Epicasta
E479325
Epicasta is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the mother of Antigone.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Epicasta canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4917985 — 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: Epicasta Context triple: [Antigone, mother, Epicasta]
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A.
Euodia
Euodia is a Christian woman mentioned in the New Testament book of Philippians, known for a disagreement with another woman named Syntyche that Paul urges them to resolve.
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B.
Phalanthos
Phalanthos is a figure from Greek legend, often depicted as a Spartan or Parthenian leader associated with the mythic founding of the city of Tarentum in southern Italy.
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C.
Hesperis
Hesperis is a figure from Greek mythology, often associated with the evening or the West and sometimes linked to the Hesperides, the nymphs of the evening and golden light.
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D.
Leucas
Leucas was an ancient Greek city and island in the Ionian Sea, known for its strategic location and later prominence as Leucadia (modern Lefkada).
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E.
Phasaelis
Phasaelis was a Nabatean princess, daughter of King Aretas IV, best known as the first wife of Herod Antipas whose repudiation of her led to political and military conflict.
- 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: Epicasta Target entity description: Epicasta is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the mother of Antigone.
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A.
Euodia
Euodia is a Christian woman mentioned in the New Testament book of Philippians, known for a disagreement with another woman named Syntyche that Paul urges them to resolve.
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B.
Phalanthos
Phalanthos is a figure from Greek legend, often depicted as a Spartan or Parthenian leader associated with the mythic founding of the city of Tarentum in southern Italy.
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C.
Hesperis
Hesperis is a figure from Greek mythology, often associated with the evening or the West and sometimes linked to the Hesperides, the nymphs of the evening and golden light.
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D.
Leucas
Leucas was an ancient Greek city and island in the Ionian Sea, known for its strategic location and later prominence as Leucadia (modern Lefkada).
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E.
Phasaelis
Phasaelis was a Nabatean princess, daughter of King Aretas IV, best known as the first wife of Herod Antipas whose repudiation of her led to political and military conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
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mythological woman ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
House of Atreus
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linked to:
House of Atreus myth cycle
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| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasChild | Antigone ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Greek mythological tradition ⓘ |
| motherOf | Antigone ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the mother of Antigone ⓘ |
| spouseOf | Agamemnon ⓘ |
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: Epicasta Description of subject: Epicasta is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the mother of Antigone.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.