Scheria
E102244
Scheria is the mythical island kingdom of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey, renowned as the last hospitable stop on Odysseus’s journey home.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scheria canonical | 11 |
| Phaeacia | 2 |
| Phaeacian | 1 |
| harbor of the Phaeacians | 1 |
| island of the Phaeacians | 1 |
| palace of Alcinous in Scheria | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T870216 — 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: Scheria Context triple: [Nausicaa, residence, Scheria]
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A.
Outremer
Outremer was the collective name for the Crusader states established by Western European Christians in the Levant during the Middle Ages.
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B.
Leros
Leros is a Greek island in the southeastern Aegean Sea, known for its natural harbors, World War II history, and traditional villages.
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C.
Terrigal
Terrigal is a popular coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its surf beaches, scenic headlands, and vibrant holiday atmosphere.
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D.
Veneti
The Veneti were an ancient people of northeastern Italy, known from Roman sources for their distinct language, culture, and interactions with neighboring Celtic and Italic groups.
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E.
Ogygia
Ogygia is the remote, mythical island in Greek mythology where the nymph Calypso detained Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey.
- 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: Scheria Target entity description: Scheria is the mythical island kingdom of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey, renowned as the last hospitable stop on Odysseus’s journey home.
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A.
Outremer
Outremer was the collective name for the Crusader states established by Western European Christians in the Levant during the Middle Ages.
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B.
Leros
Leros is a Greek island in the southeastern Aegean Sea, known for its natural harbors, World War II history, and traditional villages.
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C.
Terrigal
Terrigal is a popular coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, known for its surf beaches, scenic headlands, and vibrant holiday atmosphere.
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D.
Veneti
The Veneti were an ancient people of northeastern Italy, known from Roman sources for their distinct language, culture, and interactions with neighboring Celtic and Italic groups.
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E.
Ogygia
Ogygia is the remote, mythical island in Greek mythology where the nymph Calypso detained Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
ⓘ
location in Greek mythology ⓘ mythical island ⓘ setting in the Odyssey ⓘ |
| appearsInBook |
Odyssey Book 13
ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Odyssey
Odyssey Book 6 ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Odyssey
Odyssey Book 7 ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Odyssey
Odyssey Book 8 ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Odyssey
|
| associatedWithDeity | Poseidon ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
boundary between mortal and divine realms
ⓘ
transition from wandering to homecoming ⓘ xenia (guest-friendship) ⓘ |
| certaintyOfIdentification | disputed among scholars ⓘ |
| culturalTrait |
athletic competitions
ⓘ
love of feasting ⓘ love of music and poetry ⓘ |
| describedByAuthor | Homer ⓘ |
| geographicalStatus | far-removed island at the edge of the world ⓘ |
| hasHarbor |
harbor of the Phaeacians
ⓘ
linked to:
Scheria
|
| hasPalaceOf | Alcinous ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | Phaeacians ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advanced seafaring
ⓘ
dancing and athletic games ⓘ hospitality to strangers ⓘ luxurious palaces ⓘ storytelling and songs ⓘ swift magical ships ⓘ |
| languageOfText | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedInWork | Homer's Odyssey ⓘ |
| narrativeEvent |
Odysseus aided by Nausicaa
ⓘ
Odysseus recounts his adventures to the Phaeacians ⓘ Odysseus shipwrecked on its shore ⓘ Odysseus welcomed in Alcinous's palace ⓘ Phaeacians return Odysseus to Ithaca by ship ⓘ |
| notableResident | Nausicaa ⓘ |
| oftenIdentifiedWith | Corcyra (Corfu) in later tradition ⓘ |
| punishedBy | Poseidon ⓘ |
| punishmentDetail |
Phaeacian returning ship turned to stone
ⓘ
threat that city be ringed by a mountain ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative | last hospitable stop on Odysseus's journey home ⓘ |
| ruledBy |
King Alcinous
ⓘ
linked to:
Alcinous
Queen Arete ⓘ |
| textualStatus | mythological rather than historical place ⓘ |
| transportationMode | self-guiding ships ⓘ |
| visitedBy | Odysseus ⓘ |
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: Scheria Description of subject: Scheria is the mythical island kingdom of the Phaeacians in Homer’s Odyssey, renowned as the last hospitable stop on Odysseus’s journey home.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
queen of the Phaeacians
subject linked to:
queen of the Phaeacians
linked to: Scheria
subject linked to:
bard Demodocus