Λοξίας
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Λοξίας is an epithet of the Greek god Apollo emphasizing his role as a sometimes ambiguous or oblique oracle and prophet.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Λοξίας canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4418946 — 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: Λοξίας Context triple: [Apollo Loxias, hasNameForm, Λοξίας]
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A.
Lagonisi
Lagonisi is a coastal resort town in the Athens metropolitan area of Greece, known for its beaches and holiday homes along the Saronic Gulf.
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B.
Xirokampos
Xirokampos is a small coastal village on the Greek island of Leros, known for its tranquil setting and traditional island character.
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C.
Πλειόνη
Πλειόνη is a figure in Greek mythology, often regarded as an Oceanid nymph and the mother of the Pleiades.
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D.
Limenas Thasou
Limenas Thasou is the main town and port of the Greek island of Thasos, serving as its administrative and tourist center.
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E.
Πηνειός
Πηνειός is a major river in Thessaly, central Greece, known for flowing through the Vale of Tempe before emptying into the Aegean Sea.
- 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: Λοξίας Target entity description: Λοξίας is an epithet of the Greek god Apollo emphasizing his role as a sometimes ambiguous or oblique oracle and prophet.
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A.
Lagonisi
Lagonisi is a coastal resort town in the Athens metropolitan area of Greece, known for its beaches and holiday homes along the Saronic Gulf.
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B.
Xirokampos
Xirokampos is a small coastal village on the Greek island of Leros, known for its tranquil setting and traditional island character.
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C.
Πλειόνη
Πλειόνη is a figure in Greek mythology, often regarded as an Oceanid nymph and the mother of the Pleiades.
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D.
Limenas Thasou
Limenas Thasou is the main town and port of the Greek island of Thasos, serving as its administrative and tourist center.
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E.
Πηνειός
Πηνειός is a major river in Thessaly, central Greece, known for flowing through the Vale of Tempe before emptying into the Aegean Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
divine epithet
ⓘ
epithet ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Ancient Greek literature
ⓘ
Greek tragedy ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| associatedWithPlace | Delphi ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| denotesRole |
oracle
ⓘ
prophet ⓘ |
| emphasizesAspectOfApollo |
ambiguity of oracles
ⓘ
obliqueness of oracles ⓘ oracular function ⓘ prophetic function ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalRoot | Greek adjective λοξός ⓘ |
| hasGender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| hasMeaning |
oblique
ⓘ
slanting ⓘ |
| hasScript | Greek alphabet ⓘ |
| isEpithetOf | Apollo ⓘ |
| refersTo | Apollo ⓘ |
| refersToDeityDomain |
divination
ⓘ
oracles ⓘ prophecy ⓘ |
| refersToDeityType | Olympian god ⓘ |
| usedByAuthor |
Aeschylus
ⓘ
Euripides ⓘ Sophocles ⓘ |
| usedInContext |
Delphic oracle
ⓘ
linked to:
Oracle of Apollo
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| worshippedAsAspectOf |
Apollo at Delphi
ⓘ
linked to:
Temple of Apollo at Delphi
|
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: Λοξίας Description of subject: Λοξίας is an epithet of the Greek god Apollo emphasizing his role as a sometimes ambiguous or oblique oracle and prophet.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.