Epione
E176052
Epione is a minor Greek goddess associated with soothing pain and healing, known primarily as the wife of the medicine god Asclepius.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Epione canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1335997 — 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: Epione Context triple: [Asclepius, spouse, Epione]
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A.
Asteria
Asteria is a figure in Greek mythology, a Titaness associated with falling stars and nocturnal divination.
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B.
Philyra
Philyra is an Oceanid nymph in Greek mythology best known as the mother of the centaur Chiron.
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C.
Antheia
Antheia is a minor Greek goddess associated with flowers, blossoms, and vegetation, often linked to the Hesperides and other nature deities.
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D.
Perses
Perses is a relatively obscure figure in Greek mythology, sometimes associated with destruction or linked to the lineage of the goddess Hecate.
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E.
Erinys
Erinys is an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter emphasizing her wrathful, vengeful aspect, particularly in myths involving the abduction of her daughter Persephone.
- 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: Epione Target entity description: Epione is a minor Greek goddess associated with soothing pain and healing, known primarily as the wife of the medicine god Asclepius.
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A.
Asteria
Asteria is a figure in Greek mythology, a Titaness associated with falling stars and nocturnal divination.
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B.
Philyra
Philyra is an Oceanid nymph in Greek mythology best known as the mother of the centaur Chiron.
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C.
Antheia
Antheia is a minor Greek goddess associated with flowers, blossoms, and vegetation, often linked to the Hesperides and other nature deities.
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D.
Perses
Perses is a relatively obscure figure in Greek mythology, sometimes associated with destruction or linked to the lineage of the goddess Hecate.
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E.
Erinys
Erinys is an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter emphasizing her wrathful, vengeful aspect, particularly in myths involving the abduction of her daughter Persephone.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek goddess
ⓘ
minor deity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Asclepius
ⓘ
relief of pain ⓘ |
| category |
Greek minor deities
ⓘ
Health goddesses ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| domain |
healing
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soothing pain ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | soothing ⓘ |
| parentOf |
Aceso
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Aglaea ⓘ Hygieia ⓘ Iaso ⓘ Machaon ⓘ Panacea ⓘ Podalirius ⓘ |
| relative |
Aceso
ⓘ
Aglaea ⓘ Hygieia ⓘ Iaso ⓘ Machaon ⓘ Panacea ⓘ Podalirius ⓘ |
| spouse | Asclepius ⓘ |
| symbolicRole | personification of the soothing of pain ⓘ |
| worshipContext | healing cults of Asclepius ⓘ |
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: Epione Description of subject: Epione is a minor Greek goddess associated with soothing pain and healing, known primarily as the wife of the medicine god Asclepius.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.