Megaera
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Megaera is one of the three Furies of Greek mythology, a chthonic goddess associated with vengeance and the punishment of moral crimes.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3698758 — 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: Megaera Context triple: [Erinyes, member, Megaera]
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A.
Despoina
Despoina is a mysterious Arcadian goddess in Greek mythology associated with Demeter and often linked to secret fertility and underworld cults.
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B.
Erinys
Erinys is an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter emphasizing her wrathful, vengeful aspect, particularly in myths involving the abduction of her daughter Persephone.
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C.
Nyx
Nyx is the primordial Greek goddess of the night, a powerful and ancient deity from whom many other gods and personified forces descend.
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D.
Euphrosyne
Euphrosyne was a Byzantine empress consort and later nun, known as the daughter of Emperor Constantine VI and for her influential role in the imperial court during the early 9th century.
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E.
Epione
Epione is a minor Greek goddess associated with soothing pain and healing, known primarily as the wife of the medicine god Asclepius.
- 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: Megaera Target entity description: Megaera is one of the three Furies of Greek mythology, a chthonic goddess associated with vengeance and the punishment of moral crimes.
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A.
Despoina
Despoina is a mysterious Arcadian goddess in Greek mythology associated with Demeter and often linked to secret fertility and underworld cults.
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B.
Erinys
Erinys is an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter emphasizing her wrathful, vengeful aspect, particularly in myths involving the abduction of her daughter Persephone.
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C.
Nyx
Nyx is the primordial Greek goddess of the night, a powerful and ancient deity from whom many other gods and personified forces descend.
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D.
Euphrosyne
Euphrosyne was a Byzantine empress consort and later nun, known as the daughter of Emperor Constantine VI and for her influential role in the imperial court during the early 9th century.
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E.
Epione
Epione is a minor Greek goddess associated with soothing pain and healing, known primarily as the wife of the medicine god Asclepius.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Erinys
ⓘ
Fury ⓘ Greek mythological character ⓘ chthonic goddess ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Greek tragic poetry
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Roman literature as Megaera ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
madness as divine punishment
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punishment of crimes against the family ⓘ punishment of marital infidelity ⓘ punishment of moral crimes ⓘ punishment of oath‑breakers ⓘ retribution ⓘ vengeance ⓘ |
| bornFrom |
Night (Nyx)
ⓘ
linked to:
Nyx
blood of Uranus ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in Greek mythology
ⓘ
Personifications in Greek mythology ⓘ Underworld deities in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| collectiveWith |
Alecto
ⓘ
Tisiphone ⓘ
linked to:
Erinyes
|
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| domain | Underworld ⓘ |
| epithetMeaning |
“the grudging”
ⓘ
“the jealous one” ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| greekName |
Μέγαιρα
ⓘ
linked to:
Σεμναὶ Θεαί
|
| groupFunction |
enforces curses and oaths
ⓘ
pursues and torments wrongdoers ⓘ |
| hasVariantParentageTradition | yes ⓘ |
| iconography |
clothed in dark or blood‑stained garments
ⓘ
winged woman ⓘ woman with snakes for hair ⓘ |
| latinName | Megaera ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Erinyes
ⓘ
Furies ⓘ
linked to:
Erinyes
|
| parent |
Gaia
ⓘ
Nyx ⓘ Uranus ⓘ |
| residence | Underworld ⓘ |
| role |
avenger of moral crimes
ⓘ
divine agent of Nemesis ⓘ persecutor of criminals ⓘ punisher of the wicked ⓘ |
| siblings |
Alecto
ⓘ
Tisiphone ⓘ
linked to:
Erinyes
|
| symbol |
serpents
ⓘ
torch ⓘ whip ⓘ |
| typeOfDeity | chthonic ⓘ |
| worshipType |
appeased in chthonic rites
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invoked in imprecations and curses ⓘ |
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: Megaera Description of subject: Megaera is one of the three Furies of Greek mythology, a chthonic goddess associated with vengeance and the punishment of moral crimes.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.