Alcinous
E19959
Alcinous is the wise and hospitable king of the Phaeacians in Greek mythology who shelters and aids Odysseus on his journey home.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alcinous canonical | 23 |
| King Alcinous | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T156836 — 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: Alcinous Context triple: [Homer's Odyssey, featuresCharacter, Alcinous]
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A.
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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B.
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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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.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
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E.
Sicel
Sicel was an ancient Indo-European language once spoken by the Sicel people in eastern Sicily before the dominance of Latin and Greek in the region.
- 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: Alcinous Target entity description: Alcinous is the wise and hospitable king of the Phaeacians in Greek mythology who shelters and aids Odysseus on his journey home.
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A.
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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B.
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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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.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
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E.
Sicel
Sicel was an ancient Indo-European language once spoken by the Sicel people in eastern Sicily before the dominance of Latin and Greek in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Phaeacian
ⓘ
character in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological king ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Homeric tradition
ⓘ
linked to:
Homeric epics
Odyssey ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Odyssey
|
| asks | Odysseus to recount his adventures ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Arete
ⓘ
Demodocus ⓘ
linked to:
bard Demodocus
Nausicaa ⓘ Phaeacian sailors ⓘ |
| characterType | mortal ⓘ |
| child |
Clytoneus
ⓘ
Halius ⓘ Laodamas ⓘ Nausicaa ⓘ |
| country | Scheria ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Phaeacians ⓘ |
| genre | epic poetry ⓘ |
| grants | safe passage to Ithaca ⓘ |
| helps | Odysseus return home ⓘ |
| hosts |
Odysseus
ⓘ
banquet for Odysseus ⓘ bard Demodocus ⓘ |
| household | palace in Scheria ⓘ |
| kingdom |
island of the Phaeacians
ⓘ
linked to:
Scheria
|
| knownFor |
hospitality
ⓘ
justice ⓘ wisdom ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Archaic Greek literature
ⓘ
linked to:
Archaic Greece
|
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
host of Odysseus
ⓘ
ideal host ⓘ wise counselor ⓘ |
| notableWork |
hospitality to Odysseus
ⓘ
hosting athletic games for Odysseus ⓘ providing a ship to Odysseus ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | model of xenia ⓘ |
| positionHeld | king of the Phaeacians ⓘ |
| relative |
Nausithous
ⓘ
Poseidon ⓘ |
| religion | worship of the Olympian gods ⓘ |
| source | Homer ⓘ |
| spouse | Arete ⓘ |
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: Alcinous Description of subject: Alcinous is the wise and hospitable king of the Phaeacians in Greek mythology who shelters and aids Odysseus on his journey home.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
queen of the Phaeacians
subject linked to:
queen of the Phaeacians
subject linked to:
queen of the Phaeacians
subject linked to:
bard Demodocus
linked to: Alcinous