Damastes
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Damastes is a figure from Greek mythology better known by the epithet Procrustes, a bandit infamous for violently stretching or cutting his victims to make them fit an iron bed.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Damastes canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7324745 — 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: Damastes Context triple: [Procrustes, epithet, Damastes]
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A.
Dromara
Dromara is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland, known for its rural setting near the Slieve Croob hills.
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B.
Poulus
Poulus is a personal name variant derived from the given name Poul.
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C.
Aegialos
Aegialos was the ancient name of the Greek city-state later known as Sicyon, located in the northern Peloponnese.
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D.
Maurus
Maurus is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with early Christian saints and used as a variant of names like Maurice.
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E.
Triopas
Triopas is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as a king and ancestor within certain heroic lineages.
- 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: Damastes Target entity description: Damastes is a figure from Greek mythology better known by the epithet Procrustes, a bandit infamous for violently stretching or cutting his victims to make them fit an iron bed.
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A.
Dromara
Dromara is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland, known for its rural setting near the Slieve Croob hills.
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B.
Poulus
Poulus is a personal name variant derived from the given name Poul.
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C.
Aegialos
Aegialos was the ancient name of the Greek city-state later known as Sicyon, located in the northern Peloponnese.
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D.
Maurus
Maurus is a masculine given name of Latin origin, historically associated with early Christian saints and used as a variant of names like Maurice.
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E.
Triopas
Triopas is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as a king and ancestor within certain heroic lineages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
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mythological bandit ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Procrustes ⓘ |
| appearsIn | myths of the labors of Theseus ⓘ |
| associatedConcept | Procrustean bed ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion and mythology ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Theseus ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasEpithet | Procrustes ⓘ |
| inspiredTerm | Procrustean ⓘ |
| killedBy | Theseus ⓘ |
| killedByMethod | forced to fit his own bed ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| methodOfTorture |
amputating victims’ limbs
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stretching victims ⓘ |
| moralLesson |
punishment of cruelty
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retribution by one’s own devices ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle |
Theseus cycle
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linked to:
Theseus myth cycle
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| notableFor |
cutting off victims’ limbs to fit an iron bed
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stretching victims to fit an iron bed ⓘ torturing travelers on a bed ⓘ |
| occupation | bandit ⓘ |
| operatesOn | road between Athens and Eleusis ⓘ |
| residence | Attica ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
cruel and arbitrary conformity
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violence used to enforce uniformity ⓘ |
| uses | iron bed ⓘ |
| victimType | travelers ⓘ |
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: Damastes Description of subject: Damastes is a figure from Greek mythology better known by the epithet Procrustes, a bandit infamous for violently stretching or cutting his victims to make them fit an iron bed.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Theseus and Procrustes