Circe
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Circe is a powerful enchantress in Greek mythology, best known for transforming Odysseus’s men into animals and later aiding him on his journey.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Circe canonical | 28 |
| Circe (in some traditions) | 1 |
| Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses | 1 |
| Circe in Latium | 1 |
| Circe in mythology | 1 |
| Odysseus remained for about a year with Circe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T156831 — 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: Circe Context triple: [Homer's Odyssey, featuresCharacter, Circe]
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A.
Hecate
Hecate is a Greek goddess associated with magic, crossroads, the night, and liminal spaces, often depicted as a powerful and mysterious protector and guide.
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B.
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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C.
Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
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D.
Penelope
Penelope is the faithful and resourceful wife of Odysseus in Greek mythology, renowned for her loyalty and cleverness during his long absence in the Odyssey.
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E.
Hesione
Hesione is a figure in Greek mythology, often identified as a mortal woman or princess associated with the Titan Prometheus in later mythic traditions.
- 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: Circe Target entity description: Circe is a powerful enchantress in Greek mythology, best known for transforming Odysseus’s men into animals and later aiding him on his journey.
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A.
Hecate
Hecate is a Greek goddess associated with magic, crossroads, the night, and liminal spaces, often depicted as a powerful and mysterious protector and guide.
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B.
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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C.
Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
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D.
Penelope
Penelope is the faithful and resourceful wife of Odysseus in Greek mythology, renowned for her loyalty and cleverness during his long absence in the Odyssey.
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E.
Hesione
Hesione is a figure in Greek mythology, often identified as a mortal woman or princess associated with the Titan Prometheus in later mythic traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
enchantress
ⓘ
figure in Greek mythology ⓘ goddess ⓘ sorceress ⓘ |
| advised |
Odysseus about Scylla and Charybdis
ⓘ
Odysseus about the Sirens ⓘ Odysseus about the Underworld ⓘ |
| aided | Odysseus on his journey home ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Argonautica
ⓘ
Homer's Odyssey ⓘ Telegony ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
islands
ⓘ
magic ⓘ metamorphosis ⓘ witchcraft ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in the Odyssey
ⓘ
Children of Helios ⓘ Greek mythological witches ⓘ |
| childOf |
Helios
ⓘ
Perse ⓘ
linked to:
Perses
|
| counteredBy | Hermes ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| defeatedBy | Odysseus's use of the herb moly ⓘ |
| encountered | Odysseus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
aiding Odysseus
ⓘ
knowledge of herbs ⓘ knowledge of magic and potions ⓘ transforming men into animals ⓘ |
| lover |
Glaucus
ⓘ
Hermes ⓘ Odysseus ⓘ Picus ⓘ |
| parent |
Agrius
ⓘ
Cassiphone ⓘ Latinus ⓘ Telegonus ⓘ |
| residence | island of Aeaea ⓘ |
| sibling |
Aeëtes
ⓘ
Pasiphaë ⓘ Perses ⓘ |
| sourceText |
Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica
ⓘ
linked to:
Argonautica
Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ Odyssey, Book 10 ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Odyssey
Odyssey, Book 12 ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Odyssey
Ovid's Metamorphoses ⓘ
linked to:
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
|
| transformationMethod |
enchanted food and drink
ⓘ
magic potions ⓘ |
| transformed | Odysseus's men into swine ⓘ |
| worshippedAs | minor goddess ⓘ |
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: Circe Description of subject: Circe is a powerful enchantress in Greek mythology, best known for transforming Odysseus’s men into animals and later aiding him on his journey.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Circe
subject linked to:
island of Aeaea
subject linked to:
island of Aeaea
subject linked to:
island of Aeaea
subject linked to:
island of Aeaea
linked to: Circe
linked to: Circe
subject linked to:
Scylla and Charybdis