Iolkos
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Iolkos was an ancient city in Thessaly, Greece, traditionally known as the homeland of Jason and the starting point of the Argonauts’ voyage in Greek mythology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iolkos canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1705630 — 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: Iolkos Context triple: [Mycenaean civilization, hasSite, Iolkos]
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A.
Kamiros
Kamiros is an ancient city and archaeological site on the northwest coast of Rhodes, known for its well-preserved Hellenistic ruins and grid-planned layout.
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B.
Hyllus
Hyllus is a figure in Greek mythology known as the son of Heracles and Deianira, often associated with the Dorian invasion and the Heracleidae.
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C.
Golus
Golus is a Yiddish term referring to the Jewish exile and dispersion from their ancestral homeland, encompassing both the physical diaspora and its spiritual-historical implications.
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D.
Iazyges
The Iazyges were a Sarmatian nomadic people of the Eurasian steppe who settled in the Carpathian Basin and became notable adversaries of the Roman Empire during the Marcomannic Wars.
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E.
Enodia
Enodia is an epithet of the Greek goddess Hecate that emphasizes her role as a protector and guide along roads, thresholds, and liminal spaces.
- 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: Iolkos Target entity description: Iolkos was an ancient city in Thessaly, Greece, traditionally known as the homeland of Jason and the starting point of the Argonauts’ voyage in Greek mythology.
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A.
Kamiros
Kamiros is an ancient city and archaeological site on the northwest coast of Rhodes, known for its well-preserved Hellenistic ruins and grid-planned layout.
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B.
Hyllus
Hyllus is a figure in Greek mythology known as the son of Heracles and Deianira, often associated with the Dorian invasion and the Heracleidae.
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C.
Golus
Golus is a Yiddish term referring to the Jewish exile and dispersion from their ancestral homeland, encompassing both the physical diaspora and its spiritual-historical implications.
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D.
Iazyges
The Iazyges were a Sarmatian nomadic people of the Eurasian steppe who settled in the Carpathian Basin and became notable adversaries of the Roman Empire during the Marcomannic Wars.
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E.
Enodia
Enodia is an epithet of the Greek goddess Hecate that emphasizes her role as a protector and guide along roads, thresholds, and liminal spaces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
mythological location ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Hera ⓘ |
| associatedHero | Jason ⓘ |
| associatedHeroGroup | Argonauts ⓘ |
| associatedWithMythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient Greek cities
ⓘ
Former populated places in Greece ⓘ Locations in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| country |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| culture | Ancient Greek culture ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Aeson
ⓘ
Jason ⓘ Pelias ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSite |
Dimini area near Volos
ⓘ
Sesklo region near Volos ⓘ |
| hasGreekName | Ιωλκός ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greece
ⓘ
Thessaly ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Aegean Sea
ⓘ
surface form:
Aegean Sea (via Pagasetic Gulf)
|
| mentionedByAuthor |
Apollonius of Rhodes
ⓘ
Homer ⓘ |
| mentionedInWork |
Argonautica
ⓘ
Homer's Iliad ⓘ
surface form:
Iliad
|
| modernSiteNear | city of Volos ⓘ |
| mythologicalEvent |
departure of the Argo
ⓘ
quest for the Golden Fleece ⓘ |
| near | Pagasetic Gulf ⓘ |
| partOf |
ancient region of Thessaly
ⓘ
region of Magnesia ⓘ |
| regionType | coastal settlement ⓘ |
| roleInMyth |
birthplace of Jason
ⓘ
royal seat of Pelias ⓘ scene of Medea's revenge on Pelias ⓘ |
| ruinsLocatedNear | Volos ⓘ |
| startingPointOf |
Argonautic expedition
ⓘ
surface form:
Argonauts' voyage
|
| timePeriod |
Mycenaean civilization
ⓘ
surface form:
Mycenaean era (traditional attribution)
|
| traditionalHomelandOf | Jason ⓘ |
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: Iolkos Description of subject: Iolkos was an ancient city in Thessaly, Greece, traditionally known as the homeland of Jason and the starting point of the Argonauts’ voyage in Greek mythology.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.