Ixion
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Ixion is a figure from Greek mythology, a king notorious for betraying divine hospitality and being eternally punished on a fiery, spinning wheel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ixion canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9708399 — 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: Ixion Context triple: [Lapiths, hasMythologicalKing, Ixion]
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A.
Ixion
Ixion is a large trans-Neptunian object and plutino in the Kuiper Belt, notable for its size, reddish color, and eccentric orbit in 2:3 resonance with Neptune.
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B.
Steropes
Steropes is a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes known for forging Zeus’s thunderbolts.
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C.
Vrachionas
Vrachionas is the highest mountain on the Greek island of Zakynthos, known for its panoramic views over the island and the Ionian Sea.
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D.
Cycnus
Cycnus is a figure from Greek mythology, known primarily as a formidable warrior who battles Heracles in the ancient poem "Shield of Heracles."
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E.
Polymestor
Polymestor is a Thracian king in Greek mythology, best known for betraying and murdering the young Trojan prince Polydorus for gold and later being brutally punished by Hecuba in Euripides’ tragedy.
- 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: Ixion Target entity description: Ixion is a figure from Greek mythology, a king notorious for betraying divine hospitality and being eternally punished on a fiery, spinning wheel.
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A.
Ixion
Ixion is a large trans-Neptunian object and plutino in the Kuiper Belt, notable for its size, reddish color, and eccentric orbit in 2:3 resonance with Neptune.
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B.
Steropes
Steropes is a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes known for forging Zeus’s thunderbolts.
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C.
Vrachionas
Vrachionas is the highest mountain on the Greek island of Zakynthos, known for its panoramic views over the island and the Ionian Sea.
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D.
Cycnus
Cycnus is a figure from Greek mythology, known primarily as a formidable warrior who battles Heracles in the ancient poem "Shield of Heracles."
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E.
Polymestor
Polymestor is a Thracian king in Greek mythology, best known for betraying and murdering the young Trojan prince Polydorus for gold and later being brutally punished by Hecuba in Euripides’ tragedy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological king ⓘ |
| afterlifeLocation | Tartarus ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Apollodorus’ Bibliotheca
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Pindar’s Pythian Odes ⓘ
linked to:
Pindar's odes
|
| associatedWith |
hospitality taboo
ⓘ
xenia (sacred guest‑friendship) ⓘ |
| attemptedAdulteryWith | Hera ⓘ |
| createdCentaursWith | Nephele ⓘ |
| crime |
attempted seduction of Hera
ⓘ
murder of his father‑in‑law ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| deceivedBy | Zeus ⓘ |
| eternalPunishment | wheel whirling through the air ⓘ |
| father | Phlegyas ⓘ |
| fatherInLaw | Deioneus ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hospitalityViolation | killing his father‑in‑law after inviting him to a feast ⓘ |
| host | Zeus ⓘ |
| kingdomLocation | Thessaly ⓘ |
| kingOf |
the Lapiths
ⓘ
linked to:
Lapiths
|
| literarySource |
Apollodorus
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus of Athens
Diodorus Siculus ⓘ Pindar ⓘ |
| moralExemplumFor | hubris against the gods ⓘ |
| motiveForMurder | refusal to pay bride‑price to Deioneus ⓘ |
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| NepheleDescription | cloud image of Hera fashioned by Zeus ⓘ |
| notableFor |
betraying divine hospitality
ⓘ
eternal punishment on a fiery spinning wheel ⓘ |
| offspring |
Peirithous
ⓘ
linked to:
Pirithous
the Centaurs ⓘ
linked to:
Centaurs
|
| offspringWith |
Dia
ⓘ
Nephele ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | first mortal to shed kindred blood without purification ⓘ |
| punishedBy | Zeus ⓘ |
| punishment | bound to a fiery, ever‑spinning wheel ⓘ |
| relatedGroup |
Centaurs
ⓘ
Lapiths ⓘ |
| religiousTabooBroken |
kin‑slaying
ⓘ
violation of xenia ⓘ |
| sleptWith | Nephele ⓘ |
| spouse | Dia ⓘ |
| statusBeforePunishment | guest of the Olympian gods ⓘ |
| symbol | fiery wheel ⓘ |
| theme |
divine retribution
ⓘ
ingratitude toward benefactors ⓘ violation of oaths ⓘ |
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: Ixion Description of subject: Ixion is a figure from Greek mythology, a king notorious for betraying divine hospitality and being eternally punished on a fiery, spinning wheel.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.