Hermes
E9357
Hermes is the fleet-footed Greek god of trade, travel, and communication, who serves as messenger of the Olympian gods and guide of souls to the underworld.
All labels observed (24)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T34904 — 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: Hermes Context triple: [Atlas, grandchildren, Hermes]
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A.
Zeus
Zeus is the king of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology, ruling over the sky and thunder and presiding as the chief deity of the pantheon.
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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.
Gabriel
Gabriel is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in many cultures and languages.
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D.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
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E.
Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
- 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: Hermes Target entity description: Hermes is the fleet-footed Greek god of trade, travel, and communication, who serves as messenger of the Olympian gods and guide of souls to the underworld.
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A.
Zeus
Zeus is the king of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology, ruling over the sky and thunder and presiding as the chief deity of the pantheon.
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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.
Gabriel
Gabriel is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in many cultures and languages.
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D.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
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E.
Merope
Merope is one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, a daughter of Atlas and Pleione who became a star in the constellation Taurus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (79)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek god
ⓘ
Olympian god ⓘ mythological character ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
Homeric Hymns
ⓘ
Homer’s Iliad ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Iliad
Homer’s Odyssey ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Odyssey
Theogony by Hesiod ⓘ
linked to:
Hesiod's Theogony
|
| associatedConcept |
commerce
ⓘ
cunning ⓘ eloquence ⓘ speed ⓘ trickery ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Apollo
ⓘ
Hades ⓘ Zeus ⓘ |
| associatedRegion | Arcadia ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hermes Trismegistus
ⓘ
linked to:
Thoth
Hermetic literature ⓘ
linked to:
Hermeticism
Hermeticism ⓘ |
| birthplace | Mount Cyllene ⓘ |
| children |
Autolycus
ⓘ
Hermaphroditus ⓘ Myrtilus ⓘ Pan ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| domain |
athletic contests
ⓘ
boundaries ⓘ communication ⓘ herds and flocks ⓘ luck ⓘ messages ⓘ thieves ⓘ trade ⓘ travel ⓘ |
| egyptianSyncretism | Thoth ⓘ |
| epithet |
Argeiphontes
ⓘ
Enodios ⓘ
linked to:
Soter
Kriophoros ⓘ Logios ⓘ Psychopompos ⓘ |
| father | Zeus ⓘ |
| greekName | Ἑρμῆς ⓘ |
| lover |
Aphrodite
ⓘ
Dryope ⓘ Penelopeia ⓘ
linked to:
Penelope
|
| mother | Maia ⓘ |
| norseEquivalent | Odin ⓘ |
| notableMyth |
guiding Persephone back from Hades
ⓘ
invention of the lyre ⓘ messenger in the Iliad ⓘ theft of Apollo’s cattle ⓘ |
| pantheon |
Olympian gods
ⓘ
linked to:
Twelve Olympians
|
| parents |
Maia
ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ |
| role |
guide of souls to the underworld
ⓘ
herald of the Olympians ⓘ messenger of the gods ⓘ patron of orators ⓘ patron of tricksters ⓘ protector of merchants ⓘ protector of shepherds ⓘ protector of travelers ⓘ psychopomp ⓘ |
| romanEquivalent | Mercury ⓘ |
| sacredAnimal |
ram
ⓘ
rooster ⓘ tortoise ⓘ |
| sacredNumber | four ⓘ |
| sacredObject | herm ⓘ |
| symbol |
caduceus
ⓘ
herald’s staff ⓘ petasos ⓘ ram ⓘ rooster ⓘ tortoise ⓘ winged sandals ⓘ |
| worshipCultCenter |
Arcadia
ⓘ
Athens ⓘ Olympia ⓘ |
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: Hermes Description of subject: Hermes is the fleet-footed Greek god of trade, travel, and communication, who serves as messenger of the Olympian gods and guide of souls to the underworld.
Referenced by (226)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Atlas from Greek mythology
linked to: Hermes
linked to: Hermes
linked to: Hermes
linked to: Hermes
linked to: Hermes
linked to: Hermes