Laodamas
E115087
Laodamas is a prince in Greek mythology, best known as the favored son of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians in Homer's Odyssey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Laodamas canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T924790 — 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: Laodamas Context triple: [Alcinous, child, Laodamas]
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A.
Aristodemus
Aristodemus is a minor figure in ancient Greek philosophy, known primarily as a participant and narrator in Plato’s dialogue Symposium.
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B.
Theokoleon
The Theokoleon is an ancient building complex at Olympia that served as the residence and headquarters of the priests of Zeus.
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C.
Euthydemus
Euthydemus is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that satirically examines sophistry and the nature of wisdom through conversations between Socrates and two eristic brothers.
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D.
Linos
Linos is an alternative form of the name Linus, often associated with figures from ancient Greek mythology and early Christian tradition.
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E.
Amphictyon
Amphictyon is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as an early king of Athens and associated with the legendary Amphictyonic League.
- 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: Laodamas Target entity description: Laodamas is a prince in Greek mythology, best known as the favored son of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians in Homer's Odyssey.
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A.
Aristodemus
Aristodemus is a minor figure in ancient Greek philosophy, known primarily as a participant and narrator in Plato’s dialogue Symposium.
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B.
Theokoleon
The Theokoleon is an ancient building complex at Olympia that served as the residence and headquarters of the priests of Zeus.
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C.
Euthydemus
Euthydemus is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that satirically examines sophistry and the nature of wisdom through conversations between Socrates and two eristic brothers.
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D.
Linos
Linos is an alternative form of the name Linus, often associated with figures from ancient Greek mythology and early Christian tradition.
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E.
Amphictyon
Amphictyon is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as an early king of Athens and associated with the legendary Amphictyonic League.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mythological figure
ⓘ
prince in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| activity |
challenging Odysseus to athletic contests
ⓘ
participating in Phaeacian games ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Homer's Odyssey
ⓘ
surface form:
Odyssey
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| associatedWith |
Alcinous
ⓘ
Arete ⓘ Nausicaa ⓘ Odysseus ⓘ |
| createdBy | Homer ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| describedAs | favored son of Alcinous ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Phaeacian ⓘ |
| familyName |
Phaeacians
ⓘ
surface form:
Phaeacian royal family
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| father | Alcinous ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | epic poetry character ⓘ |
| home | Scheria ⓘ |
| hospitalityCustom | inviting stranger to join games ⓘ |
| knownFor |
athletic prowess
ⓘ
hospitality toward Odysseus ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literarySource |
Homer's Odyssey
ⓘ
surface form:
Homer, Odyssey Book 6
Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form:
Homer, Odyssey Book 7
Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form:
Homer, Odyssey Book 8
|
| mother | Arete ⓘ |
| position | heir of Alcinous ⓘ |
| realm | island of the Phaeacians ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative |
exemplar of Phaeacian athletic excellence
ⓘ
host figure to Odysseus ⓘ |
| sibling | Nausicaa ⓘ |
| sport |
boxing
ⓘ
discus throwing ⓘ footracing ⓘ wrestling ⓘ |
| title | Phaeacian prince ⓘ |
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: Laodamas Description of subject: Laodamas is a prince in Greek mythology, best known as the favored son of King Alcinous of the Phaeacians in Homer's Odyssey.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.