Arion

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creature in Greek mythology mythological horse

Arion is a mythical, divinely-bred immortal horse in Greek mythology, famed for his incredible speed and often associated with heroes such as Heracles and Adrastus.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Arion canonical 3
Pegasus 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf creature in Greek mythology ⓘ
mythological horse ⓘ
belongsToTradition heroic legend cycle of Thebes ⓘ
myths of Poseidon as horse-god ⓘ
hasAlternateClassification wonder-horse ⓘ
hasAttribute divinely-bred ⓘ
immortal ⓘ
incredibly fast ⓘ
swift ⓘ
hasColor dark-maned (in some accounts) ⓘ
hasCultOrLegendLocation Arcadia ⓘ
Argos ⓘ
hasEpithet divine horse ⓘ
the swift ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
hasLanguageTradition Ancient Greek literature ⓘ
hasMythologicalRole aid to heroes in battle ⓘ
divine horse of Adrastus ⓘ
hasNameEtymology possibly related to the Greek word for "martial" or "warlike" (areios) ⓘ
hasNature immortal steed ⓘ
hasNotableOwner Adrastus ⓘ
surface form: Adrastus, king of Argos

Heracles ⓘ
surface form: Heracles (in some versions)
hasOrigin Greek mythology ⓘ
hasParent Demeter ⓘ
Poseidon ⓘ
hasPower ability to speak (in some traditions) ⓘ
extraordinary speed ⓘ
hasReputation fastest of horses in his myths ⓘ
hasSpecies horse ⓘ
isAssociatedWith Adrastus ⓘ
Demeter ⓘ
Heracles ⓘ
Poseidon ⓘ
Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
surface form: the war of the Seven against Thebes
isComparedTo other divine horses such as Xanthus and Balius ⓘ
isDepictedAs a powerful, beautiful horse ⓘ
isDescribedIn Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ
surface form: Pausanias' Description of Greece
isLinkedToEvent Adrastus' escape from the battle of the Seven against Thebes ⓘ
isMentionedIn Pindar's odes ⓘ
surface form: Pindar's Odes

scholia on Homeric and tragic texts ⓘ
isOffspringOfUnion Poseidon and Demeter in horse form ⓘ
isPartOf Greek heroic mythology ⓘ
isRiddenBy Adrastus ⓘ
Heracles ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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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: Arion
Description of subject: Arion is a mythical, divinely-bred immortal horse in Greek mythology, famed for his incredible speed and often associated with heroes such as Heracles and Adrastus.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Demeter → motherOf → Arion ⓘ
Poseidon → child → Arion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pegasus
Despoina → sibling → Arion ⓘ
Ovid’s Fasti (in some passages related to early Rome) → containsMyth → Arion ⓘ
subject surface form: Ovid’s Fasti