Aeacus
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Aeacus is a just and pious king from Greek mythology who ruled the island of Aegina and later became one of the three judges of the dead in the underworld.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1449853 — 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: Aeacus Context triple: [Achilles, grandfather, Aeacus]
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A.
Aristaeus
Aristaeus is a minor Greek god associated with agriculture, beekeeping, and pastoral pursuits, often revered as a culture hero who taught humans various rural arts.
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B.
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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C.
Heleus
Heleus is a figure in Greek mythology known as a son of Perseus and Andromeda.
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D.
Aeëtes
Aeëtes is a king in Greek mythology, best known as the ruler of Colchis and keeper of the Golden Fleece.
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E.
Coeus
Coeus is a Titan from Greek mythology, associated with intelligence and the axis of the heavens, who fought against 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: Aeacus Target entity description: Aeacus is a just and pious king from Greek mythology who ruled the island of Aegina and later became one of the three judges of the dead in the underworld.
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A.
Aristaeus
Aristaeus is a minor Greek god associated with agriculture, beekeeping, and pastoral pursuits, often revered as a culture hero who taught humans various rural arts.
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B.
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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C.
Heleus
Heleus is a figure in Greek mythology known as a son of Perseus and Andromeda.
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D.
Aeëtes
Aeëtes is a king in Greek mythology, best known as the ruler of Colchis and keeper of the Golden Fleece.
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E.
Coeus
Coeus is a Titan from Greek mythology, associated with intelligence and the axis of the heavens, who fought against the Olympian gods.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
judge of the dead
ⓘ
king in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| afterlifeRole | guardian of the keys of Hades ⓘ |
| ancestorOf | Aeacidae ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aegina (island)
ⓘ
linked to:
Aegina
Mycenae ⓘ
linked to:
Mycenae and Tiryns
Troy ⓘ Zeus ⓘ |
| child |
Peleus
ⓘ
Phocus ⓘ Telamon ⓘ |
| cultCenter | Aegina ⓘ |
| cultType | hero cult ⓘ |
| culture | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| deityStatus | demigod ⓘ |
| domain | judgment of souls ⓘ |
| epithet |
most just of men
ⓘ
most pious of the Greeks ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Aeacid ⓘ |
| father | Zeus ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandfather |
Achilles
ⓘ
Ajax the Great ⓘ
linked to:
Ajax the Greater
|
| house | House of Aeacus ⓘ |
| judgeAlongside |
Minos
ⓘ
Rhadamanthus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
justice
ⓘ
piety ⓘ |
| languageOfTradition | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mother | Aegina ⓘ |
| myth |
myths of the building of Aegina’s fortifications
ⓘ
myths of the building of Troy’s walls ⓘ |
| mythRole | mediator between gods and men ⓘ |
| occupation | king of Aegina ⓘ |
| realm |
island of Aegina
ⓘ
linked to:
Aegina
|
| residence | Aegina ⓘ |
| role | judge of the dead in the underworld ⓘ |
| source |
Apollodorus
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus of Athens
Homer ⓘ Pausanias ⓘ Pindar ⓘ |
| spouse |
Endeïs
ⓘ
linked to:
Endeis
Psamathe ⓘ |
| underworldRegionJudged | Hades ⓘ |
| veneratedAs |
hero
ⓘ
just judge ⓘ |
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: Aeacus Description of subject: Aeacus is a just and pious king from Greek mythology who ruled the island of Aegina and later became one of the three judges of the dead in the underworld.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.