Telepylus, city of the Laestrygonians
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Telepylus is the mythical fortified harbor city in Homer’s Odyssey inhabited by the man-eating giant Laestrygonians, where Odysseus loses most of his fleet.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Telepylus, city of the Laestrygonians canonical | 1 |
| land of the Laestrygonians | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4648938 — 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: Telepylus, city of the Laestrygonians Context triple: [Laestrygonians, cityDescribedAs, Telepylus, city of the Laestrygonians]
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A.
Laestrygonians
The Laestrygonians are a tribe of giant, man-eating cannibals from Greek mythology who brutally attack Odysseus and his men in Homer's Odyssey.
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B.
Ogygia
Ogygia is the remote, mythical island in Greek mythology where the nymph Calypso detained Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey.
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C.
Lasus of Hermione
Lasus of Hermione was an ancient Greek lyric poet and music theorist, noted for his innovations in dithyrambic poetry and influence on later poets such as Pindar.
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D.
Melos
Melos is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, renowned in art history as the discovery site of the famous ancient statue Venus de Milo.
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E.
Cythera
Cythera is a Greek island historically renowned as one of the principal cult centers and legendary birthplaces associated with the goddess Aphrodite.
- 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: Telepylus, city of the Laestrygonians Target entity description: Telepylus is the mythical fortified harbor city in Homer’s Odyssey inhabited by the man-eating giant Laestrygonians, where Odysseus loses most of his fleet.
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A.
Laestrygonians
The Laestrygonians are a tribe of giant, man-eating cannibals from Greek mythology who brutally attack Odysseus and his men in Homer's Odyssey.
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B.
Ogygia
Ogygia is the remote, mythical island in Greek mythology where the nymph Calypso detained Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey.
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C.
Lasus of Hermione
Lasus of Hermione was an ancient Greek lyric poet and music theorist, noted for his innovations in dithyrambic poetry and influence on later poets such as Pindar.
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D.
Melos
Melos is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, renowned in art history as the discovery site of the famous ancient statue Venus de Milo.
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E.
Cythera
Cythera is a Greek island historically renowned as one of the principal cult centers and legendary birthplaces associated with the goddess Aphrodite.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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mythical city ⓘ place in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Odyssey ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | Homer ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Laestrygonian episode in the Odyssey
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linked to:
Homer's Odyssey
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| associatedWithTheme |
cannibalism
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perils of sea travel ⓘ xenia (hospitality) violated ⓘ |
| consequenceFor |
death of many of Odysseus’s companions
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loss of all ships except Odysseus’s own ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | other stops of Odysseus such as the Phaeacians’ city ⓘ |
| culture |
Ancient Greek literature
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek literature
|
| describedAs |
fortified city
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harbor city ⓘ |
| etymologySuggestedMeaning | “far-gated” or “with distant gates” ⓘ |
| event | destruction of most of Odysseus’s fleet ⓘ |
| genreContext | epic poetry ⓘ |
| guardedBy | Laestrygonian king’s daughter ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
double headlands forming the harbor
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narrow harbor entrance ⓘ place where ships can be moored close together ⓘ sheer rock walls ⓘ steep cliffs around the harbor ⓘ |
| hasGreekName | Τηλέπυλος ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryFunction | to illustrate sudden reversal from apparent safety to disaster ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy | Laestrygonians ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn | mythical region of the Laestrygonians ⓘ |
| medium | oral tradition later written down ⓘ |
| mentionedInBook |
Odyssey Book 10
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linked to:
The Odyssey
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| mythologicalCycle | Trojan War nostos tales ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
dangerous stop on Odysseus’s journey home
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setting of ambush against Odysseus’s men ⓘ |
| partOf | Odyssean wanderings of Odysseus ⓘ |
| relatedMythicPeople | Laestrygonians ⓘ |
| ruledBy |
Laestrygonian king Antiphates
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linked to:
Laestrygonians
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| scholarlyDebate | possible identification with real Mediterranean locations ⓘ |
| timeOfCompositionContext | Archaic Greece ⓘ |
| visitedBy |
Odysseus
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Odysseus’s companions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Telepylus, city of the Laestrygonians Description of subject: Telepylus is the mythical fortified harbor city in Homer’s Odyssey inhabited by the man-eating giant Laestrygonians, where Odysseus loses most of his fleet.
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linked to: Telepylus, city of the Laestrygonians