Hesperides
E9355
Greek mythological characters
dragon
mythologicalGroup
mythologicalLocation
nymphs
personification of the evening star
The Hesperides are nymphs from Greek mythology who tend a blissful garden in the far west, often associated with golden apples and the evening star.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hesperides canonical | 41 |
| garden of the Hesperides | 10 |
| Garden of the Hesperides | 3 |
| the Hesperides | 3 |
| Apples of the Hesperides | 1 |
| Hesperides (western isles) | 1 |
| myth of the Hesperides | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T34878 — 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: Hesperides Context triple: [Atlas, children, Hesperides]
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A.
Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
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B.
Dædalus
Dædalus is a scholarly journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences that features interdisciplinary essays on culture, science, public affairs, and the arts.
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C.
Pleiades
The Pleiades are a famous open star cluster in the constellation Taurus, often known as the Seven Sisters in Greek mythology.
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D.
Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
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E.
Epimetheus
Epimetheus is a figure in Greek mythology, a Titan known as the foolish brother of Prometheus and husband of Pandora, whose actions helped bring misfortune to humanity.
- 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: Hesperides Target entity description: The Hesperides are nymphs from Greek mythology who tend a blissful garden in the far west, often associated with golden apples and the evening star.
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A.
Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
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B.
Dædalus
Dædalus is a scholarly journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences that features interdisciplinary essays on culture, science, public affairs, and the arts.
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C.
Pleiades
The Pleiades are a famous open star cluster in the constellation Taurus, often known as the Seven Sisters in Greek mythology.
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D.
Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
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E.
Epimetheus
Epimetheus is a figure in Greek mythology, a Titan known as the foolish brother of Prometheus and husband of Pandora, whose actions helped bring misfortune to humanity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek mythological characters
ⓘ
dragon ⓘ mythologicalGroup ⓘ mythologicalLocation ⓘ nymphs ⓘ personification of the evening star ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
evening
ⓘ
evening star ⓘ golden apples ⓘ the far west ⓘ |
| category |
Nymphs of evening
ⓘ
Nymphs of the west ⓘ
linked to:
Nymphs of evening
|
| connectedTo | Heracles ⓘ |
| culture |
Ancient Greek mythology
ⓘ
Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Greek "Hesperos" meaning evening or west ⓘ |
| feature | golden apple trees ⓘ |
| guardedBy |
Ladon
ⓘ
linked to:
Typhoeus
|
| labour | obtaining the golden apples of the Hesperides ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn | far west ⓘ |
| member |
Aegle
ⓘ
Antheia ⓘ Arethusa ⓘ Asterope ⓘ Chrysothemis ⓘ Erytheia ⓘ Hespere ⓘ Hesperethusa ⓘ Hesperia ⓘ Lipara ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Argonautica
ⓘ
Bibliotheca ⓘ Theogony ⓘ
linked to:
Hesiod's Theogony
|
| parent |
Atlas
ⓘ
Erebus ⓘ Hesperus ⓘ Nyx ⓘ Themis ⓘ Zeus ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Hesperus ⓘ |
| resideIn |
Garden of the Hesperides
ⓘ
linked to:
Hesperides
|
| role |
guardian of the golden apples
ⓘ
guardians of a blissful garden ⓘ guardians of the golden apples ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
evening light
ⓘ
western edge of the world ⓘ |
| worshipType | minor cultic importance ⓘ |
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: Hesperides Description of subject: The Hesperides are nymphs from Greek mythology who tend a blissful garden in the far west, often associated with golden apples and the evening star.
Referenced by (60)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Atlas from Greek mythology
linked to: Hesperides
linked to: Hesperides
linked to: Hesperides
linked to: Hesperides
linked to: Hesperides
linked to: Hesperides
linked to: Hesperides
linked to: Hesperides
linked to: Hesperides
linked to: Hesperides
linked to: Hesperides
linked to: Hesperides
subject linked to:
children of Nyx
subject linked to:
island of Erytheia in the far west
linked to: Hesperides