Pirithous
E170202
Pirithous is a figure in Greek mythology, king of the Lapiths, best known for his close companionship with the hero Theseus and their joint adventures.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pirithous canonical | 21 |
| Peirithous | 1 |
| Theseus and Pirithous | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1475602 — 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: Pirithous Context triple: [Theseus, friend, Pirithous]
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A.
Steropes
Steropes is a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes known for forging Zeus’s thunderbolts.
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B.
Aeacus
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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C.
Ixion
Ixion is a large trans-Neptunian object and plutino in the Kuiper Belt, notable for its size, reddish color, and eccentric orbit in 2:3 resonance with Neptune.
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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.
Telegonus
Telegonus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of the sorceress Circe and the hero Odysseus, who unwittingly killed his father and later married Penelope.
- 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: Pirithous Target entity description: Pirithous is a figure in Greek mythology, king of the Lapiths, best known for his close companionship with the hero Theseus and their joint adventures.
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A.
Steropes
Steropes is a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes known for forging Zeus’s thunderbolts.
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B.
Aeacus
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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C.
Ixion
Ixion is a large trans-Neptunian object and plutino in the Kuiper Belt, notable for its size, reddish color, and eccentric orbit in 2:3 resonance with Neptune.
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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.
Telegonus
Telegonus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of the sorceress Circe and the hero Odysseus, who unwittingly killed his father and later married Penelope.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lapith
ⓘ
figure in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological king ⓘ |
| abducted | Helen ⓘ |
| allyInBattle |
Lapiths
ⓘ
Theseus ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Larissa
ⓘ
Underworld ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Centaurs
ⓘ
Lapiths ⓘ |
| attemptedMarriage | Persephone ⓘ |
| battle | Centauromachy at his wedding feast ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in Greek mythology
ⓘ
Heroes in Greek mythology ⓘ Kings in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| causeOfBattle | attempted abduction of Lapith women by Centaurs ⓘ |
| closeCompanion | Theseus ⓘ |
| collaborator | Theseus ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Thessaly ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| enemy | Centaurs ⓘ |
| event |
Centauromachy
ⓘ
wedding to Hippodamia ⓘ |
| father | Ixion ⓘ |
| friend | Theseus ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| guestAtWedding | Centaurs ⓘ |
| imprisonedBy | Hades ⓘ |
| knownFor |
battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs
ⓘ
descent to the Underworld ⓘ friendship with Theseus ⓘ |
| literarySource |
Apollodorus
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus of Athens
Diodorus Siculus ⓘ Homer ⓘ Ovid ⓘ Pindar ⓘ |
| mother | Dia ⓘ |
| mythologicalEvent |
abduction of Helen with Theseus
ⓘ
attempted abduction of Persephone ⓘ |
| mythType | hero ⓘ |
| occupation | king of the Lapiths ⓘ |
| partnerInAbduction | Theseus ⓘ |
| punishment | imprisonment in the Underworld ⓘ |
| residence | Thessaly ⓘ |
| spouse | Hippodamia ⓘ |
| title | King of the Lapiths ⓘ |
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: Pirithous Description of subject: Pirithous is a figure in Greek mythology, king of the Lapiths, best known for his close companionship with the hero Theseus and their joint adventures.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.