyras Target entity description: Cinyras is a legendary king of Cyprus in Greek mythology, often associated with great wealth and tragic family stories.
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A.
Ziaelas of Bithynia
Ziaelas of Bithynia was a Hellenistic king of the ancient kingdom of Bithynia in northwestern Anatolia during the 3rd century BCE.
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B.
Deréon
Deréon is a fashion brand co-founded by Tina Knowles, known for its trendy, urban-inspired clothing line associated with the Knowles family.
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C.
Melesias
Melesias is a character in Plato’s dialogue "Laches," portrayed as a concerned Athenian father seeking guidance on the proper education of his son.
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D.
Idaeus
Idaeus is a figure in Greek mythology known as a son of the Trojan ancestor Dardanus.
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E.
King Iobates of Lycia
King Iobates of Lycia is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the Lycian ruler who sent the hero Bellerophon on perilous quests, including the slaying of the Chimera.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek mythological figure
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legendary figure ⓘ mythological king ⓘ |
| associatedMyth | myth of Myrrha and Adonis ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aphrodite
NERFINISHED
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Paphos NERFINISHED ⓘ great wealth ⓘ lyre ⓘ music ⓘ tragic family stories ⓘ |
| child |
Adonis
NERFINISHED
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Braesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Laodice NERFINISHED ⓘ Laogore NERFINISHED ⓘ Myrrha NERFINISHED ⓘ Orsedice NERFINISHED ⓘ Unnamed daughters of Cinyras ⓘ |
| claimedDescendantOf | Aphrodite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Agamemnon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| etymologySuggested | possibly derived from Semitic word for lyre (kinnor) ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandfather | Pygmalion of Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killedBy | Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being tricked by Myrrha and her nurse
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breaking a vow to Agamemnon ⓘ deceiving Agamemnon with clay ships ⓘ incestuous relationship with his daughter Myrrha (in some versions) ⓘ sending only a small contingent to the Trojan War ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
NERFINISHED
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Homer's Iliad NERFINISHED ⓘ Ovid's Metamorphoses NERFINISHED ⓘ Pindar's odes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Paphos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
king
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priest of Aphrodite (in some traditions) ⓘ |
| positionHeld | king of Cyprus ⓘ |
| punishedBy | Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realm | Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reputedSkill |
lyre-player
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musician ⓘ singer ⓘ |
| spouse | Metharme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| veneratedAt | Paphos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Cinyras Description of subject: Cinyras is a legendary king of Cyprus in Greek mythology, often associated with great wealth and tragic family stories.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.