Glaucus
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Glaucus is a sea-god from Greek mythology, often depicted as a transformed fisherman endowed with prophetic powers.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glaucus canonical | 10 |
| Nereus | 2 |
| Glaucus (sea-god) | 1 |
| Glaucus of Anthedon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1203700 — 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: Glaucus Context triple: [Circe, lover, Glaucus]
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A.
Charybdis
Charybdis is a monstrous sea creature from Greek mythology, often depicted as a deadly whirlpool that threatens sailors alongside the monster Scylla.
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B.
Glaucus (son of Minos)
Glaucus (son of Minos) is a minor figure in Greek mythology known as the Cretan prince who was miraculously restored to life by the seer Polyidus after dying in childhood.
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C.
Amphicleia
Amphicleia was an ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, known from classical sources for its strategic and regional significance.
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D.
Scylla
Scylla is a fearsome sea monster from Greek mythology, often depicted with multiple heads and dwelling in a narrow strait opposite the whirlpool Charybdis.
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E.
Arethusa
Arethusa is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with a blissful western garden and its golden apples.
- 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: Glaucus Target entity description: Glaucus is a sea-god from Greek mythology, often depicted as a transformed fisherman endowed with prophetic powers.
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A.
Charybdis
Charybdis is a monstrous sea creature from Greek mythology, often depicted as a deadly whirlpool that threatens sailors alongside the monster Scylla.
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B.
Glaucus (son of Minos)
Glaucus (son of Minos) is a minor figure in Greek mythology known as the Cretan prince who was miraculously restored to life by the seer Polyidus after dying in childhood.
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C.
Amphicleia
Amphicleia was an ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, known from classical sources for its strategic and regional significance.
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D.
Scylla
Scylla is a fearsome sea monster from Greek mythology, often depicted with multiple heads and dwelling in a narrow strait opposite the whirlpool Charybdis.
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E.
Arethusa
Arethusa is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with a blissful western garden and its golden apples.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek sea god
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deity in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological character ⓘ |
| ability |
breathing underwater
ⓘ
immortality ⓘ prophecy ⓘ |
| associatedMyth |
consultation with the sorceress Circe
ⓘ
participation in the voyage of the Argonauts ⓘ pursuit of the nymph Scylla ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
fishermen
ⓘ
islands and shores ⓘ prophetic visions ⓘ sailors ⓘ sea creatures ⓘ |
| category |
prophetic figures in mythology
ⓘ
sea deities in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| consults | Circe ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| domain | sea ⓘ |
| epithet |
Glaucus Pontius
ⓘ
Glaucus of Anthedon ⓘ
linked to:
Glaucus
|
| era | classical antiquity ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| loves | Scylla ⓘ |
| nature |
marine
ⓘ
oracular ⓘ |
| occupationBeforeDeification | fisherman ⓘ |
| pantheon | Greek pantheon ⓘ |
| parentage |
sometimes said to be son of Copeus
ⓘ
sometimes said to be son of Nereus ⓘ |
| physicalCharacteristic |
fish-like tail
ⓘ
human upper body ⓘ seaweed in hair and beard ⓘ |
| roleInArgonautica | prophetic helper of the Argonauts ⓘ |
| sourceText |
Aelian's On the Nature of Animals
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Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica ⓘ
linked to:
Argonautica
Athenaeus' Deipnosophistae ⓘ
linked to:
Athenaeus
Ovid's Metamorphoses ⓘ
linked to:
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Pausanias' Description of Greece ⓘ
linked to:
Pausanias’ Description of Greece
|
| symbol |
fish tail
ⓘ
fishing net ⓘ seaweed ⓘ |
| transformationCause | eating magical herb ⓘ |
| transformationType | mortal fisherman to sea god ⓘ |
| worshipPlace |
Anthedon
ⓘ
Boeotia ⓘ coastal regions of Greece ⓘ |
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: Glaucus Description of subject: Glaucus is a sea-god from Greek mythology, often depicted as a transformed fisherman endowed with prophetic powers.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.