Eumolpos
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Eumolpos is a mythological figure from ancient Greek religion regarded as the legendary ancestor of the Eumolpidae, a prominent priestly family associated with the Eleusinian Mysteries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eumolpos canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4758878 — 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: Eumolpos Context triple: [Eumolpidae, traditionallyTracedTo, Eumolpos]
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A.
Antiphus
Antiphus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known primarily as one of the many sons of King Priam of Troy who perished in the Trojan War.
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B.
Clitophon
Clitophon is a brief Platonic dialogue, often considered one of Plato’s more enigmatic works, in which the character Clitophon sharply criticizes Socrates for offering only exhortations to pursue justice rather than practical guidance on how to achieve it.
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C.
Arsites
Arsites was a Persian satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia who played a leading role in opposing Alexander the Great during the early stages of his campaign into Asia.
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D.
Eupompus
Eupompus was an ancient Greek painter from Sicyon, traditionally regarded as the founder of the Sicyonic school of painting.
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E.
Cebes of Thebes
Cebes of Thebes was an ancient Greek philosopher, a disciple of Socrates, and a prominent interlocutor in Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo."
- 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: Eumolpos Target entity description: Eumolpos is a mythological figure from ancient Greek religion regarded as the legendary ancestor of the Eumolpidae, a prominent priestly family associated with the Eleusinian Mysteries.
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A.
Antiphus
Antiphus is a minor figure in Greek mythology, known primarily as one of the many sons of King Priam of Troy who perished in the Trojan War.
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B.
Clitophon
Clitophon is a brief Platonic dialogue, often considered one of Plato’s more enigmatic works, in which the character Clitophon sharply criticizes Socrates for offering only exhortations to pursue justice rather than practical guidance on how to achieve it.
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C.
Arsites
Arsites was a Persian satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia who played a leading role in opposing Alexander the Great during the early stages of his campaign into Asia.
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D.
Eupompus
Eupompus was an ancient Greek painter from Sicyon, traditionally regarded as the founder of the Sicyonic school of painting.
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E.
Cebes of Thebes
Cebes of Thebes was an ancient Greek philosopher, a disciple of Socrates, and a prominent interlocutor in Plato’s dialogue "Phaedo."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cult figure
ⓘ
hero in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| ancestorOf |
Eumolpidae
ⓘ
Kerykes ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Demeter
ⓘ
Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ Eleusis ⓘ Eumolpidae ⓘ Persephone ⓘ Thrace ⓘ |
| child |
Immarados
ⓘ
Keryx ⓘ |
| cult | hero cult at Eleusis ⓘ |
| culture |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| deathPlace | Attica ⓘ |
| diedIn | war between Eleusis and Athens ⓘ |
| enemyOf | Erechtheus ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Greek ⓘ |
| father | Poseidon ⓘ |
| foughtIn | war between Eleusis and Athens ⓘ |
| grandfather | Boreas ⓘ |
| grandmother |
Oreithyia
ⓘ
linked to:
Orithyia
|
| knownFor |
establishing Eleusinian priestly families
ⓘ
introduction of sacred rites at Eleusis ⓘ participation in the Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ |
| literaryMention |
Euripides
ⓘ
Isocrates ⓘ |
| mother | Chione ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle |
Eleusinian cycle
ⓘ
linked to:
Eleusinian Mysteries
|
| mythologicalTradition | Attic tradition ⓘ |
| officeFounded |
Eleusinian dadouchos
ⓘ
Eleusinian hierophant ⓘ |
| origin | Thrace ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ |
| raisedBy | Benthesikyme ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| role |
founder of priestly line
ⓘ
legendary ancestor of the Eumolpidae ⓘ mystagogue ⓘ priest ⓘ seer ⓘ |
| source |
Apollodorus
ⓘ
linked to:
Apollodorus of Athens
Hyginus ⓘ Pausanias ⓘ |
| spouse | Deiope ⓘ |
| title | first hierophant of the Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ |
| veneratedAs | hero at Eleusis ⓘ |
| worshipPlace |
Attica
ⓘ
Eleusis ⓘ |
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: Eumolpos Description of subject: Eumolpos is a mythological figure from ancient Greek religion regarded as the legendary ancestor of the Eumolpidae, a prominent priestly family associated with the Eleusinian Mysteries.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.