Trojan cycle
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The Trojan cycle is a collection of ancient Greek epic poems that narrate the full saga of the Trojan War and its aftermath beyond what is told in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Trojan cycle canonical | 6 |
| Trojan Cycle | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T699147 — 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: Trojan cycle Context triple: [Athena, mythologicalCycle, Trojan cycle]
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A.
Troy
Troy is a historic city in eastern New York State, known for its 19th-century architecture and role in the Industrial Revolution as a major manufacturing center.
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B.
Troy
Troy is a 2004 epic historical war film loosely based on Homer's Iliad, depicting the legendary conflict between the Greeks and Trojans.
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C.
Typhonomachy
Typhonomachy is the mythological battle in Greek lore between Zeus and the monstrous giant Typhon, often seen as a sequel or counterpart to the Titanomachy.
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D.
Gigantomachy
Gigantomachy is the mythological battle in Greek mythology in which the Olympian gods fought and defeated the Giants, symbolizing the triumph of cosmic order over chaos.
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E.
Proteus
Proteus is the nickname of Charles Proteus Steinmetz, a pioneering German-American electrical engineer and mathematician renowned for his foundational work in alternating current (AC) power systems.
- 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: Trojan cycle Target entity description: The Trojan cycle is a collection of ancient Greek epic poems that narrate the full saga of the Trojan War and its aftermath beyond what is told in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.
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A.
Troy
Troy is a historic city in eastern New York State, known for its 19th-century architecture and role in the Industrial Revolution as a major manufacturing center.
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B.
Troy
Troy is a 2004 epic historical war film loosely based on Homer's Iliad, depicting the legendary conflict between the Greeks and Trojans.
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C.
Typhonomachy
Typhonomachy is the mythological battle in Greek lore between Zeus and the monstrous giant Typhon, often seen as a sequel or counterpart to the Titanomachy.
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D.
Gigantomachy
Gigantomachy is the mythological battle in Greek mythology in which the Olympian gods fought and defeated the Giants, symbolizing the triumph of cosmic order over chaos.
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E.
Proteus
Proteus is the nickname of Charles Proteus Steinmetz, a pioneering German-American electrical engineer and mathematician renowned for his foundational work in alternating current (AC) power systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
collection of ancient Greek epic poems
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lost epic cycle ⓘ |
| associatedWithHero |
Achilles
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Aeneas ⓘ Agamemnon ⓘ Menelaus ⓘ Odysseus ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation |
Achaean Greece
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Troy ⓘ |
| composedIn | Archaic Greece ⓘ |
| coversMyth |
judgment of Paris
ⓘ
surface form:
Judgment of Paris
Trojan Horse ⓘ abduction of Helen ⓘ homecomings of the Atreidae ⓘ sack of Troy ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Ancient Greek literature ⓘ |
| extendsBeyond |
Homer's Iliad
ⓘ
Homer's Odyssey ⓘ |
| genre | epic poetry ⓘ |
| includesWork |
Aethiopis
ⓘ
Cypria ⓘ Iliou Persis ⓘ Little Iliad ⓘ Nostoi (Returns) ⓘ
surface form:
Nostoi
Telegony ⓘ |
| influenced |
Roman literature
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later Greek tragedy ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Proclus' Chrestomathy
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later summaries and quotations ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dactylic hexameter (probable) ⓘ |
| mythologicalFramework | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Trojan War
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aftermath of the Trojan War ⓘ |
| prequelTo | Homer's Iliad ⓘ |
| relatedCycle | Theban cycle ⓘ |
| sequelTo |
Homer's Iliad
ⓘ
Homer's Odyssey ⓘ |
| status | mostly lost ⓘ |
| subject |
events during the Trojan War
ⓘ
events leading up to the Trojan War ⓘ Trojan War ⓘ
surface form:
fall of Troy
later adventures of Odysseus' son Telegonus ⓘ returns of the Greek heroes ⓘ |
| tradition | Epic Cycle ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Trojan cycle Description of subject: The Trojan cycle is a collection of ancient Greek epic poems that narrate the full saga of the Trojan War and its aftermath beyond what is told in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Trojan Cycle
subject surface form:
Judgment of Paris
this entity surface form:
Trojan Cycle
subject surface form:
Andromache (play)
this entity surface form:
Trojan Cycle