Tantalus
E192275
Tantalus is a figure from Greek mythology, a king notoriously punished by the gods for his grave offenses and regarded as an ancestor of the cursed House of Atreus.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tantalus canonical | 30 |
| King Tantalus | 1 |
| Tantalus (as Phrygian king in some traditions) | 1 |
| Tantalus (figure from Greek mythology) | 1 |
| Tantalus (ghost) | 1 |
| Tantalus (son of Atreus) | 1 |
| Tantalus (son of Niobe) | 1 |
| Tantalus (son of Thyestes) | 1 |
| Tantalus the Younger | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1705859 — 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: Tantalus Context triple: [Atreid dynasty, hasMember, Tantalus]
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A.
Polydectes
Polydectes is a king in Greek mythology best known for sending Perseus on the quest to slay Medusa in an attempt to get rid of him.
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B.
Sisyphus
Sisyphus is a figure from Greek mythology, a cunning king eternally condemned by the gods to roll a boulder up a hill only for it to roll back down each time.
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C.
Icarius
Icarius is a figure in Greek mythology, a Spartan nobleman best known as the father of Penelope and father-in-law of Odysseus.
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D.
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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E.
Steropes
Steropes is a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes known for forging Zeus’s thunderbolts.
- 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: Tantalus Target entity description: Tantalus is a figure from Greek mythology, a king notoriously punished by the gods for his grave offenses and regarded as an ancestor of the cursed House of Atreus.
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A.
Polydectes
Polydectes is a king in Greek mythology best known for sending Perseus on the quest to slay Medusa in an attempt to get rid of him.
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B.
Sisyphus
Sisyphus is a figure from Greek mythology, a cunning king eternally condemned by the gods to roll a boulder up a hill only for it to roll back down each time.
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C.
Icarius
Icarius is a figure in Greek mythology, a Spartan nobleman best known as the father of Penelope and father-in-law of Odysseus.
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D.
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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E.
Steropes
Steropes is a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes known for forging Zeus’s thunderbolts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mortal ⓘ mythological king ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Agamemnon
ⓘ
Menelaus ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Lydia
ⓘ
Phrygia ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
House of Atreus
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Atreus myth cycle
|
| child |
Broteas
ⓘ
Niobe ⓘ Pelops ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| etymologyOf | word "tantalize" ⓘ |
| fatherOf |
Broteas
ⓘ
Niobe ⓘ Pelops ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandfatherOf |
Atreus
ⓘ
Thyestes ⓘ |
| kingOf |
Phrygia
ⓘ
Sipylus ⓘ
linked to:
Mount Sipylus
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| locationOfPunishment | Tartarus ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
works of Euripides
ⓘ
works of Hyginus ⓘ works of Pindar ⓘ |
| mythType | heroic myth ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being ancestor of the House of Atreus
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eternal punishment in the Underworld ⓘ offending the Olympian gods ⓘ |
| offense |
revealing divine secrets to mortals
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serving his son Pelops as food to the gods ⓘ stealing ambrosia and nectar from the gods ⓘ |
| parent |
Plouto
ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ |
| punishedBy | Zeus ⓘ |
| punishment |
eternal torment in Tartarus
ⓘ
standing beneath fruit branches that withdraw when he tries to eat ⓘ standing in a pool of water that recedes when he tries to drink ⓘ |
| relatedMyth |
curse of the House of Atreus
ⓘ
linked to:
House of Atreus myth cycle
myth of Pelops ⓘ
linked to:
House of Atreus myth cycle
|
| residence | Mount Sipylus ⓘ |
| spouse |
Clytia
ⓘ
Dione ⓘ Euryanassa ⓘ Eurythemista ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
divine retribution
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eternal, unattainable desire ⓘ |
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: Tantalus Description of subject: Tantalus is a figure from Greek mythology, a king notoriously punished by the gods for his grave offenses and regarded as an ancestor of the cursed House of Atreus.
Referenced by (38)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tantalus
subject linked to:
“Yet Do I Marvel”
linked to: Tantalus
subject linked to:
Mount Tantalus (near boundary)
linked to: Tantalus
subject linked to:
Seneca the Younger’s tragedy Thyestes
linked to: Tantalus
linked to: Tantalus
linked to: Tantalus