ᾍδης
E124401
ᾍδης is the Ancient Greek name for Hades, the god who rules the underworld and the realm of the dead in Greek mythology.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Πλούτων | 1 |
| ᾍδης canonical | 1 |
| ᾍδης (Ancient Greek form of Hades) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T896454 — 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: ᾍδης Context triple: [Hades, greekName, ᾍδης]
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A.
Poseidon
Poseidon is the ancient Greek god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses, one of the twelve Olympian deities.
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B.
Perseus
Perseus is a legendary Greek hero famed for slaying the Gorgon Medusa and rescuing Andromeda.
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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.
Όλυμπος
Όλυμπος is the highest mountain in Greece, famed in Greek mythology as the home of 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: ᾍδης Target entity description: ᾍδης is the Ancient Greek name for Hades, the god who rules the underworld and the realm of the dead in Greek mythology.
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A.
Poseidon
Poseidon is the ancient Greek god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses, one of the twelve Olympian deities.
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B.
Perseus
Perseus is a legendary Greek hero famed for slaying the Gorgon Medusa and rescuing Andromeda.
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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.
Όλυμπος
Όλυμπος is the highest mountain in Greece, famed in Greek mythology as the home of the Olympian gods.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek deity
ⓘ
chthonic deity ⓘ mythological character ⓘ underworld god ⓘ |
| animalSymbol |
black ram
ⓘ
serpent ⓘ |
| associatedCreature |
Κέρβερος (Cerberus)
ⓘ
linked to:
Cerberus
|
| associatedPlace |
Τάρταρος (Tartarus)
ⓘ
linked to:
Tartarus
Ἀσφοδελὸς λειμών (Asphodel Meadows) ⓘ
linked to:
Asphodel Meadows
Ἠλύσιον πεδίον (Elysian Fields) ⓘ
linked to:
Elysian Fields
|
| birthType | Olympian deity born of Titans ⓘ |
| conceptualDuality | both the god and the name of the underworld itself ⓘ |
| cultAttitude | rarely invoked by name ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| domain |
realm of the dead
ⓘ
underworld ⓘ |
| epithet |
Aidoneus
ⓘ
Plouton ⓘ
linked to:
Pluto
|
| epithetMeaning | the unseen one ⓘ |
| equivalentName |
Hades
ⓘ
ᾍδης (Ancient Greek form of Hades) ⓘ
linked to:
ᾍδης
ᾍιδης ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Olympian gods (second generation)
ⓘ
linked to:
Olympian gods
|
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| notableMyth |
Heracles’ twelfth labor (bringing up Cerberus)
ⓘ
Orpheus’ descent to the underworld ⓘ
linked to:
myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
abduction of Persephone ⓘ |
| parent |
Κρόνος (Cronus)
ⓘ
linked to:
Cronus
Ῥέα (Rhea) ⓘ
linked to:
Rhea
|
| participatedIn | Titanomachy ⓘ |
| power |
control over the dead
ⓘ
guardianship of oaths and riches underground ⓘ invisibility ⓘ |
| receivedDomainAfter | division of the cosmos among Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades ⓘ |
| role |
god of the dead
ⓘ
god of wealth ⓘ ruler of the underworld ⓘ |
| sibling |
Δήμητρα (Demeter)
ⓘ
linked to:
Demeter
Ζεύς (Zeus) ⓘ
linked to:
Zeus
Ποσειδῶν (Poseidon) ⓘ
linked to:
Poseidon
Ἑστία (Hestia) ⓘ
linked to:
Hestia
Ἥρα (Hera) ⓘ
linked to:
Hera
|
| spouse |
Περσεφόνη (Persephone)
ⓘ
linked to:
Persephone
|
| symbol |
bident
ⓘ
cornucopia ⓘ helm of invisibility ⓘ |
| worshipType | chthonic cult ⓘ |
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: ᾍδης Description of subject: ᾍδης is the Ancient Greek name for Hades, the god who rules the underworld and the realm of the dead in Greek mythology.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: ᾍδης