Phineus
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Phineus is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a blind seer and king tormented by the Harpies until aided by the Argonauts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phineus canonical | 17 |
| Phineus, seer tormented by the Harpies | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5336681 — 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: Phineus Context triple: [Agenor, fatherOf, Phineus]
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A.
Alcathous
Alcathous is the ancient acropolis of the Greek city of Megara, serving as its fortified citadel and religious center.
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B.
Steropes
Steropes is a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes known for forging Zeus’s thunderbolts.
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C.
Eurytion
Eurytion is a herdsman in Greek mythology best known for guarding the cattle of the three-bodied giant Geryon, whom Heracles killed during his tenth labor.
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D.
Perses
Perses is a relatively obscure figure in Greek mythology, sometimes associated with destruction or linked to the lineage of the goddess Hecate.
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E.
Sthenelus
Sthenelus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a king of Mycenae and a descendant of the hero Perseus.
- 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: Phineus Target entity description: Phineus is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a blind seer and king tormented by the Harpies until aided by the Argonauts.
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A.
Alcathous
Alcathous is the ancient acropolis of the Greek city of Megara, serving as its fortified citadel and religious center.
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B.
Steropes
Steropes is a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes known for forging Zeus’s thunderbolts.
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C.
Eurytion
Eurytion is a herdsman in Greek mythology best known for guarding the cattle of the three-bodied giant Geryon, whom Heracles killed during his tenth labor.
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D.
Perses
Perses is a relatively obscure figure in Greek mythology, sometimes associated with destruction or linked to the lineage of the goddess Hecate.
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E.
Sthenelus
Sthenelus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a king of Mycenae and a descendant of the hero Perseus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
king
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ seer ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Apollodorus’ Bibliotheca
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica ⓘ
linked to:
Argonautica
Hyginus’ Fabulae ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Boreads
ⓘ
Hera ⓘ Zeus ⓘ voyage of the Argo ⓘ
linked to:
Argonautica
|
| blind | true ⓘ |
| causeOfBlindness | punishment by the gods ⓘ |
| child |
Crambis
ⓘ
Mariandynus ⓘ Oryithus ⓘ Pandion ⓘ
linked to:
Pandion II
Parthenius ⓘ Plexippus ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Golden Fleece
ⓘ
Jason ⓘ |
| culture | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasMythVariant |
blinded by the gods for choosing long life over sight
ⓘ
blinded for mistreating his sons ⓘ blinded for revealing too much of the gods’ will ⓘ |
| helpDescription |
foretold dangers on the Argonauts’ route
ⓘ
gave directions to Colchis ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being aided by the Argonauts
ⓘ
being tormented by the Harpies ⓘ prophetic abilities ⓘ |
| languageOfTradition | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mythologicalType | mortal seer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
king of Salmydessus
ⓘ
king of Thrace ⓘ |
| providedHelpTo | Argonauts ⓘ |
| punishedBy | Zeus ⓘ |
| rescuedBy |
Argonauts
ⓘ
Calais ⓘ Zetes ⓘ |
| residence |
Salmydessus
ⓘ
Thrace ⓘ |
| spouse |
Cleopatra
ⓘ
Idaea ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mythic age of heroes ⓘ |
| tormentDescription |
Harpies defiled his food
ⓘ
Harpies snatched his food away ⓘ |
| tormentedBy | Harpies ⓘ |
| tormentEndedBy | chasing away of the Harpies by the Boreads ⓘ |
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: Phineus Description of subject: Phineus is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a blind seer and king tormented by the Harpies until aided by the Argonauts.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Phineus (brother of Agenor in some traditions)
subject linked to:
Phineus (brother of Agenor in some traditions)
linked to: Phineus