Telemachus
E19360
Telemachus is the son of Odysseus and Penelope in Greek mythology, known for his coming-of-age journey to seek news of his missing father.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Telemachus canonical | 54 |
| Telemachus (episode of Ulysses) | 2 |
| Telemachus (episode) | 1 |
| Telemachus (through Nestor's friendship with Odysseus) | 1 |
| Telemachus in the Odyssey | 1 |
| Telemachy | 1 |
| Τηλέμαχος | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T156826 — 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: Telemachus Context triple: [Homer's Odyssey, mainCharacter, Telemachus]
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A.
Odysseus
Odysseus is the cunning Greek hero and king of Ithaca renowned for his long, perilous journey home after the Trojan War as depicted in ancient epic poetry.
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B.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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C.
Hermes
Hermes is the fleet-footed Greek god of trade, travel, and communication, who serves as messenger of the Olympian gods and guide of souls to the underworld.
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D.
Calypso
Calypso is a nymph from Greek mythology best known for detaining the hero Odysseus on her island of Ogygia in Homer's Odyssey.
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E.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
- 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: Telemachus Target entity description: Telemachus is the son of Odysseus and Penelope in Greek mythology, known for his coming-of-age journey to seek news of his missing father.
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A.
Odysseus
Odysseus is the cunning Greek hero and king of Ithaca renowned for his long, perilous journey home after the Trojan War as depicted in ancient epic poetry.
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B.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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C.
Hermes
Hermes is the fleet-footed Greek god of trade, travel, and communication, who serves as messenger of the Olympian gods and guide of souls to the underworld.
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D.
Calypso
Calypso is a nymph from Greek mythology best known for detaining the hero Odysseus on her island of Ogygia in Homer's Odyssey.
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E.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Homeric character
ⓘ
character in Greek mythology ⓘ human ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| alliesWith |
Eumaeus
ⓘ
Odysseus ⓘ Philoetius ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Odyssey
ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Odyssey
Oresteia tradition ⓘ Telegony ⓘ Theogony scholia ⓘ
linked to:
Hesiod's Theogony
|
| associatedPlace | Palace of Odysseus in Ithaca ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Athena ⓘ |
| child | Latinus ⓘ |
| childTraditionNote | In some traditions Latinus is the son of Telemachus and Circe ⓘ |
| createdBy | Homer ⓘ |
| eraOfMyth | Heroic Age ⓘ |
| father | Odysseus ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName |
Τηλέμαχος
ⓘ
linked to:
Telemachus
|
| givenNameLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| goesOnJourneyTo |
Pylos
ⓘ
Sparta ⓘ |
| grandfather | Laertes ⓘ |
| grandmother | Anticlea ⓘ |
| guidedBy | Athena ⓘ |
| home | Ithaca ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coming-of-age journey
ⓘ
filial piety ⓘ loyalty to Odysseus ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
foil to Odysseus
ⓘ
model of youthful development ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | fighting from afar ⓘ |
| meets |
Helen of Troy
ⓘ
Menelaus ⓘ Nestor ⓘ |
| mother | Penelope ⓘ |
| mythologicalCulture | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
protagonist
ⓘ
son searching for missing father ⓘ |
| opposes | suitors of Penelope ⓘ |
| participatesIn | slaughter of the suitors ⓘ |
| protectedBy | Athena ⓘ |
| seeksInformationAbout | Odysseus ⓘ |
| spouse |
Circe
ⓘ
Nausicaa ⓘ |
| spouseTraditionNote | Different later traditions pair Telemachus with Circe or Nausicaa ⓘ |
| themeAssociated |
search for identity
ⓘ
transition from youth to adulthood ⓘ |
| title | Prince of Ithaca ⓘ |
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: Telemachus Description of subject: Telemachus is the son of Odysseus and Penelope in Greek mythology, known for his coming-of-age journey to seek news of his missing father.
Referenced by (61)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Telemachus
subject linked to:
the contest of the bow in Ithaca
subject linked to:
slaughter of the suitors
linked to: Telemachus
linked to: Telemachus
linked to: Telemachus
subject linked to:
Ulysses
subject linked to:
island of Ithaca
subject linked to:
the suitors of Penelope
subject linked to:
the suitors of Penelope
subject linked to:
the suitors of Penelope