Autolycus
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Autolycus is a cunning figure in Greek mythology famed as a master thief and trickster, often associated with exceptional skills in stealth and deception.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Autolycus canonical | 14 |
| Autolycus (in some traditions) | 1 |
| Autolycus, the master thief | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T404697 — 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: Autolycus Context triple: [Hermes, children, Autolycus]
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A.
Eumaeus
Eumaeus is the loyal swineherd in Homer’s Odyssey who faithfully aids the disguised Odysseus upon his return to Ithaca.
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B.
Hermes
Hermes is the fleet-footed Greek god of trade, travel, and communication, who serves as messenger of the Olympian gods and guide of souls to the underworld.
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C.
Aristocles
Aristocles was the given birth name of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, one of the most influential figures in Western philosophy.
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D.
Hesione
Hesione is a figure in Greek mythology, often identified as a mortal woman or princess associated with the Titan Prometheus in later mythic traditions.
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E.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
- 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: Autolycus Target entity description: Autolycus is a cunning figure in Greek mythology famed as a master thief and trickster, often associated with exceptional skills in stealth and deception.
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A.
Eumaeus
Eumaeus is the loyal swineherd in Homer’s Odyssey who faithfully aids the disguised Odysseus upon his return to Ithaca.
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B.
Hermes
Hermes is the fleet-footed Greek god of trade, travel, and communication, who serves as messenger of the Olympian gods and guide of souls to the underworld.
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C.
Aristocles
Aristocles was the given birth name of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, one of the most influential figures in Western philosophy.
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D.
Hesione
Hesione is a figure in Greek mythology, often identified as a mortal woman or princess associated with the Titan Prometheus in later mythic traditions.
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E.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
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master thief ⓘ trickster ⓘ |
| ability |
to make stolen objects unrecognizable
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to swear false oaths without punishment ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Homer's Odyssey
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Homeric Hymns ⓘ Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ
surface form:
Ovid's Metamorphoses
Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ
surface form:
Pausanias' Description of Greece
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| associatedWith |
Hermes
ⓘ
Odysseus ⓘ Mount Parnassus ⓘ
surface form:
Parnassus
|
| child |
Aesimus
ⓘ
Anticlea ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| culture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| epithet |
crafty Autolycus
ⓘ
master of thieves ⓘ |
| father | Hermes ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandchild | Odysseus ⓘ |
| influenceOn | archetype of the trickster thief in later literature ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cunning
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deception ⓘ shape-shifting of stolen goods ⓘ stealth ⓘ thievery ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | ambiguous ⓘ |
| mother | Chione ⓘ |
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | self-wolf or lone wolf ⓘ |
| notableDeed |
stole cattle from Eurytus
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stole cattle from Sisyphus ⓘ taught Odysseus skills in trickery ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
divine trickery of Hermes
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trickster archetype ⓘ |
| residence | Mount Parnassus ⓘ |
| roleInMyth |
giver of Odysseus' name
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grandfather of Odysseus ⓘ participant in the Calydonian boar hunt ⓘ |
| spouse |
Mestra
ⓘ
Neaera ⓘ |
| symbol |
disguise
ⓘ
stolen cattle ⓘ |
| worshippedAs | hero ⓘ |
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: Autolycus Description of subject: Autolycus is a cunning figure in Greek mythology famed as a master thief and trickster, often associated with exceptional skills in stealth and deception.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Autolycus, the master thief