Glaucus
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Glaucus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a Cretan prince and son of King Minos and Pasiphaë.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glaucus canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5723363 — 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: Glaucus Context triple: [Deucalion (son of Minos), siblingOf, Glaucus]
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A.
Glaucus
Glaucus is a sea-god from Greek mythology, often depicted as a transformed fisherman endowed with prophetic powers.
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B.
Glaucus
Glaucus is a character associated with the darkly comedic, countercultural world of the film "Harold and Maude," reflecting its themes of unconventional relationships and existential rebellion.
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C.
Clymenus
Clymenus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as one of the sons of Althaea, the mother of the hero Meleager.
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D.
Phorcys
Phorcys is a primordial sea deity in Greek mythology, often depicted as an ancient sea god associated with various monstrous offspring.
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E.
Thalassius
Thalassius is a figure or persona known primarily as the addressee of the ancient text "Questions to Thalassius," in which theological or philosophical questions are posed to him.
- 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: Glaucus Target entity description: Glaucus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a Cretan prince and son of King Minos and Pasiphaë.
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A.
Glaucus
Glaucus is a sea-god from Greek mythology, often depicted as a transformed fisherman endowed with prophetic powers.
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B.
Glaucus
Glaucus is a character associated with the darkly comedic, countercultural world of the film "Harold and Maude," reflecting its themes of unconventional relationships and existential rebellion.
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C.
Clymenus
Clymenus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as one of the sons of Althaea, the mother of the hero Meleager.
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D.
Phorcys
Phorcys is a primordial sea deity in Greek mythology, often depicted as an ancient sea god associated with various monstrous offspring.
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E.
Thalassius
Thalassius is a figure or persona known primarily as the addressee of the ancient text "Questions to Thalassius," in which theological or philosophical questions are posed to him.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cretan prince
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ prince ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Labyrinth of Knossos
ⓘ
linked to:
labyrinth of the Minotaur
prophetic wisdom (through Polyidus) ⓘ |
| category |
Children of Minos
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Minos
Cretan characters in Greek mythology ⓘ Princes in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | drowned in a jar of honey ⓘ |
| connectedLegend | Minos’ demand that Polyidus teach Glaucus divination ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Crete ⓘ |
| culture | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| disappearanceLocation | storeroom of Minos ⓘ |
| domain | royalty in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| era | Mythic age ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Cretan ⓘ |
| father | Minos ⓘ |
| foundBy | seer Polyidus ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandfather | Zeus ⓘ |
| grandmother | Europa ⓘ |
| home | Knossos ⓘ |
| languageContext | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mother | Pasiphaë ⓘ |
| mythologicalFamily | House of Minos ⓘ |
| mythType | death and resurrection myth ⓘ |
| nameInAncientGreek | Γλαῦκος ⓘ |
| notableEvent | fell into a jar of honey and disappeared ⓘ |
| punishmentDetail | Polyidus forced to make Glaucus forget divination before leaving Crete ⓘ |
| relatedMyth | myths of Minos and Pasiphaë ⓘ |
| revivalMethod | observing a snake revived by another snake with a magical herb ⓘ |
| revivalSymbol | snake and herb motif ⓘ |
| revivedBy | Polyidus ⓘ |
| searchOrderedBy | Minos ⓘ |
| sibling |
Androgeus
ⓘ
Ariadne ⓘ Catreus ⓘ Deucalion (son of Minos) ⓘ Phaedra ⓘ Xenodice ⓘ |
| source |
Apollodorus, Bibliotheca
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linked to:
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Hyginus, Fabulae ⓘ
linked to:
Hyginus’ Fabulae
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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: Glaucus Description of subject: Glaucus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a Cretan prince and son of King Minos and Pasiphaë.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.