Aeëtes
E103064
Aeëtes is a king in Greek mythology, best known as the ruler of Colchis and keeper of the Golden Fleece.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aeëtes canonical | 21 |
| King Aeëtes | 5 |
| Aeetes | 3 |
| King Aeetes of Colchis | 2 |
| King Aeëtes of Colchis | 2 |
| king Aeëtes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T868935 — 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: Aeëtes Context triple: [Helios, offspring, Aeëtes]
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A.
Amphictyon
Amphictyon is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as an early king of Athens and associated with the legendary Amphictyonic League.
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B.
Aristaeus
Aristaeus is a minor Greek god associated with agriculture, beekeeping, and pastoral pursuits, often revered as a culture hero who taught humans various rural arts.
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C.
Astakos
Astakos is a coastal town in western Greece known as a regional port and ferry hub on the Ionian Sea.
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D.
Minos
Minos is a legendary king of Crete in Greek mythology, famed for commissioning the Labyrinth and serving as a judge of the dead in the underworld.
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E.
Coeus
Coeus is a Titan from Greek mythology, associated with intelligence and the axis of the heavens, who fought against the Olympian gods.
- 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: Aeëtes Target entity description: Aeëtes is a king in Greek mythology, best known as the ruler of Colchis and keeper of the Golden Fleece.
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A.
Amphictyon
Amphictyon is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as an early king of Athens and associated with the legendary Amphictyonic League.
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B.
Aristaeus
Aristaeus is a minor Greek god associated with agriculture, beekeeping, and pastoral pursuits, often revered as a culture hero who taught humans various rural arts.
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C.
Astakos
Astakos is a coastal town in western Greece known as a regional port and ferry hub on the Ionian Sea.
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D.
Minos
Minos is a legendary king of Crete in Greek mythology, famed for commissioning the Labyrinth and serving as a judge of the dead in the underworld.
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E.
Coeus
Coeus is a Titan from Greek mythology, associated with intelligence and the axis of the heavens, who fought against the Olympian gods.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological king ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Argonautica by Apollonius of Rhodes
ⓘ
linked to:
Argonautica
Hesiodic tradition ⓘ The Library (Bibliotheca) of Apollodorus ⓘ works of Pindar ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Argonauts
ⓘ
Golden Fleece ⓘ Jason ⓘ Medea ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in the Argonaut myth
ⓘ
Children of Helios ⓘ Kings in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| child |
Absyrtus
ⓘ
Apsyrtus ⓘ Chalciope ⓘ Circe (in some traditions) ⓘ
linked to:
Circe
Medea ⓘ |
| country | Colchis ⓘ |
| culture | ancient Greek ⓘ |
| employerOf | dragon guarding the Golden Fleece ⓘ |
| father | Helios ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandparent |
Hyperion
ⓘ
Theia ⓘ |
| guardianOf | Golden Fleece ⓘ |
| hasPossession | Golden Fleece ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mother |
Perse
ⓘ
linked to:
Perses
Perseis ⓘ
linked to:
Adrasteia
|
| mythologicalEvent |
Jason’s retrieval of the Golden Fleece
ⓘ
linked to:
Golden Fleece
quest of the Argonauts ⓘ |
| notableFor |
keeper of the Golden Fleece
ⓘ
ruler of Colchis ⓘ |
| positionHeld | king of Colchis ⓘ |
| realm | eastern coast of the Black Sea ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion (mythological context) ⓘ |
| residence |
Aia
ⓘ
Colchis ⓘ |
| setTaskFor | Jason ⓘ |
| sibling |
Circe
ⓘ
Pasiphaë ⓘ Perses ⓘ |
| spouse | Idyia ⓘ |
| task |
defeat warriors sprung from dragon’s teeth
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sow dragon’s teeth ⓘ yoke fire-breathing bulls ⓘ |
| title |
King Aeëtes of Colchis
ⓘ
linked to:
Aeëtes
|
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: Aeëtes Description of subject: Aeëtes is a king in Greek mythology, best known as the ruler of Colchis and keeper of the Golden Fleece.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Aeëtes
linked to: Aeëtes
linked to: Aeëtes
linked to: Aeëtes
subject linked to:
Queen Pasiphaë of Crete
linked to: Aeëtes
linked to: Aeëtes
subject linked to:
ram Chrysomallos
linked to: Aeëtes