Hippodamia
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Hippodamia is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the bride of Pirithous whose wedding feast sparked the famous battle between the Lapiths and the Centaurs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hippodamia canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7379153 — 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: Hippodamia Context triple: [Pirithous, spouse, Hippodamia]
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A.
Hippodamia
Hippodamia is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the wife of Pelops, whose chariot race for her hand led to the curse on the House of Atreus.
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B.
Eurythemis
Eurythemis is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the wife of Thestius, a king of Aetolia.
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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.
Melanippus
Melanippus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the Athenian hero Theseus.
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E.
Aglaea
Aglaea is a Greek goddess associated with beauty and splendor, one of the three Graces (Charites) in classical mythology.
- 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: Hippodamia Target entity description: Hippodamia is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the bride of Pirithous whose wedding feast sparked the famous battle between the Lapiths and the Centaurs.
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A.
Hippodamia
Hippodamia is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the wife of Pelops, whose chariot race for her hand led to the curse on the House of Atreus.
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B.
Eurythemis
Eurythemis is a figure in Greek mythology known primarily as the wife of Thestius, a king of Aetolia.
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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.
Melanippus
Melanippus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of the Athenian hero Theseus.
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E.
Aglaea
Aglaea is a Greek goddess associated with beauty and splendor, one of the three Graces (Charites) in classical mythology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological person ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Deidameia (in some traditions)
ⓘ
linked to:
Deidamia
|
| associatedWith |
Centaurs
ⓘ
Lapiths ⓘ Pirithous’s friendship with Theseus ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Lapith
ⓘ
linked to:
Lapiths
|
| event | Centauromachy ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| hasFather |
Adrastus
ⓘ
Atrax ⓘ Butes ⓘ Oenomaus ⓘ |
| hasHusband | Pirithous ⓘ |
| hasMother | Hippodameia’s mother is variously given in different traditions ⓘ |
| hasMythType | heroine ⓘ |
| hasNameMeaning | “she who masters horses” ⓘ |
| knownFor |
marriage to Pirithous
ⓘ
wedding feast that sparked the battle between Lapiths and Centaurs ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Diodorus Siculus’s Bibliotheca historica ⓘ
linked to:
Diodorus Siculus
Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ Pausanias’s Description of Greece ⓘ
linked to:
Pausanias’ Description of Greece
|
| mythologicalLocation | Thessaly ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
battle between Lapiths and Centaurs
ⓘ
wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia ⓘ |
| roleInMyth | bride whose wedding triggers the Centauromachy ⓘ |
| spouse | Pirithous ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mythic age of heroes ⓘ |
| victimOf | attempted abduction by Centaurs ⓘ |
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: Hippodamia Description of subject: Hippodamia is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the bride of Pirithous whose wedding feast sparked the famous battle between the Lapiths and the Centaurs.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.