Corinth (through her association with Sisyphus)
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Corinth (through her association with Sisyphus) is the ancient Greek city-state traditionally linked with the mythic king Sisyphus and his wife Merope, serving as a prominent setting in their legendary narratives.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Corinth (through her association with Sisyphus) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T206965 — 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: Corinth (through her association with Sisyphus) Context triple: [Merope, cultLocation, Corinth (through her association with Sisyphus)]
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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.
Eleusis
Eleusis was an ancient Greek city renowned as the center of the Eleusinian Mysteries, one of the most important secret religious cults of the classical world dedicated to Demeter and Persephone.
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C.
Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
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D.
Minos
Minos is a legendary king of Crete in Greek mythology, famed for commissioning the Labyrinth and serving as a judge of the dead in the underworld.
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E.
Heracles
Heracles is a legendary hero of Greek mythology renowned for his superhuman strength and his completion of the Twelve Labors.
- 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: Corinth (through her association with Sisyphus) Target entity description: Corinth (through her association with Sisyphus) is the ancient Greek city-state traditionally linked with the mythic king Sisyphus and his wife Merope, serving as a prominent setting in their legendary narratives.
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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.
Eleusis
Eleusis was an ancient Greek city renowned as the center of the Eleusinian Mysteries, one of the most important secret religious cults of the classical world dedicated to Demeter and Persephone.
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C.
Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
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D.
Minos
Minos is a legendary king of Crete in Greek mythology, famed for commissioning the Labyrinth and serving as a judge of the dead in the underworld.
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E.
Heracles
Heracles is a legendary hero of Greek mythology renowned for his superhuman strength and his completion of the Twelve Labors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek city-state
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mythological location ⓘ |
| appearsInSourceTradition | later mythographic accounts of Sisyphus ⓘ |
| appearsInTradition | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Merope
ⓘ
Sisyphus ⓘ |
| country |
Ancient Greece
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linked to:
Greek Antiquity
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| culturalContext | Archaic and Classical Greek mythic tradition ⓘ |
| hasMythicMotif |
clever mortal outwitting divine powers
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eternal punishment as consequence of earthly actions ⓘ |
| hasMythicTheme |
deception and trickery
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hubris against the gods ⓘ relationship between mortals and gods ⓘ |
| linkedConstellationMyth | Merope as one of the Pleiades ⓘ |
| linkedLegend |
Sisyphus as a cunning king
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punishment of Sisyphus in the underworld ⓘ |
| linkedMythicFigure |
Bellerophon (later hero associated with Corinthian region)
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Sisyphus’s son Glaucus (in some genealogies) ⓘ |
| mythicChronology | age of heroes in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| mythicGenealogicalRole | kingdom of a descendant of Aeolus ⓘ |
| mythicGenre |
didactic tale about deceit
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heroic legend ⓘ |
| mythicReputation | realm of a deceitful king ⓘ |
| mythicStatusOfRuler | Sisyphus as founder-king in some traditions ⓘ |
| mythologicalConnection |
Hades (realm where Sisyphus is punished)
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linked to:
Hades
House of Aeolus through Sisyphus ⓘ Pleiades through Merope ⓘ Thanatos (Death subdued by Sisyphus) ⓘ
linked to:
Thanatos
Zeus (as adversary of Sisyphus) ⓘ
linked to:
Zeus
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| mythologicalQueen | Merope ⓘ |
| narrativeFunctionInMyth |
earthly kingdom contrasted with the underworld
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starting point of Sisyphus’s transgressions ⓘ symbol of royal power misused by Sisyphus ⓘ |
| representedAs | royal seat of Sisyphus in legend ⓘ |
| roleInMythology | setting of the myth of Sisyphus ⓘ |
| symbolicAssociationInMyth |
consequences of cunning without wisdom
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tension between human intelligence and divine order ⓘ |
| traditionalRulerInMyth | Sisyphus ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Corinth (through her association with Sisyphus) Description of subject: Corinth (through her association with Sisyphus) is the ancient Greek city-state traditionally linked with the mythic king Sisyphus and his wife Merope, serving as a prominent setting in their legendary narratives.
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