Eryx
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Eryx is a figure in Greek mythology, a son of Aphrodite known as a powerful king and boxer associated with the city and region of Eryx in Sicily.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eryx canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10627597 — 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: Eryx Context triple: [Children of Aphrodite, hasMember, Eryx]
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A.
Lophodolos
Lophodolos is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, known for their bioluminescent lures used to attract prey in the dark ocean depths.
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B.
Ochimus
Ochimus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a son of the sea nymph Rhode and associated with the early rulers of the island of Rhodes.
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C.
Iberus
Iberus is the ancient Latin name for the Ebro River, one of the major rivers of the Iberian Peninsula in present-day Spain.
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D.
Aethlius
Aethlius is a figure in Greek mythology, often regarded as an early king of Elis and associated with the lineage of heroic rulers.
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E.
Evippus
Evippus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as one of the sons of King Thestius and the brother of Althaea.
- 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: Eryx Target entity description: Eryx is a figure in Greek mythology, a son of Aphrodite known as a powerful king and boxer associated with the city and region of Eryx in Sicily.
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A.
Lophodolos
Lophodolos is a genus of deep-sea anglerfish in the family Oneirodidae, known for their bioluminescent lures used to attract prey in the dark ocean depths.
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B.
Ochimus
Ochimus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a son of the sea nymph Rhode and associated with the early rulers of the island of Rhodes.
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C.
Iberus
Iberus is the ancient Latin name for the Ebro River, one of the major rivers of the Iberian Peninsula in present-day Spain.
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D.
Aethlius
Aethlius is a figure in Greek mythology, often regarded as an early king of Elis and associated with the lineage of heroic rulers.
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E.
Evippus
Evippus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as one of the sons of King Thestius and the brother of Althaea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological king ⓘ |
| associatedWithCityFoundation | Psophis ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Eryx
ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ |
| associatedWithSanctuary |
sanctuary of Aphrodite on Mount Eryx
ⓘ
linked to:
Sanctuary of Aphrodite
|
| burialPlace | Eryx in Sicily ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in a boxing match by Heracles ⓘ |
| challenge | challenged Heracles to a boxing match ⓘ |
| childOf |
Aphrodite
ⓘ
Poseidon ⓘ |
| cultPlace | Mount Eryx ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion and mythology ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Eryx in Sicily ⓘ |
| defeatedMany | passing travelers ⓘ |
| describedBy |
Apollodorus
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus of Athens
Diodorus Siculus ⓘ Strabo ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Sicilian ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| killedBy | Heracles ⓘ |
| knownFor |
boxing
ⓘ
great physical strength ⓘ wrestling strangers for their possessions ⓘ |
| legacy |
connected Greek myths with Sicilian geography
ⓘ
gave his name to the city of Eryx ⓘ |
| linkedDeity |
Aphrodite of Eryx
ⓘ
Poseidon ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle |
Heracles’ labors and exploits
ⓘ
linked to:
Twelve Labors
|
| mythType | heroic adversary of Heracles ⓘ |
| opponentOf | Heracles ⓘ |
| parentOf | Psophis ⓘ |
| positionHeld | king of Eryx ⓘ |
| reputation | arrogant and overconfident boxer ⓘ |
| ruledInRegion | western Sicily ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mythic age before the Trojan War ⓘ |
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: Eryx Description of subject: Eryx is a figure in Greek mythology, a son of Aphrodite known as a powerful king and boxer associated with the city and region of Eryx in Sicily.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.