Odysseus
E18791
Odysseus is the cunning Greek hero and king of Ithaca renowned for his long, perilous journey home after the Trojan War as depicted in ancient epic poetry.
All labels observed (13)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T156824 — 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: Odysseus Context triple: [Homer's Odyssey, mainCharacter, Odysseus]
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A.
Hermes
Hermes is the fleet-footed Greek god of trade, travel, and communication, who serves as messenger of the Olympian gods and guide of souls to the underworld.
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B.
Zeus
Zeus is the king of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology, ruling over the sky and thunder and presiding as the chief deity of the pantheon.
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C.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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D.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
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E.
Athena
Athena is the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, warfare, and crafts, and the patron deity of the city of Athens.
- 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: Odysseus Target entity description: Odysseus is the cunning Greek hero and king of Ithaca renowned for his long, perilous journey home after the Trojan War as depicted in ancient epic poetry.
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A.
Hermes
Hermes is the fleet-footed Greek god of trade, travel, and communication, who serves as messenger of the Olympian gods and guide of souls to the underworld.
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B.
Zeus
Zeus is the king of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology, ruling over the sky and thunder and presiding as the chief deity of the pantheon.
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C.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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D.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
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E.
Athena
Athena is the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, warfare, and crafts, and the patron deity of the city of Athens.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek hero
ⓘ
Homeric character ⓘ epic poetry character ⓘ king ⓘ mythological hero ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Epic Cycle
ⓘ
Journey from Troy to Ithaca ⓘ Nostoi (Returns) ⓘ Homer's Iliad ⓘ
surface form:
The Iliad
Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form:
The Odyssey
Trojan War ⓘ |
| child | Telemachus ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Greece ⓘ |
| creator | Homer ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| encounters |
Charybdis
ⓘ
Laestrygonians ⓘ Lotus-Eaters ⓘ Polyphemus ⓘ Scylla ⓘ Shades in the Underworld ⓘ the Sirens ⓘ
surface form:
Sirens
|
| enemy | Poseidon ⓘ |
| epithet |
much-enduring
ⓘ
polymetis ⓘ polytropos ⓘ |
| father | Laertes ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreOfDepictions |
epic poetry
ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ |
| grandfather | Autolycus ⓘ |
| home | Ithaca ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryWork |
Ajax (Sophocles)
ⓘ
Hecuba (Euripides) ⓘ Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) ⓘ Philoctetes (Sophocles) ⓘ Homer's Iliad ⓘ
surface form:
The Iliad
Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form:
The Odyssey
Trojan Women (Euripides) ⓘ |
| lover |
Calypso
ⓘ
Circe ⓘ |
| mother | Anticlea ⓘ |
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| notableAction |
blinded the Cyclops Polyphemus
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devised the Trojan Horse plan ⓘ resisted the Sirens with wax in sailors’ ears ⓘ returned to Ithaca after many years ⓘ slew the suitors of Penelope ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cunning
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eloquence ⓘ long journey home after the Trojan War ⓘ role in the Trojan Horse stratagem ⓘ strategic intelligence ⓘ |
| occupation |
king
ⓘ
warrior ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Trojan War ⓘ |
| patronDeity | Athena ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Ithaca ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| romanName |
James Joyce's Ulysses
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surface form:
Ulysses
|
| sideInConflict |
Greeks
ⓘ
surface form:
Achaeans
|
| spouse | Penelope ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
cunning intelligence
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endurance ⓘ nostos (homecoming) ⓘ |
| timeInMyth | age of heroes ⓘ |
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: Odysseus Description of subject: Odysseus is the cunning Greek hero and king of Ithaca renowned for his long, perilous journey home after the Trojan War as depicted in ancient epic poetry.
Referenced by (161)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Iliad
subject surface form:
contest of the bow in Ithaca
this entity surface form:
Odysseus by character not appearance
this entity surface form:
Odysseus as beggar
subject surface form:
Sirens
this entity surface form:
Odysséas
subject surface form:
Troy (film)
this entity surface form:
Odysseus – Sean Bean