Polyidus
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Polyidus is a seer in Greek mythology renowned for his prophetic abilities and for restoring the Cretan prince Glaucus to life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Polyidus canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5723401 — 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: Polyidus Context triple: [Glaucus (son of Minos), resurrectedBy, Polyidus]
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A.
Polydeukes
Polydeukes is a hero from Greek mythology, one of the Dioscuri twins (with his brother Castor), renowned as a skilled boxer and protector of sailors.
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B.
Orestheus
Orestheus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the flood survivor and progenitor of humankind, Deucalion.
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C.
Triepeolus
Triepeolus is a genus of cleptoparasitic bees known for laying their eggs in the nests of other bee species, particularly within the subfamily Nomadinae.
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D.
Deiphobus
Deiphobus is a prince of Troy in Greek mythology, known as one of Priam's sons and a prominent warrior during the Trojan War.
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E.
Polites
Polites is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known as one of the sons of King Priam of Troy who was killed during the sack of the city.
- 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: Polyidus Target entity description: Polyidus is a seer in Greek mythology renowned for his prophetic abilities and for restoring the Cretan prince Glaucus to life.
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A.
Polydeukes
Polydeukes is a hero from Greek mythology, one of the Dioscuri twins (with his brother Castor), renowned as a skilled boxer and protector of sailors.
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B.
Orestheus
Orestheus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the flood survivor and progenitor of humankind, Deucalion.
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C.
Triepeolus
Triepeolus is a genus of cleptoparasitic bees known for laying their eggs in the nests of other bee species, particularly within the subfamily Nomadinae.
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D.
Deiphobus
Deiphobus is a prince of Troy in Greek mythology, known as one of Priam's sons and a prominent warrior during the Trojan War.
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E.
Polites
Polites is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known as one of the sons of King Priam of Troy who was killed during the sack of the city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
mythologicalFigure ⓘ seer ⓘ |
| ability |
interpreting omens
ⓘ
necromantic-style resurrection ⓘ |
| ancestor | Melampus ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Corinth
ⓘ
Crete ⓘ |
| comparedTo |
Calchas
ⓘ
Tiresias ⓘ |
| culture | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| descendantOf | Melampus ⓘ |
| domain | prophecy ⓘ |
| employer | Minos ⓘ |
| familyLine | house of Melampus ⓘ |
| father | Coeranus ⓘ |
| forcedToTeachBy | Minos ⓘ |
| found | Glaucus in a jar of honey ⓘ |
| genre | mythological narrative ⓘ |
| grandfather | Abas ⓘ |
| hadSon |
Astycratea
ⓘ
Euchenor ⓘ Manto ⓘ |
| knownFor |
prophetic abilities
ⓘ
restoring Glaucus to life ⓘ |
| languageOfTradition | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Hyginus’s Fabulae ⓘ
linked to:
Hyginus’ Fabulae
|
| methodOfResurrection | observing a snake revived by another snake with a magical herb ⓘ |
| mythType | heroic myth ⓘ |
| occupation | seer ⓘ |
| relatedMyth | myth of Glaucus of Crete ⓘ |
| removedPropheticKnowledgeBy | making Glaucus spit into his mouth ⓘ |
| renownedAs | wise seer ⓘ |
| restoredToLife | Glaucus ⓘ |
| role | advisor to King Minos ⓘ |
| servedKing | Minos ⓘ |
| symbol | snake and reviving herb ⓘ |
| task |
finding the missing prince Glaucus
ⓘ
restoring Glaucus to life ⓘ |
| taught | divination to Glaucus ⓘ |
| theme | limits and control of prophetic knowledge ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mythic age of heroes ⓘ |
| usedSign | color of a cow among Minos’s herds ⓘ |
| withdrewGiftOfProphecyFrom | Glaucus ⓘ |
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: Polyidus Description of subject: Polyidus is a seer in Greek mythology renowned for his prophetic abilities and for restoring the Cretan prince Glaucus to life.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.