Asopus
E178244
Asopus is a river god in Greek mythology, often depicted as a divine personification of various rivers and associated with numerous mythic genealogies and local cults.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asopus canonical | 23 |
| Alpheus | 4 |
| Asopus (mythology) | 1 |
| Asopus (river god) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1556803 — 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: Asopus Context triple: [Sisyphus, betrayedDeity, Asopus]
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A.
Lycus
Lycus is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as a son of the Pleiad Celaeno and the god Poseidon.
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B.
Amphissus
Amphissus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known as a son of the god Apollo.
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C.
Coridon
Coridon is a pastoral shepherd character who appears in various classical works, including the libretto of "Acis and Galatea."
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D.
Nausithous
Nausithous is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, traditionally named as one of the sons of the nymph Calypso.
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E.
Crateús
Crateús is a municipality in the interior of the Brazilian state of Ceará, known as a regional commercial and service hub.
- 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: Asopus Target entity description: Asopus is a river god in Greek mythology, often depicted as a divine personification of various rivers and associated with numerous mythic genealogies and local cults.
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A.
Lycus
Lycus is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as a son of the Pleiad Celaeno and the god Poseidon.
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B.
Amphissus
Amphissus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known as a son of the god Apollo.
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C.
Coridon
Coridon is a pastoral shepherd character who appears in various classical works, including the libretto of "Acis and Galatea."
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D.
Nausithous
Nausithous is a lesser-known figure in Greek mythology, traditionally named as one of the sons of the nymph Calypso.
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E.
Crateús
Crateús is a municipality in the interior of the Brazilian state of Ceará, known as a regional commercial and service hub.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek deity
ⓘ
potamos ⓘ river god ⓘ |
| ability | control of river waters ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
river Asopus in Boeotia
ⓘ
river Asopus in Phlius ⓘ
linked to:
river Asopus in Boeotia
river Asopus in Sicyon ⓘ |
| children |
Aegina
ⓘ
Antiope ⓘ Argos ⓘ Asopis ⓘ Chalcis ⓘ Cleone ⓘ Corcyra ⓘ Euboea ⓘ Harpina ⓘ Ismene ⓘ Nemea ⓘ Ornea ⓘ Peirene ⓘ
linked to:
Aganippe
Pelasgus ⓘ Pisa ⓘ Plataea ⓘ Salamis ⓘ
linked to:
Salamis Island
Sinope ⓘ Tanagra ⓘ Thebe ⓘ Thespia ⓘ |
| cultType | local river cults ⓘ |
| culture | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| domain | rivers ⓘ |
| father | Oceanus ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genealogicalRole | progenitor of many eponymous heroines and cities ⓘ |
| mother | Tethys ⓘ |
| mythologicalType | river personification ⓘ |
| notableMyth |
pursuit of Poseidon for abducting his daughter Corcyra
ⓘ
pursuit of Zeus for abducting his daughter Aegina ⓘ |
| parents |
Oceanus and Tethys
ⓘ
linked to:
Tethys
|
| role | divine personification of rivers ⓘ |
| source |
Apollodorus
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus of Athens
Diodorus Siculus ⓘ Pausanias ⓘ |
| spouse |
Aegina
ⓘ
Metope ⓘ Naiad nymph (various traditions) ⓘ |
| worshippedIn |
Aegina
ⓘ
Boeotia ⓘ Phlius ⓘ Sicyon ⓘ Thebes ⓘ |
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: Asopus Description of subject: Asopus is a river god in Greek mythology, often depicted as a divine personification of various rivers and associated with numerous mythic genealogies and local cults.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Arethusa (nymph in Greek mythology)
linked to: Asopus
linked to: Asopus
linked to: Asopus
linked to: Asopus
linked to: Asopus
subject linked to:
river Asopus in Boeotia
linked to: Asopus