Ephyra
E180213
Ephyra is an ancient city in Greek mythology, often identified with Corinth and known as the legendary home of King Sisyphus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ephyra canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1556797 — 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: Ephyra Context triple: [Sisyphus, associatedPlace, Ephyra]
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A.
Philyra
Philyra is an Oceanid nymph in Greek mythology best known as the mother of the centaur Chiron.
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B.
Aglaea
Aglaea is a Greek goddess associated with beauty and splendor, one of the three Graces (Charites) in classical mythology.
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C.
Espheni
The Espheni are a technologically advanced alien race that invades and occupies Earth as the primary antagonists in the science fiction television series "Falling Skies."
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D.
Benthesikyme
Benthesikyme is a minor sea goddess in Greek mythology, known primarily as a daughter of Poseidon.
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E.
Eucleia
Eucleia is a minor Greek goddess associated with good repute, glory, and the honor that comes from virtuous conduct.
- 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: Ephyra Target entity description: Ephyra is an ancient city in Greek mythology, often identified with Corinth and known as the legendary home of King Sisyphus.
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A.
Philyra
Philyra is an Oceanid nymph in Greek mythology best known as the mother of the centaur Chiron.
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B.
Aglaea
Aglaea is a Greek goddess associated with beauty and splendor, one of the three Graces (Charites) in classical mythology.
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C.
Espheni
The Espheni are a technologically advanced alien race that invades and occupies Earth as the primary antagonists in the science fiction television series "Falling Skies."
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D.
Benthesikyme
Benthesikyme is a minor sea goddess in Greek mythology, known primarily as a daughter of Poseidon.
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E.
Eucleia
Eucleia is a minor Greek goddess associated with good repute, glory, and the honor that comes from virtuous conduct.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mythological city
ⓘ
place in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| appearsInTradition | Corinthian mythological tradition ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter | Sisyphus ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme | cunning and deceit (through Sisyphus) ⓘ |
| country |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| culture | Ancient Greek culture ⓘ |
| describedAs | ancient city ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Sisyphus
ⓘ
surface form:
King Sisyphus
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| hasMythologicalFunction | setting for Sisyphus’ kingship ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | Greek language ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn | stories of hubris and punishment ⓘ |
| knownFrom | later literary and mythographic tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfMyths | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| legendaryHomeOf | Sisyphus ⓘ |
| locatedInNarrativeRegion | Peloponnese ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | myths about Sisyphus ⓘ |
| mythologicalStatus | legendary ⓘ |
| oftenIdentifiedWith | Corinth ⓘ |
| partOf | mythological geography of Greece ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Corinthian legends ⓘ |
| sometimesConsidered | early name of Corinth ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mythic age of heroes ⓘ |
| typeOfLocationInMyths | royal city ⓘ |
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: Ephyra Description of subject: Ephyra is an ancient city in Greek mythology, often identified with Corinth and known as the legendary home of King Sisyphus.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.