Pandora (wife of Epimetheus)
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Pandora, in Greek mythology, is the first mortal woman created by the gods, famed for opening a jar (often called "Pandora's box") that released all evils into the world.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pandora (mythology) | 1 |
| Pandora (wife of Epimetheus) canonical | 1 |
| Pandora from Greek mythology | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4647422 — 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: Pandora (wife of Epimetheus) Context triple: [Hellen, grandmother, Pandora (wife of Epimetheus)]
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A.
Pandora (daughter of Deucalion)
Pandora, daughter of Deucalion, is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology associated with the post-diluvian generation descended from the flood survivors Deucalion and Pyrrha.
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B.
Penelope (nymph)
Penelope is a nymph in Greek mythology sometimes identified as the mother of the rustic god Pan.
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Euphrosyne
Euphrosyne was a Byzantine empress consort and later nun, known as the daughter of Emperor Constantine VI and for her influential role in the imperial court during the early 9th century.
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D.
Persephassa
Persephassa is a landmark 1969 percussion composition by Iannis Xenakis, renowned for its innovative spatialization of six percussionists surrounding the audience.
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E.
Danaë
Danaë is a princess in Greek mythology, mother of the hero Perseus, famously imprisoned by her father and visited by Zeus in the form of golden rain.
- 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: Pandora (wife of Epimetheus) Target entity description: Pandora, in Greek mythology, is the first mortal woman created by the gods, famed for opening a jar (often called "Pandora's box") that released all evils into the world.
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A.
Pandora (daughter of Deucalion)
Pandora, daughter of Deucalion, is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology associated with the post-diluvian generation descended from the flood survivors Deucalion and Pyrrha.
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B.
Penelope (nymph)
Penelope is a nymph in Greek mythology sometimes identified as the mother of the rustic god Pan.
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C.
Euphrosyne
Euphrosyne was a Byzantine empress consort and later nun, known as the daughter of Emperor Constantine VI and for her influential role in the imperial court during the early 9th century.
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D.
Persephassa
Persephassa is a landmark 1969 percussion composition by Iannis Xenakis, renowned for its innovative spatialization of six percussionists surrounding the audience.
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E.
Danaë
Danaë is a princess in Greek mythology, mother of the hero Perseus, famously imprisoned by her father and visited by Zeus in the form of golden rain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
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mortal woman ⓘ mythological woman ⓘ |
| alsoAppearsIn |
Theogony
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linked to:
Hesiod's Theogony
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| associatedWith |
Pandora's box
ⓘ
linked to:
Myth of Pandora
jar of evils ⓘ |
| consequenceOfAct |
left hope inside the jar
ⓘ
released all evils upon humankind ⓘ |
| createdBy |
the Olympian gods
ⓘ
linked to:
Olympian gods
|
| creator |
Aphrodite
ⓘ
Athena ⓘ Hephaestus ⓘ Hermes ⓘ Zeus ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| era |
Archaic Greece (literary attestation)
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linked to:
Archaic Greece
|
| father | Hephaestus ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| giftFromAphrodite | beauty and charm ⓘ |
| giftFromAthena | skill in weaving ⓘ |
| giftFromHermes | crafty mind and deceitful nature ⓘ |
| giftFromTheGraces | adornments and jewelry ⓘ |
| givenBy | Zeus ⓘ |
| givenGiftsBy | all the gods ⓘ |
| givenObject |
jar later mistranslated as box
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pithos ⓘ sealed jar ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mortality | mortal ⓘ |
| mythicCycle | Prometheus and Epimetheus cycle ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
all-gifted
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all-giving ⓘ |
| notableAct | opened a jar that released evils into the world ⓘ |
| purposeOfCreation |
punishment for mankind
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revenge on Prometheus ⓘ |
| relative | Prometheus ⓘ |
| role |
bringer of human misfortunes
ⓘ
first mortal woman ⓘ |
| sourceAuthor | Hesiod ⓘ |
| sourceText |
Works and Days
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linked to:
Hesiod's Works and Days
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| spouse | Epimetheus ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
curiosity
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the ambiguity of gifts from the gods ⓘ the origin of evil ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Pandora (wife of Epimetheus) Description of subject: Pandora, in Greek mythology, is the first mortal woman created by the gods, famed for opening a jar (often called "Pandora's box") that released all evils into the world.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Pandora (wife of Epimetheus)
linked to: Pandora (wife of Epimetheus)