Deioneus
E631601
Deioneus is a figure in Greek mythology, known primarily as a Thessalian king and the husband of Diomede, and is sometimes identified as the father of the hero Cephalus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Deioneus canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6944038 — 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: Deioneus Context triple: [Enarete, child, Deioneus]
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A.
Apollo Didymeus
Apollo Didymeus is a local cult epithet of the Greek god Apollo, worshipped as an oracular and prophetic deity at the sanctuary of Didyma near Miletus.
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B.
Perimedes
Perimedes is a relatively obscure figure in Greek mythology, known primarily through genealogical references linking him to other mythic characters.
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C.
Heracleon
Heracleon was a prominent 2nd-century Gnostic Christian teacher and exegete associated with the Valentinian school, known especially for his allegorical commentary on the Gospel of John.
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D.
Coeus
Coeus is a Titan from Greek mythology, associated with intelligence and the axis of the heavens, who fought against the Olympian gods.
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E.
Ananke
Ananke is the ancient Greek personification of inevitability, compulsion, and necessity, often regarded as a primordial force that even the gods must obey.
- 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: Deioneus Target entity description: Deioneus is a figure in Greek mythology, known primarily as a Thessalian king and the husband of Diomede, and is sometimes identified as the father of the hero Cephalus.
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A.
Apollo Didymeus
Apollo Didymeus is a local cult epithet of the Greek god Apollo, worshipped as an oracular and prophetic deity at the sanctuary of Didyma near Miletus.
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B.
Perimedes
Perimedes is a relatively obscure figure in Greek mythology, known primarily through genealogical references linking him to other mythic characters.
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C.
Heracleon
Heracleon was a prominent 2nd-century Gnostic Christian teacher and exegete associated with the Valentinian school, known especially for his allegorical commentary on the Gospel of John.
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D.
Coeus
Coeus is a Titan from Greek mythology, associated with intelligence and the axis of the heavens, who fought against the Olympian gods.
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E.
Ananke
Ananke is the ancient Greek personification of inevitability, compulsion, and necessity, often regarded as a primordial force that even the gods must obey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
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mythological king ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Greek mythological genealogies ⓘ |
| associatedRegion | Thessaly ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Cephalus ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Thessalian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a Thessalian king
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being husband of Diomede ⓘ possible paternity of the hero Cephalus ⓘ |
| sometimesIdentifiedAs | father of Cephalus ⓘ |
| spouse | Diomede ⓘ |
| title | King of Thessaly ⓘ |
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: Deioneus Description of subject: Deioneus is a figure in Greek mythology, known primarily as a Thessalian king and the husband of Diomede, and is sometimes identified as the father of the hero Cephalus.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.