Telegonus
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Telegonus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of the sorceress Circe and the hero Odysseus, who unwittingly killed his father and later married Penelope.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Telegonus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1203681 — 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: Telegonus Context triple: [Circe, parent, Telegonus]
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A.
Icarius
Icarius is a figure in Greek mythology, a Spartan nobleman best known as the father of Penelope and father-in-law of Odysseus.
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B.
Heleus
Heleus is a figure in Greek mythology known as a son of Perseus and Andromeda.
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C.
Polydectes
Polydectes is a king in Greek mythology best known for sending Perseus on the quest to slay Medusa in an attempt to get rid of him.
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D.
Steropes
Steropes is a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes known for forging Zeus’s thunderbolts.
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E.
Aristaeus
Aristaeus is a minor Greek god associated with agriculture, beekeeping, and pastoral pursuits, often revered as a culture hero who taught humans various rural arts.
- 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: Telegonus Target entity description: Telegonus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of the sorceress Circe and the hero Odysseus, who unwittingly killed his father and later married Penelope.
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A.
Icarius
Icarius is a figure in Greek mythology, a Spartan nobleman best known as the father of Penelope and father-in-law of Odysseus.
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B.
Heleus
Heleus is a figure in Greek mythology known as a son of Perseus and Andromeda.
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C.
Polydectes
Polydectes is a king in Greek mythology best known for sending Perseus on the quest to slay Medusa in an attempt to get rid of him.
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D.
Steropes
Steropes is a one-eyed giant from Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes known for forging Zeus’s thunderbolts.
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E.
Aristaeus
Aristaeus is a minor Greek god associated with agriculture, beekeeping, and pastoral pursuits, often revered as a culture hero who taught humans various rural arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure in Greek mythology
ⓘ
mortal ⓘ mythological character ⓘ |
| afterMarriageResidence |
island of Aeaea
ⓘ
surface form:
island of Circe
|
| appearsIn |
Telegony
ⓘ
later Greek mythographic traditions ⓘ |
| associatedWith | island of Aeaea ⓘ |
| belongsToCycle |
Epic Cycle
ⓘ
post-Homeric Odysseus legends ⓘ |
| causedEvent | death of Odysseus ⓘ |
| childOf |
Circe
ⓘ
Odysseus ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Palace of Odysseus in Ithaca
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surface form:
Odysseus' household in Ithaca
|
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Greek ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| halfBrotherOf | Telemachus ⓘ |
| hasFather | Odysseus ⓘ |
| hasMother | Circe ⓘ |
| hasNameEtymology | "born far away" or "far-born" ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Circe
ⓘ
Odysseus ⓘ Penelope ⓘ Telemachus ⓘ |
| killed | Odysseus ⓘ |
| killedAccidentally | Odysseus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being son of Odysseus and Circe
ⓘ
killing Odysseus with a stingray-tipped spear ⓘ later marriage to Penelope ⓘ |
| married |
Penelope (nymph)
ⓘ
surface form:
Penelope
Penelope after Odysseus' death ⓘ |
| mythologicalEra | post-Trojan War generation ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
reversal of heroic nostos
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unknowing parricide ⓘ |
| parentageType | union of mortal hero and sorceress ⓘ |
| raisedBy | Circe ⓘ |
| reasonForTravel | search for his father Odysseus ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Telemachus ⓘ |
| residedWith | Circe ⓘ |
| residence | island of Aeaea ⓘ |
| sourceType | lost epic ⓘ |
| spouse |
Penelope (nymph)
ⓘ
surface form:
Penelope
|
| stepfatherOf | Telemachus ⓘ |
| tookToIsland |
Penelope (nymph)
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surface form:
Penelope
Telemachus ⓘ |
| traveledTo | Ithaca ⓘ |
| unknowinglyKilled | his father ⓘ |
| weaponUsed | spear tipped with a stingray spine ⓘ |
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: Telegonus Description of subject: Telegonus is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of the sorceress Circe and the hero Odysseus, who unwittingly killed his father and later married Penelope.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.