Autolychus
E281623
Autolychus is a figure from Greek mythology, often depicted as a skilled thief and trickster associated with the lineage of notable mythic heroes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Autolychus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2612752 — 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: Autolychus Context triple: [Dardanus, child, Autolychus]
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A.
Orthros
Orthros is a daily morning worship service in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches that features psalms, hymns, and prayers preparing the faithful for the Divine Liturgy.
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B.
Psychopompos
Psychopompos is an epithet of the Greek god Hermes that highlights his role as a guide of souls to the underworld.
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C.
Cercyon
Cercyon is a figure from Greek mythology, a violent bandit and wrestler slain by the hero Theseus during his journey to Athens.
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D.
Perses
Perses is a relatively obscure figure in Greek mythology, sometimes associated with destruction or linked to the lineage of the goddess Hecate.
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E.
Steropes
Steropes is a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes known for forging Zeus’s thunderbolts.
- 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: Autolychus Target entity description: Autolychus is a figure from Greek mythology, often depicted as a skilled thief and trickster associated with the lineage of notable mythic heroes.
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A.
Orthros
Orthros is a daily morning worship service in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches that features psalms, hymns, and prayers preparing the faithful for the Divine Liturgy.
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B.
Psychopompos
Psychopompos is an epithet of the Greek god Hermes that highlights his role as a guide of souls to the underworld.
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C.
Cercyon
Cercyon is a figure from Greek mythology, a violent bandit and wrestler slain by the hero Theseus during his journey to Athens.
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D.
Perses
Perses is a relatively obscure figure in Greek mythology, sometimes associated with destruction or linked to the lineage of the goddess Hecate.
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E.
Steropes
Steropes is a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes known for forging Zeus’s thunderbolts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
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mythological thief ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
myths about Odysseus' ancestry
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myths involving cattle theft ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hermes
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Mount Parnassus ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in Greek mythology
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Children of Hermes ⓘ Thieves in mythology ⓘ Trickster figures ⓘ |
| child | Anticlea ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ancient Greece
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linked to:
Greek Antiquity
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| enemy | Sisyphus ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandchild | Odysseus ⓘ |
| grandsonOf | Hermes ⓘ |
| hasAbility |
deception
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shape-shifting of objects ⓘ stealth ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ability to change the appearance of stolen goods
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ability to steal without being caught ⓘ being a skilled thief ⓘ being a trickster ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mother | Chione ⓘ |
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | "self-wolf" or "lone wolf" ⓘ |
| notableDeed |
marking or altering brands on stolen cattle
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stealing cattle from Sisyphus ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Odysseus receiving a boar-tusk wound while with Autolychus
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hunting expedition on Mount Parnassus with Odysseus ⓘ |
| occupation |
cattle rustler
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thief ⓘ |
| parent | Hermes ⓘ |
| relative |
Laertes
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Odysseus ⓘ |
| residence | Mount Parnassus ⓘ |
| roleInMyth |
giver of Odysseus' name
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host of Odysseus during his youth ⓘ maternal grandfather of Odysseus ⓘ participant in the naming of Odysseus ⓘ |
| source |
Homer's Odyssey
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Homeric Hymns ⓘ Ovid's Metamorphoses ⓘ
linked to:
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Pausanias ⓘ |
| spouse | Neaera ⓘ |
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: Autolychus Description of subject: Autolychus is a figure from Greek mythology, often depicted as a skilled thief and trickster associated with the lineage of notable mythic heroes.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.