Silenus
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Silenus is a figure from Greek mythology, often depicted as an older, drunken companion and tutor of the god Dionysus and associated with wisdom and rustic revelry.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Drunken Silenus | 2 |
| Silenus canonical | 2 |
| Drunken Satyr | 1 |
| Silenus Alcibiadis, sive Proteus | 1 |
| Silenus as an elderly companion of Dionysus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4296233 — 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: Silenus Context triple: [Sileni, pluralFormOf, Silenus]
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A.
Pholus
Pholus is a wise centaur from Greek mythology, best known for his role in the stories surrounding Heracles and the fateful encounter with the poisoned arrows of the Hydra.
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B.
Momus
Momus is the Greek god of satire, mockery, and blame, known for criticizing both gods and mortals.
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C.
Aristaeus
Aristaeus is a minor Greek god associated with agriculture, beekeeping, and pastoral pursuits, often revered as a culture hero who taught humans various rural arts.
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D.
Phalaecus
Phalaecus was a 4th-century BCE Phocian military leader and general who played a key role in the later stages of the Third Sacred War in ancient Greece.
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E.
Philomelus
Philomelus was a Phocian military leader who initiated and led the early phases of the Third Sacred War in ancient Greece.
- 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: Silenus Target entity description: Silenus is a figure from Greek mythology, often depicted as an older, drunken companion and tutor of the god Dionysus and associated with wisdom and rustic revelry.
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A.
Pholus
Pholus is a wise centaur from Greek mythology, best known for his role in the stories surrounding Heracles and the fateful encounter with the poisoned arrows of the Hydra.
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B.
Momus
Momus is the Greek god of satire, mockery, and blame, known for criticizing both gods and mortals.
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C.
Aristaeus
Aristaeus is a minor Greek god associated with agriculture, beekeeping, and pastoral pursuits, often revered as a culture hero who taught humans various rural arts.
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D.
Phalaecus
Phalaecus was a 4th-century BCE Phocian military leader and general who played a key role in the later stages of the Third Sacred War in ancient Greece.
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E.
Philomelus
Philomelus was a Phocian military leader who initiated and led the early phases of the Third Sacred War in ancient Greece.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
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rustic god ⓘ satyr-like deity ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Hellenistic poetry
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Roman literature ⓘ myths of Dionysus ⓘ |
| artDepictionsFoundIn |
Greek vase painting
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Roman wall painting ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dionysus
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Nysa ⓘ Phrygia ⓘ drunkenness ⓘ prophecy ⓘ revelry ⓘ rustic revelry ⓘ wine ⓘ wisdom ⓘ |
| capturedBy | King Midas ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
balding
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drunk ⓘ older man ⓘ pot-bellied ⓘ |
| domain |
Dionysian thiasos
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linked to:
Dionysian Mysteries
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grants | wish of the golden touch ⓘ |
| grantsTo | King Midas ⓘ |
| knownFor |
paradoxical wisdom
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pessimistic sayings about human life ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
fertility
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nature ⓘ the vine ⓘ |
| nameInAncientGreek | Σειληνός ⓘ |
| oftenAccompaniedBy |
maenads
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satyrs ⓘ |
| parentOf | Cercopes ⓘ |
| rides |
donkey
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mule ⓘ |
| role |
companion of Dionysus
ⓘ
tutor of Dionysus ⓘ |
| sometimesConsidered | leader of the satyrs ⓘ |
| sometimesEquatedWith | Papposilenus ⓘ |
| speaksTruthWhen | drunk ⓘ |
| symbol |
ivy wreath
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thyrsus staff ⓘ wine skin ⓘ |
| worshippedIn | Dionysian cult ⓘ |
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: Silenus Description of subject: Silenus is a figure from Greek mythology, often depicted as an older, drunken companion and tutor of the god Dionysus and associated with wisdom and rustic revelry.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Silenus
subject linked to:
Dutch statesman Jacob Cats
linked to: Silenus
linked to: Silenus
linked to: Silenus