Alcestis (mythological queen)
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Alcestis is a heroine in Greek mythology, famed as the devoted wife of Admetus who volunteered to die in his place and was later rescued from death by Heracles.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alcestis | 6 |
| Alcestis (mythological figure) | 1 |
| Alcestis (mythological queen) canonical | 1 |
| Heracles retrieving Alcestis from Death | 1 |
| death of Alcestis in his place | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3687418 — 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: Alcestis (mythological queen) Context triple: [Pherae, hasNotablePerson, Alcestis (mythological queen)]
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A.
Eurydice I
Eurydice I was a Macedonian queen of the Argead dynasty, grandmother of Alexander the Great and an influential royal matriarch in 4th-century BCE Macedon.
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B.
Creusa
Creusa is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Athenian princess and mother of Ion in Euripides’ tragedy.
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C.
Eurydice
Eurydice is a figure from Greek mythology best known as the wife of Orpheus, whose tragic death and attempted rescue from the underworld form one of the most famous mythic love stories.
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D.
Deianira
Deianira is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the second wife of the hero Heracles and for inadvertently causing his death through the poisoned tunic.
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E.
Antiope
Antiope is an Amazonian queen in Greek mythology, often associated with Athens through her relationship with the hero Theseus.
- 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: Alcestis (mythological queen) Target entity description: Alcestis is a heroine in Greek mythology, famed as the devoted wife of Admetus who volunteered to die in his place and was later rescued from death by Heracles.
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A.
Eurydice I
Eurydice I was a Macedonian queen of the Argead dynasty, grandmother of Alexander the Great and an influential royal matriarch in 4th-century BCE Macedon.
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B.
Creusa
Creusa is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Athenian princess and mother of Ion in Euripides’ tragedy.
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C.
Eurydice
Eurydice is a figure from Greek mythology best known as the wife of Orpheus, whose tragic death and attempted rescue from the underworld form one of the most famous mythic love stories.
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D.
Deianira
Deianira is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the second wife of the hero Heracles and for inadvertently causing his death through the poisoned tunic.
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E.
Antiope
Antiope is an Amazonian queen in Greek mythology, often associated with Athens through her relationship with the hero Theseus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
heroine in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mortal woman in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological queen ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Alcestis by Euripides
ⓘ
surface form:
Alcestis (play)
Argonautica ⓘ
surface form:
Argonautica (Apollonius of Rhodes)
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca ⓘ
surface form:
Bibliotheca (Pseudo‑Apollodorus)
Fabulae ⓘ
surface form:
Fabulae (Hyginus)
Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ
surface form:
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
|
| associatedWithMyth | self‑sacrifice for spouse ⓘ |
| associatedWithVirtue |
conjugal devotion
ⓘ
self‑sacrifice ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion and mythology ⓘ |
| deathType | substitutionary death for Admetus ⓘ |
| father | Pelias ⓘ |
| husbandTitle | king of Pherae ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryTypeRole | tragic heroine ⓘ |
| marriageToAdmetusGrantedBy | Pelias ⓘ |
| mother |
Anaxibia
ⓘ
Phylomache ⓘ |
| mythologicalLocation | Pherae ⓘ |
| notableAct | volunteered to die in place of her husband Admetus ⓘ |
| notableTheme |
conflict between fate and divine intervention
ⓘ
marital loyalty ⓘ |
| portrayedByAuthor | Euripides ⓘ |
| relatedDeity |
Apollo
ⓘ
Thanatos ⓘ |
| relatedHero |
Admetus
ⓘ
Heracles ⓘ |
| rescuedBy | Heracles ⓘ |
| rescuedFrom | Thanatos ⓘ |
| restoredToLifeBy | Heracles ⓘ |
| sibling |
Acastus
ⓘ
Antheia ⓘ Antinoe ⓘ Asteropeia ⓘ Evadne ⓘ Hippolyte ⓘ Hippothoe ⓘ Laodamia ⓘ Medusa ⓘ Pelopia ⓘ Pherusa ⓘ Pisidice ⓘ Sterope ⓘ |
| spouse | Admetus ⓘ |
| spouseSelectionCondition | suitor had to yoke a lion and a boar to a chariot ⓘ |
| spouseSelectionHelper | Apollo ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfMyth | mythic age of heroes ⓘ |
| worshipContext | heroic cult traditions ⓘ |
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: Alcestis (mythological queen) Description of subject: Alcestis is a heroine in Greek mythology, famed as the devoted wife of Admetus who volunteered to die in his place and was later rescued from death by Heracles.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Alcestis
this entity surface form:
Alcestis (mythological figure)
this entity surface form:
death of Alcestis in his place
this entity surface form:
Heracles retrieving Alcestis from Death