Nostoi (Returns)
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Nostoi (Returns) is a lost ancient Greek epic poem that recounted the homeward journeys of various Greek heroes after the Trojan War, serving as a narrative bridge between the Iliad and the Odyssey.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nostoi | 1 |
| Nostoi (Returns) canonical | 1 |
| Returns | 1 |
| Returns (Nostoi) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T870156 — 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: Nostoi (Returns) Context triple: [Odysseus, associatedWith, Nostoi (Returns)]
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A.
Settle
Settle is a small market town in North Yorkshire, England, known as a gateway to the Yorkshire Dales and the scenic Settle–Carlisle railway.
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B.
Get It Back
"Get It Back" is a song by Whitney Houston featured on her 1998 album *My Love Is Your Love*.
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C.
Nomad
Nomad is a powerful space probe from the Star Trek universe that, after a catastrophic encounter in space, merges with another machine and becomes a dangerously self-directed, planet-threatening entity.
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D.
Until You Come Back
"Until You Come Back" is a song by Whitney Houston featured on her 1998 R&B/pop album "My Love Is Your Love."
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E.
Tarifit
Tarifit is a Northern Berber language spoken primarily by the Riffian people in the Rif region of northern Morocco.
- 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: Nostoi (Returns) Target entity description: Nostoi (Returns) is a lost ancient Greek epic poem that recounted the homeward journeys of various Greek heroes after the Trojan War, serving as a narrative bridge between the Iliad and the Odyssey.
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A.
Settle
Settle is a small market town in North Yorkshire, England, known as a gateway to the Yorkshire Dales and the scenic Settle–Carlisle railway.
-
B.
Get It Back
"Get It Back" is a song by Whitney Houston featured on her 1998 album *My Love Is Your Love*.
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C.
Nomad
Nomad is a powerful space probe from the Star Trek universe that, after a catastrophic encounter in space, merges with another machine and becomes a dangerously self-directed, planet-threatening entity.
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D.
Until You Come Back
"Until You Come Back" is a song by Whitney Houston featured on her 1998 R&B/pop album "My Love Is Your Love."
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E.
Tarifit
Tarifit is a Northern Berber language spoken primarily by the Riffian people in the Rif region of northern Morocco.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Epic Cycle poem
ⓘ
lost ancient Greek epic poem ⓘ post-Homeric epic ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Trojan War
ⓘ
surface form:
Trojan War cycle
|
| associatedWith | Homeric scholarship ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Agias of Troezen ⓘ |
| attributionStatus | uncertain ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | between the sack of Troy and the adventures of Odysseus in the Odyssey ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Archaic Greece ⓘ |
| describesEvent |
departure of the Achaeans from Troy
ⓘ
murder of Agamemnon on his return to Mycenae ⓘ quarrel among the Greek leaders after the fall of Troy ⓘ return of Diomedes to Argos and his exile ⓘ return of Menelaus via Egypt ⓘ return of Neoptolemus by land ⓘ safe return of Nestor to Pylos ⓘ various storms and shipwrecks on the Greeks’ return ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Agamemnon
ⓘ
Diomedes ⓘ Menelaus ⓘ Neoptolemus ⓘ Nestor ⓘ Odysseus ⓘ |
| follows |
Homer's Iliad
ⓘ
surface form:
Iliad
|
| genre | heroic epic ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle |
Nostoi (Returns)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Returns
|
| hasLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Nostoi ⓘ |
| lengthEstimate | 5 books ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Greek epic tradition ⓘ |
| mentionedBy | Proclus ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Proclus' Chrestomathy
ⓘ
surface form:
Chrestomathy of Proclus
|
| narrativeRole | bridge between the Iliad and the Odyssey ⓘ |
| partOf | Epic Cycle ⓘ |
| precedes |
Homer's Odyssey
ⓘ
surface form:
Odyssey
|
| preservationForm | later summaries and quotations ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Aethiopis
ⓘ
Homer's Iliad ⓘ
surface form:
Iliad
Little Iliad ⓘ Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form:
Odyssey
Trojan War ⓘ
surface form:
Sack of Ilion
Telegony ⓘ |
| settingTime | immediately after the Trojan War ⓘ |
| status | lost work ⓘ |
| subject | homeward journeys of Greek heroes after the Trojan War ⓘ |
| survivesAs | fragments and testimonia ⓘ |
| theme | nostos (homecoming) ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Nostoi (Returns) Description of subject: Nostoi (Returns) is a lost ancient Greek epic poem that recounted the homeward journeys of various Greek heroes after the Trojan War, serving as a narrative bridge between the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nostoi
subject surface form:
Nostoi
this entity surface form:
Returns
this entity surface form:
Returns (Nostoi)