Evenus
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Evenus is a figure in Greek mythology, a king of Aetolia and son of the war god Ares, best known as the father of Marpessa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Evenus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4110032 — 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: Evenus Context triple: [Marpessa, father, Evenus]
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A.
Silvanus
Silvanus, also known as Silas, was an early Christian leader and missionary who accompanied the Apostle Paul on his journeys and is mentioned as a co-author or associate in several New Testament letters.
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B.
Hyginus
Hyginus was a Latin author and mythographer, traditionally identified as Gaius Julius Hyginus, known for compiling and preserving numerous Greek and Roman myths and celestial stories.
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C.
Iacomus
Iacomus is a Latin given name, historically used as a form of James or Jacob in medieval and ecclesiastical contexts.
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D.
Feneos
Feneos is a village and plateau region in the mountainous area of Corinthia, Greece, known for its scenic valley, historical significance in ancient Arcadia, and proximity to Mount Cyllene.
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E.
Aidoneus
Aidoneus is an alternate name and epithet for Hades, the Greek god who rules the underworld and the dead.
- 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: Evenus Target entity description: Evenus is a figure in Greek mythology, a king of Aetolia and son of the war god Ares, best known as the father of Marpessa.
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A.
Silvanus
Silvanus, also known as Silas, was an early Christian leader and missionary who accompanied the Apostle Paul on his journeys and is mentioned as a co-author or associate in several New Testament letters.
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B.
Hyginus
Hyginus was a Latin author and mythographer, traditionally identified as Gaius Julius Hyginus, known for compiling and preserving numerous Greek and Roman myths and celestial stories.
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C.
Iacomus
Iacomus is a Latin given name, historically used as a form of James or Jacob in medieval and ecclesiastical contexts.
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D.
Feneos
Feneos is a village and plateau region in the mountainous area of Corinthia, Greece, known for its scenic valley, historical significance in ancient Arcadia, and proximity to Mount Cyllene.
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E.
Aidoneus
Aidoneus is an alternate name and epithet for Hades, the Greek god who rules the underworld and the dead.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mythological king ⓘ |
| afterlifeTransformation | river deity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Apollo
ⓘ
Ares ⓘ Idas ⓘ Marpessa ⓘ |
| category |
Aetolian characters in Greek mythology
ⓘ
Children of Ares ⓘ Kings in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| challenge | suitors of Marpessa ⓘ |
| challengeCondition |
if suitor lost, he would be killed
ⓘ
win a chariot race against him ⓘ |
| challengeReward | marriage to Marpessa ⓘ |
| country | Aetolia ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| defeatedBy | Idas ⓘ |
| divineAncestry | son of a god (Ares) ⓘ |
| eponymOf |
river Evenus
ⓘ
linked to:
Evenus River
|
| fate | threw himself into the river Lycormas ⓘ |
| father |
Alcippe
ⓘ
Marpessa ⓘ Marpessa (by Alcippe) ⓘ
linked to:
Marpessa
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandparent |
Agrius
ⓘ
Thestius ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being father of Marpessa
ⓘ
chariot race with Idas ⓘ |
| mother | Demonice ⓘ |
| mythologicalEra | Age of Heroes ⓘ |
| mythologicalLocation | river Evenus in Aetolia ⓘ |
| mythologicalOrigin | Aetolia ⓘ |
| parent | Ares ⓘ |
| reactionToAbductionOfDaughter | pursued Idas ⓘ |
| reactionToDefeat | killed the remaining suitors ⓘ |
| relatedMyth |
abduction of Marpessa by Idas
ⓘ
choice of Marpessa between Idas and Apollo ⓘ |
| riverFormerName | Lycormas ⓘ |
| source |
Apollodorus, Bibliotheca
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Pausanias, Description of Greece ⓘ
linked to:
Pausanias’ Description of Greece
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| spouse | Alcippe ⓘ |
| title | King of Aetolia ⓘ |
| weaponUsedByOpponent | winged chariot from Poseidon (used by Idas) ⓘ |
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: Evenus Description of subject: Evenus is a figure in Greek mythology, a king of Aetolia and son of the war god Ares, best known as the father of Marpessa.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.