Aeolus
E158841
Aeolus is a figure from Greek mythology most commonly known as the ruler or keeper of the winds.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aeolus canonical | 50 |
| Zephyrus | 5 |
| Aeolus (son of Hellen) | 1 |
| Aeolus, god of the winds | 1 |
| Aeolus, keeper of the winds | 1 |
| Aeolus, ruler of the winds | 1 |
| Aiolos | 1 |
| Notus | 1 |
| Αίολος | 1 |
| Αἰόλος | 1 |
| Αἴολος | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1378398 — 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: Aeolus Context triple: [Ornytion, grandfather, Aeolus]
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A.
Astraeus
Astraeus is a Titan god in Greek mythology associated with dusk, stars, and astrology.
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B.
Hesperus
Hesperus is the ancient Greek personification of the evening star, traditionally associated with the planet Venus as seen at dusk.
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C.
Celaeno
Celaeno is one of the Pleiad nymphs in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione.
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D.
Euterpe
Euterpe is the Muse of music and lyric poetry in Greek mythology, often associated specifically with the flute.
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E.
Sthenelus
Sthenelus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a king of Mycenae and a descendant of the hero Perseus.
- 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: Aeolus Target entity description: Aeolus is a figure from Greek mythology most commonly known as the ruler or keeper of the winds.
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A.
Astraeus
Astraeus is a Titan god in Greek mythology associated with dusk, stars, and astrology.
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B.
Hesperus
Hesperus is the ancient Greek personification of the evening star, traditionally associated with the planet Venus as seen at dusk.
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C.
Celaeno
Celaeno is one of the Pleiad nymphs in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione.
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D.
Euterpe
Euterpe is the Muse of music and lyric poetry in Greek mythology, often associated specifically with the flute.
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E.
Sthenelus
Sthenelus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a king of Mycenae and a descendant of the hero Perseus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological ruler of the winds ⓘ |
| appearsIn | later Roman and post-classical literature ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Aeolian Islands ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Odysseus
ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ sailing and navigation ⓘ storm winds ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in the Odyssey
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Greek wind deities ⓘ |
| childrenVariant | six sons and six daughters (in Odyssey account) ⓘ |
| controls |
Anemoi
ⓘ
east wind ⓘ north wind ⓘ south wind ⓘ west wind ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| domain | winds ⓘ |
| epithet |
keeper of the winds
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ruler of the winds ⓘ |
| familyVariant |
husband of Cyane (in some accounts)
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son of Hellen (in some genealogical traditions) ⓘ son of Hippotes (in Homeric tradition) ⓘ |
| genre | myth ⓘ |
| gift | bag containing the winds ⓘ |
| giftTo | Odysseus ⓘ |
| grants | favorable winds ⓘ |
| greekName | Αἴολος ⓘ |
| influenceOn | later literary depictions of wind personifications ⓘ |
| inspired | use of "Aeolian" to describe wind-related phenomena ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| latinizedName | Aeolus ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Homer's Odyssey ⓘ |
| mythicTheme |
hospitality and guest-friendship (xenia)
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human failure to heed warnings ⓘ |
| mythologicalType | mortal or minor deity (varies by source) ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | helper figure to Odysseus ⓘ |
| reasonForRefusal | believes Odysseus is hated by the gods ⓘ |
| refusesFurtherHelpTo | Odysseus after the bag of winds is opened ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Aeolia
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Anemoi ⓘ |
| residesIn | floating island of Aeolia ⓘ |
| role | keeper of the winds ⓘ |
| symbolicMeaning | personification of control over natural forces ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfCult | Archaic and Classical Greece (as literary figure) ⓘ |
| transliteration |
Aiolos
ⓘ
linked to:
Aeolus
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| withholds | harmful winds ⓘ |
| worshipStatus | primarily literary rather than major cult deity ⓘ |
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: Aeolus Description of subject: Aeolus is a figure from Greek mythology most commonly known as the ruler or keeper of the winds.
Referenced by (64)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Aeolus
linked to: Aeolus
linked to: Aeolus
linked to: Aeolus
linked to: Aeolus
linked to: Aeolus
linked to: Aeolus
subject linked to:
Ornytion (son of Sisyphus)
linked to: Aeolus