Omphale
E109445
Omphale is a queen of Lydia in Greek mythology best known for owning and temporarily enslaving the hero Heracles, during which their traditional gender roles were playfully reversed.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Omphale canonical | 8 |
| Heracles serving Omphale in Lydia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T934139 — 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: Omphale Context triple: [Heracles, lover, Omphale]
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A.
Hesione
Hesione is a figure in Greek mythology, often identified as a mortal woman or princess associated with the Titan Prometheus in later mythic traditions.
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B.
Philomelus
Philomelus was a Phocian military leader who initiated and led the early phases of the Third Sacred War in ancient Greece.
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C.
Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
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D.
Sileni
Sileni are mythological woodland spirits or companions of Dionysus in Greek mythology, often depicted as older, drunken satyrs associated with revelry and rustic wisdom.
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E.
Semele
Semele is a mortal princess in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of Dionysus by Zeus and for her tragic death upon seeing his divine form.
- 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: Omphale Target entity description: Omphale is a queen of Lydia in Greek mythology best known for owning and temporarily enslaving the hero Heracles, during which their traditional gender roles were playfully reversed.
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A.
Hesione
Hesione is a figure in Greek mythology, often identified as a mortal woman or princess associated with the Titan Prometheus in later mythic traditions.
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B.
Philomelus
Philomelus was a Phocian military leader who initiated and led the early phases of the Third Sacred War in ancient Greece.
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C.
Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
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D.
Sileni
Sileni are mythological woodland spirits or companions of Dionysus in Greek mythology, often depicted as older, drunken satyrs associated with revelry and rustic wisdom.
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E.
Semele
Semele is a mortal princess in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of Dionysus by Zeus and for her tragic death upon seeing his divine form.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lydian ruler
ⓘ
figure in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological queen ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Sardis ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity | Heracles ⓘ |
| associatedWithObject |
club of Heracles
ⓘ
lion skin of Heracles ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Lydia ⓘ |
| child |
Agelaus
ⓘ
Lamos ⓘ |
| childWithHeracles |
Agelaus
ⓘ
Lamos ⓘ |
| consort | Heracles ⓘ |
| country | Lydia ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| employed | Heracles ⓘ |
| enslaved | Heracles ⓘ |
| father |
Iardanus
ⓘ
linked to:
Hyllus
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasDepictionType |
ancient vase painting subject
ⓘ
subject of classical sculpture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
owning Heracles as a slave
ⓘ
reversal of gender roles with Heracles ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mythologicalCategory |
Lydian mythology figures
ⓘ
Queens in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| nameInGreek | Ὀμφάλη ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | taskmaster of Heracles ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
gender inversion
ⓘ
servitude of a hero ⓘ |
| parent |
Iardanus
ⓘ
linked to:
Hyllus
|
| partnerInMyth | Heracles ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
Heracles wearing women’s clothing
ⓘ
herself wearing Heracles’ lion skin ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Queen of Lydia ⓘ |
| purchasedHeraclesFrom | Hermes ⓘ |
| roleInHeraclesMyth | owner during his period of expiation ⓘ |
| sourceText |
Apollodorus, Bibliotheca
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History ⓘ
linked to:
Diodorus Siculus
Ovid’s Heroides ⓘ
linked to:
Heroides
|
| spouse | Heracles ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
female authority over male hero
ⓘ
subversion of traditional gender norms ⓘ |
| timeInMyth | after Heracles’ murder of Iphitus ⓘ |
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: Omphale Description of subject: Omphale is a queen of Lydia in Greek mythology best known for owning and temporarily enslaving the hero Heracles, during which their traditional gender roles were playfully reversed.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Omphale