Thestius
E128767
Thestius is a figure in Greek mythology, a king of Aetolia and notable ancestor within several heroic bloodlines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thestius canonical | 19 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1044609 — 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: Thestius Context triple: [Leda, father, Thestius]
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A.
Nausithous
Nausithous is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, traditionally named as one of the sons of the nymph Calypso.
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B.
Thersander
Thersander is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a descendant of the royal house of Thebes and one of the Epigoni who attacked the city.
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C.
Hyllus
Hyllus is a figure in Greek mythology known as the son of Heracles and Deianira, often associated with the Dorian invasion and the Heracleidae.
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D.
Atys
Atys is a French Baroque opera (tragédie en musique) by Jean-Baptiste Lully, renowned for its refined musical style and its prominent place in the court of Louis XIV.
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E.
Typhoeus
Typhoeus is a monstrous serpentine giant from Greek mythology, often depicted as a fearsome adversary of Zeus and a symbol of chaotic natural forces.
- 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: Thestius Target entity description: Thestius is a figure in Greek mythology, a king of Aetolia and notable ancestor within several heroic bloodlines.
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A.
Nausithous
Nausithous is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, traditionally named as one of the sons of the nymph Calypso.
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B.
Thersander
Thersander is a figure in Greek mythology, known as a descendant of the royal house of Thebes and one of the Epigoni who attacked the city.
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C.
Hyllus
Hyllus is a figure in Greek mythology known as the son of Heracles and Deianira, often associated with the Dorian invasion and the Heracleidae.
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D.
Atys
Atys is a French Baroque opera (tragédie en musique) by Jean-Baptiste Lully, renowned for its refined musical style and its prominent place in the court of Louis XIV.
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E.
Typhoeus
Typhoeus is a monstrous serpentine giant from Greek mythology, often depicted as a fearsome adversary of Zeus and a symbol of chaotic natural forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek mythological figure
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mythological king ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Pleuron ⓘ |
| associatedRegion | Aetolia ⓘ |
| category |
Aetolian characters in Greek mythology
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Kings in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| child |
Althaea
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Cometes ⓘ Eurydice ⓘ
linked to:
Eurydice of Pylos
Eurypylus ⓘ Evippus ⓘ Hypermnestra ⓘ Iphemache ⓘ Iphiclus ⓘ Laophonte ⓘ Leda ⓘ Plexippus ⓘ Prothous ⓘ Toxeus ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| father |
Agrius
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Ares ⓘ Cleoboea ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
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Hyginus' Fabulae ⓘ
linked to:
Fabulae
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| mother | Demonice ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole | ancestor of several heroic bloodlines ⓘ |
| mythType | heroic genealogy figure ⓘ |
| notableDescendant |
Castor
ⓘ
Clytemnestra ⓘ Helen of Troy ⓘ Meleager ⓘ Pollux ⓘ |
| realm | Aetolia ⓘ |
| relative |
Meleager
ⓘ
Plexippus ⓘ Toxeus ⓘ |
| spouse | Eurythemis ⓘ |
| title | King of Aetolia ⓘ |
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: Thestius Description of subject: Thestius is a figure in Greek mythology, a king of Aetolia and notable ancestor within several heroic bloodlines.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.