Iphimedeia
E516514
Iphimedeia is a figure in Greek mythology known as the mother of the giant Aloadae twins, Otus and Ephialtes, and for her ill-fated passion for the sea god Poseidon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iphimedeia canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5363930 — 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: Iphimedeia Context triple: [Catalogue of Women, featuresCharacter, Iphimedeia]
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A.
Hypsipyle
Hypsipyle is a figure in Greek mythology, the Lemnian princess and former queen who aided the Argonauts and is best known for her tragic and heroic role in various legends.
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B.
Orthia
Orthia is an epithet of the Greek goddess Artemis associated especially with a fierce, wild aspect of her worship, notably at the sanctuary of Artemis Orthia in Sparta.
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C.
Hippodameia
Hippodameia is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, traditionally identified as a daughter of the Trojan hero Anchises.
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D.
Eriphyle
Eriphyle is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the wife of Amphiaraus, whose betrayal of her husband for a bribe led to the doomed war of the Seven against Thebes and the later vengeance of their sons, the Epigoni.
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E.
Hypermnestra
Hypermnestra is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as one of the Danaids who spared her husband’s life and was consequently honored for her mercy and piety.
- 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: Iphimedeia Target entity description: Iphimedeia is a figure in Greek mythology known as the mother of the giant Aloadae twins, Otus and Ephialtes, and for her ill-fated passion for the sea god Poseidon.
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A.
Hypsipyle
Hypsipyle is a figure in Greek mythology, the Lemnian princess and former queen who aided the Argonauts and is best known for her tragic and heroic role in various legends.
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B.
Orthia
Orthia is an epithet of the Greek goddess Artemis associated especially with a fierce, wild aspect of her worship, notably at the sanctuary of Artemis Orthia in Sparta.
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C.
Hippodameia
Hippodameia is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, traditionally identified as a daughter of the Trojan hero Anchises.
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D.
Eriphyle
Eriphyle is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the wife of Amphiaraus, whose betrayal of her husband for a bribe led to the doomed war of the Seven against Thebes and the later vengeance of their sons, the Epigoni.
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E.
Hypermnestra
Hypermnestra is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as one of the Danaids who spared her husband’s life and was consequently honored for her mercy and piety.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mortal woman in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| associatedMyth | myth of the Aloadae ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Aloadae ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in Greek mythology
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Lovers of gods in Greek mythology ⓘ Mortal women of Greek mythology ⓘ |
| childOf | Triope ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| era | mythic age ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasLover | Poseidon ⓘ |
| hasOffspringWith |
Aloeus (in some traditions, as putative father of the Aloadae)
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Poseidon ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being mother of the Aloadae twins
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her passion for Poseidon ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married to Aloeus ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Apollodorus, Bibliotheca
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linked to:
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Homeric tradition about the Aloadae ⓘ |
| motherOf |
Ephialtes
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Otus ⓘ |
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Aloeus
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Ephialtes ⓘ Otus ⓘ Poseidon ⓘ Triope ⓘ |
| residesIn |
Thessaly (in some traditions)
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linked to:
Thessaly
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| spouseOf | Aloeus ⓘ |
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: Iphimedeia Description of subject: Iphimedeia is a figure in Greek mythology known as the mother of the giant Aloadae twins, Otus and Ephialtes, and for her ill-fated passion for the sea god Poseidon.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.