Danaë
E151741
Danaë is a princess in Greek mythology, mother of the hero Perseus, famously imprisoned by her father and visited by Zeus in the form of golden rain.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Danaë canonical | 40 |
| Danae | 2 |
| Danaë is confined by her father Acrisius | 1 |
| chamber or tower of Danaë | 1 |
| myth of Danaë | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1146479 — 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: Danaë Context triple: [Perseus, parent, Danaë]
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A.
Hypermnestra
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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B.
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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C.
Asteria
Asteria is a figure in Greek mythology, a Titaness associated with falling stars and nocturnal divination.
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D.
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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E.
Ariadne
Ariadne is a figure from Greek mythology, best known as the Cretan princess who helped Theseus defeat the Minotaur and later became associated with the god Dionysus.
- 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: Danaë Target entity description: Danaë is a princess in Greek mythology, mother of the hero Perseus, famously imprisoned by her father and visited by Zeus in the form of golden rain.
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A.
Hypermnestra
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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B.
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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C.
Asteria
Asteria is a figure in Greek mythology, a Titaness associated with falling stars and nocturnal divination.
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D.
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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E.
Ariadne
Ariadne is a figure from Greek mythology, best known as the Cretan princess who helped Theseus defeat the Minotaur and later became associated with the god Dionysus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological princess ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Fabulae (Hyginus) ⓘ
linked to:
Fabulae
Histories (Herodotus) ⓘ
linked to:
works of Herodotus
|
| associatedWithCity | Argos ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Argolis ⓘ |
| castIntoSeaIn | chest ⓘ |
| castIntoSeaWith | Perseus ⓘ |
| category |
Mortal lovers of Zeus
ⓘ
Princesses in Greek mythology ⓘ Women in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| childOf |
Acrisius
ⓘ
Aganipe ⓘ
linked to:
Aganippe
Eurydice of Argos ⓘ |
| conceptionOfChild | golden rain ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion and mythology ⓘ |
| depictedInArt |
Danaë (Correggio painting, c. 1531)
ⓘ
linked to:
Danaë by Correggio
Danaë (Rembrandt painting, 1636) ⓘ
linked to:
Rembrandt’s “Danaë”
Danaë (Titian painting, c. 1544) ⓘ
linked to:
Titian’s “Danaë”
|
| fatherIsKingOf | Argos ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| grandfatherOfSon | Acrisius ⓘ |
| impregnatedBy | Zeus ⓘ |
| imprisonedBy | Acrisius ⓘ |
| imprisonmentLocation | bronze chamber ⓘ |
| imprisonmentReason | prophecy that her son would kill Acrisius ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| motherOf | Perseus ⓘ |
| mythCycle | Perseus cycle ⓘ |
| nameInGreek | Δανάη ⓘ |
| prophecyInvolves | death of Acrisius by Danaë’s son ⓘ |
| protectedBy | Dictys ⓘ |
| pursuedBy | Polydectes ⓘ |
| rescuedAt | Seriphos ⓘ |
| rescuedBy | Dictys ⓘ |
| resistedMarriageTo | Polydectes ⓘ |
| sonAvengedHerAgainst | Polydectes ⓘ |
| symbol |
miraculous conception
ⓘ
vulnerability of mortals to divine will ⓘ |
| visitedBy | Zeus ⓘ |
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: Danaë Description of subject: Danaë is a princess in Greek mythology, mother of the hero Perseus, famously imprisoned by her father and visited by Zeus in the form of golden rain.
Referenced by (45)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Danaë
linked to: Danaë
linked to: Danaë
linked to: Danaë
subject linked to:
Mestor (daughter of Perseus)
linked to: Danaë
subject linked to:
poesie for Philip II of Spain