Dione
E21903
Dione is a figure in Greek mythology often regarded as a Titaness or early goddess associated with oracular power and sometimes identified as the mother of Aphrodite.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dione canonical | 22 |
| Dione (Hyad) | 1 |
| Dione (mythology) | 1 |
| Titaness Dione | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T156627 — 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: Dione Context triple: [Zeus, consort, Dione]
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A.
Epimetheus
Epimetheus is a figure in Greek mythology, a Titan known as the foolish brother of Prometheus and husband of Pandora, whose actions helped bring misfortune to humanity.
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B.
Iapetus
Iapetus is a Titan from Greek mythology, often associated with mortality and craftsmanship and known as the father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Atlas, and Menoetius.
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C.
Rhea
Rhea is a Titaness in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of several Olympian gods, including Zeus, whom she saved from being devoured by his father Cronus.
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D.
Athis-Mons
Athis-Mons is a suburban commune in the southern outskirts of Paris, France, known for its proximity to major transport hubs and its location along the Seine and Orge rivers.
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E.
Alcyone
Alcyone is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and often associated with the star cluster of the same name.
- 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: Dione Target entity description: Dione is a figure in Greek mythology often regarded as a Titaness or early goddess associated with oracular power and sometimes identified as the mother of Aphrodite.
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A.
Epimetheus
Epimetheus is a figure in Greek mythology, a Titan known as the foolish brother of Prometheus and husband of Pandora, whose actions helped bring misfortune to humanity.
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B.
Iapetus
Iapetus is a Titan from Greek mythology, often associated with mortality and craftsmanship and known as the father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Atlas, and Menoetius.
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C.
Rhea
Rhea is a Titaness in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of several Olympian gods, including Zeus, whom she saved from being devoured by his father Cronus.
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D.
Athis-Mons
Athis-Mons is a suburban commune in the southern outskirts of Paris, France, known for its proximity to major transport hubs and its location along the Seine and Orge rivers.
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E.
Alcyone
Alcyone is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and often associated with the star cluster of the same name.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek mythological figure
ⓘ
Titaness ⓘ goddess ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Homeric tradition
ⓘ
Iliad ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Iliad
|
| associatedFunction |
healing
ⓘ
prophecy ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aphrodite
ⓘ
Dodona ⓘ oracular oak of Dodona ⓘ
linked to:
sanctuary of Dodona
oracular power ⓘ |
| classificationInSomeSources |
Oceanid
ⓘ
Titaness of the second generation ⓘ |
| cosmicGeneration | pre-Olympian deity ⓘ |
| cultStatus | local or specialized deity ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| epithetOrTitle |
early goddess
ⓘ
oracular goddess ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasChildInSomeTraditions | Aphrodite ⓘ |
| linkedToDeity |
Aphrodite
ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ |
| literarySource |
Apollodorus
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus of Athens
Homer ⓘ Pausanias ⓘ
linked to:
Pausanias’ Description of Greece
|
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | feminine form of Zeus’s name (Dios) ⓘ |
| nameLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| possibleParent |
Gaia
ⓘ
Oceanus ⓘ Tethys ⓘ Uranus ⓘ |
| religiousRole | partner or counterpart of Zeus at Dodona ⓘ |
| roleInIliad | comforts the wounded Aphrodite ⓘ |
| sometimesDescribedAs |
consort of Zeus
ⓘ
mother of Aphrodite ⓘ wife of Zeus ⓘ |
| sometimesIdentifiedWith |
Hera
ⓘ
Rhea ⓘ a form of the Great Mother goddess ⓘ |
| worshippedAlongside |
Zeus Naios
ⓘ
linked to:
Zeus
Zeus at Dodona ⓘ
linked to:
sanctuary of Dodona
|
| worshipPlace |
Epirus
ⓘ
sanctuary of Dodona ⓘ |
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: Dione Description of subject: Dione is a figure in Greek mythology often regarded as a Titaness or early goddess associated with oracular power and sometimes identified as the mother of Aphrodite.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
sanctuary of Dodona
subject linked to:
sanctuary of Dodona
subject linked to:
oak tree oracle
subject linked to:
oak tree oracle
linked to: Dione
linked to: Dione