Erysichthon
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Erysichthon is a figure from Greek mythology best known for being cursed with insatiable hunger by Demeter after he desecrated her sacred grove.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Erysichthon canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10627699 — 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: Erysichthon Context triple: [Mestra, father, Erysichthon]
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A.
Erichthonius
Erichthonius is a legendary early king of Dardania in Greek mythology, often regarded as an ancestor of the Trojan royal line.
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B.
Trophonius
Trophonius is a chthonic figure from Greek religion and myth, renowned for his prophetic oracle and mysterious subterranean shrine.
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C.
Steropes
Steropes is a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes known for forging Zeus’s thunderbolts.
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D.
Eurytion
Eurytion is a herdsman in Greek mythology best known for guarding the cattle of the three-bodied giant Geryon, whom Heracles killed during his tenth labor.
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E.
Alcathous
Alcathous is a relatively obscure figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a sibling of the Mycenaean king Atreus.
- 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: Erysichthon Target entity description: Erysichthon is a figure from Greek mythology best known for being cursed with insatiable hunger by Demeter after he desecrated her sacred grove.
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A.
Erichthonius
Erichthonius is a legendary early king of Dardania in Greek mythology, often regarded as an ancestor of the Trojan royal line.
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B.
Trophonius
Trophonius is a chthonic figure from Greek religion and myth, renowned for his prophetic oracle and mysterious subterranean shrine.
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C.
Steropes
Steropes is a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes known for forging Zeus’s thunderbolts.
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D.
Eurytion
Eurytion is a herdsman in Greek mythology best known for guarding the cattle of the three-bodied giant Geryon, whom Heracles killed during his tenth labor.
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E.
Alcathous
Alcathous is a relatively obscure figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a sibling of the Mycenaean king Atreus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
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mortal man ⓘ |
| appearsIn | myth of Demeter and Erysichthon ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | sacred grove of Demeter in Thessaly ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
divine punishment
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hubris ⓘ impiety ⓘ insatiable desire ⓘ sacrilege ⓘ |
| behavior | disrespect for the gods ⓘ |
| causeOfPunishment | desecration of sacred grove ⓘ |
| committedAct | desecration of Demeter's sacred grove ⓘ |
| crimeAgainst | sacred grove of Demeter ⓘ |
| cultContext |
Demeter's sacred groves
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linked to:
sanctuary of Demeter
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| culture |
Ancient Greece
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linked to:
Greek Antiquity
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| cursedBy | Demeter ⓘ |
| cutDown | sacred tree of Demeter ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Greek ⓘ |
| fate |
consumed his own body from hunger in some versions
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died from insatiable hunger ⓘ |
| father | Triopas ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | mythological narrative ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
arrogant
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impious ⓘ irreverent toward the gods ⓘ |
| knownFor |
selling his daughter for food in some versions
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selling his possessions to buy food in some versions ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literarySource |
Callimachus's Hymn to Demeter
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linked to:
Hymns of Callimachus
Ovid's Metamorphoses ⓘ
linked to:
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
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| moralLesson |
punishment of greed
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respect for sacred spaces ⓘ |
| mother | unknown ⓘ |
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| notableFor | insatiable hunger ⓘ |
| offendedDeity | Demeter ⓘ |
| origin | Thessaly ⓘ |
| parent | Triopas ⓘ |
| punishment | insatiable hunger ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
nemesis
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religious taboo ⓘ |
| relatedDeity | Demeter ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
consequences of impiety toward the gods
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uncontrolled appetite ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfMyth | Archaic and Classical Greek literature ⓘ |
| transformation | driven to self-destruction by hunger ⓘ |
| victimOf | divine curse ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Erysichthon Description of subject: Erysichthon is a figure from Greek mythology best known for being cursed with insatiable hunger by Demeter after he desecrated her sacred grove.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.