Hypermnestra
E141324
Hypermnestra is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as one of the Danaids who spared her husband’s life and was consequently honored for her mercy and piety.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hypermnestra canonical | 23 |
| Hypermestra | 2 |
| Hypermnēstra | 1 |
| The Hypermnestra | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1044611 — 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: Hypermnestra Context triple: [Leda, siblingOf, Hypermnestra]
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A.
Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
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B.
Taygete
Taygete is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Pleiad nymphs and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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C.
Pasiphaë
Pasiphaë is a figure in Greek mythology, the Cretan queen and wife of King Minos best known for being the mother of the Minotaur.
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D.
Alcmene
Alcmene is a mortal woman in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of the hero Heracles.
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E.
Hesione
Hesione is a figure in Greek mythology, often identified as a mortal woman or princess associated with the Titan Prometheus in later mythic traditions.
- 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: Hypermnestra Target entity description: Hypermnestra is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as one of the Danaids who spared her husband’s life and was consequently honored for her mercy and piety.
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A.
Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
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B.
Taygete
Taygete is a figure from Greek mythology, one of the Pleiad nymphs and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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C.
Pasiphaë
Pasiphaë is a figure in Greek mythology, the Cretan queen and wife of King Minos best known for being the mother of the Minotaur.
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D.
Alcmene
Alcmene is a mortal woman in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of the hero Heracles.
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E.
Hesione
Hesione is a figure in Greek mythology, often identified as a mortal woman or princess associated with the Titan Prometheus in later mythic traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Danaid
ⓘ
figure in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| action | refused to kill her husband on their wedding night ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Argos
ⓘ
Danaus ⓘ Lynceus ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in Greek mythology
ⓘ
Princesses in Greek mythology ⓘ Women in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Danaus ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | her 49 sisters who killed their husbands ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
exemplar of marital fidelity
ⓘ
exemplar of respect for divine justice ⓘ |
| descendant |
Heracles
ⓘ
Perseus ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Argive ⓘ |
| fatherTitle |
king of Argos (Danaus)
ⓘ
linked to:
Adrastus
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| grandchild |
Acrisius
ⓘ
Proetus ⓘ |
| greekName | Ὑπερμνήστρα ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| laterLife | lived with Lynceus as queen in Argos ⓘ |
| memberOf | Danaids ⓘ |
| moralQuality |
merciful
ⓘ
obedient to divine law over paternal command ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle | story of the Danaids ⓘ |
| mythologicalTradition | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| notableFor |
mercy
ⓘ
piety ⓘ sparing her husband Lynceus ⓘ |
| numberOfSisters | 49 ⓘ |
| offspring | Abas ⓘ |
| parent |
Danaus
ⓘ
Europa (daughter of Nilus) ⓘ |
| reasonForConflict | disobeying Danaus’s order to kill Lynceus ⓘ |
| religiousQuality | pious ⓘ |
| reward |
acquittal in a trial before the Argive people
ⓘ
honor for her mercy ⓘ |
| romanizedName |
Hypermnēstra
ⓘ
linked to:
Hypermnestra
|
| sibling | Lynceus (by marriage-related tradition of the Danaids) ⓘ |
| sourceText |
Aeschylus, Danaid trilogy (fragmentary)
ⓘ
Apollodorus, Bibliotheca ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Pindar, Pythian Odes ⓘ
linked to:
Pindar's odes
|
| spouse | Lynceus ⓘ |
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: Hypermnestra Description of subject: Hypermnestra is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as one of the Danaids who spared her husband’s life and was consequently honored for her mercy and piety.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hypermnestra
linked to: Hypermnestra
subject linked to:
Lynceus (by marriage-related tradition of the Danaids)
linked to: Hypermnestra
linked to: Hypermnestra