Iolcus
E234812
Iolcus was an ancient city in Thessaly, Greece, best known in mythology as the starting point of Jason and the Argonauts’ quest for the Golden Fleece.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iolcus canonical | 40 |
| Foundation of Iolcus | 1 |
| Iolcus (in some traditions) | 1 |
| Iolcus (mythological kingdom) | 1 |
| ancient Iolkos | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2094395 — 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: Iolcus Context triple: [Jason, homeCity, Iolcus]
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A.
Phthia
Phthia is an ancient region in Greek mythology, often associated with heroes like Achilles and considered a homeland of notable mythic figures.
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B.
Lerna
Lerna is an ancient region in the Argolid of Greece, famed in mythology as the site of the Lernaean Hydra and important prehistoric settlements.
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C.
Heraclea Lyncestis
Heraclea Lyncestis was an ancient Macedonian city, later a significant Roman and Byzantine center, located near modern Bitola in North Macedonia.
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D.
Eretria
Eretria was an important ancient Greek city-state on the island of Euboea, known for its maritime power, colonization activities, and role in early Greek history.
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E.
Chalcis
Chalcis is an ancient Greek city on the island of Euboea, historically significant as a major maritime and trading center.
- 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: Iolcus Target entity description: Iolcus was an ancient city in Thessaly, Greece, best known in mythology as the starting point of Jason and the Argonauts’ quest for the Golden Fleece.
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A.
Phthia
Phthia is an ancient region in Greek mythology, often associated with heroes like Achilles and considered a homeland of notable mythic figures.
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B.
Lerna
Lerna is an ancient region in the Argolid of Greece, famed in mythology as the site of the Lernaean Hydra and important prehistoric settlements.
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C.
Heraclea Lyncestis
Heraclea Lyncestis was an ancient Macedonian city, later a significant Roman and Byzantine center, located near modern Bitola in North Macedonia.
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D.
Eretria
Eretria was an important ancient Greek city-state on the island of Euboea, known for its maritime power, colonization activities, and role in early Greek history.
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E.
Chalcis
Chalcis is an ancient Greek city on the island of Euboea, historically significant as a major maritime and trading center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
mythological location ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aeson
ⓘ
Argonauts ⓘ Golden Fleece ⓘ Jason ⓘ Medea ⓘ Pelias ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| hasHero | Jason ⓘ |
| hasKing |
Aeson
ⓘ
Pelias ⓘ |
| hasMythicEvent |
Medea’s revenge against Pelias
ⓘ
linked to:
Medea
departure of the Argo ⓘ |
| hasSource |
Apollodorus’ Bibliotheca
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica ⓘ
linked to:
Argonautica
Pindar’s odes ⓘ
linked to:
Pindar's odes
|
| knownFor |
connection with the myth of the Golden Fleece
ⓘ
starting point of Jason and the Argonauts’ voyage ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Magnesia
ⓘ
Thessaly ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Pagasetic Gulf
ⓘ
modern Volos ⓘ
linked to:
Volos municipality
|
| locatedOn | eastern coast of Thessaly ⓘ |
| modernSiteNear |
Volos, Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Volos
|
| mythRole |
Jason’s homeland
ⓘ
kingdom of Pelias ⓘ
linked to:
Pelias
place where Jason assembled the Argonauts ⓘ |
| partOf |
ancient Thessaly
ⓘ
linked to:
Thessaly
ancient region of Magnesia in Thessaly ⓘ |
| region | Thessaly ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Archaic Greece
ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ |
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: Iolcus Description of subject: Iolcus was an ancient city in Thessaly, Greece, best known in mythology as the starting point of Jason and the Argonauts’ quest for the Golden Fleece.
Referenced by (44)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Minyans (in some traditions)
subject linked to:
Minyans (in some traditions)
linked to: Iolcus
linked to: Iolcus
linked to: Iolcus
linked to: Iolcus
subject linked to:
ship Argo
subject linked to:
Magnetes from Thessaly
subject linked to:
the Magnetes
subject linked to:
the Magnetes