Hades
E19357
Hades is the ancient Greek god of the underworld and the dead, ruling over the realm of the afterlife.
All labels observed (14)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T156618 — 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: Hades Context triple: [Zeus, sibling, Hades]
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A.
Cronos
Cronos is a 1993 Mexican horror-fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro, noted for its inventive vampire mythology and atmospheric visual style.
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B.
Taphus
Taphus was the original name of the town that later became Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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C.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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D.
Golus
Golus is a Yiddish term referring to the Jewish exile and dispersion from their ancestral homeland, encompassing both the physical diaspora and its spiritual-historical implications.
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E.
Dionysus
Dionysus is the ancient Greek god of wine, ecstasy, theater, and ritual madness, often linked to mystery cults and ecstatic worship.
- 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: Hades Target entity description: Hades is the ancient Greek god of the underworld and the dead, ruling over the realm of the afterlife.
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A.
Cronos
Cronos is a 1993 Mexican horror-fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro, noted for its inventive vampire mythology and atmospheric visual style.
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B.
Taphus
Taphus was the original name of the town that later became Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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C.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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D.
Golus
Golus is a Yiddish term referring to the Jewish exile and dispersion from their ancestral homeland, encompassing both the physical diaspora and its spiritual-historical implications.
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E.
Dionysus
Dionysus is the ancient Greek god of wine, ecstasy, theater, and ritual madness, often linked to mystery cults and ecstatic worship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (86)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek god
ⓘ
chthonic deity ⓘ mythological character ⓘ |
| abode |
House of Hades
ⓘ
Underworld ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Hesiod's Theogony
ⓘ
surface form:
Hesiod’s Theogony
Homeric Hymns ⓘ Homer's Iliad ⓘ
surface form:
Homer’s Iliad
Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form:
Homer’s Odyssey
Orphic tradition ⓘ Hesiod's Works and Days ⓘ
surface form:
Works and Days
|
| associatedConcept |
burial
ⓘ
death ⓘ fertility of the soil ⓘ funerary rites ⓘ riches from the earth ⓘ the unseen ⓘ wealth ⓘ |
| associatedFigure |
Charon
ⓘ
Erinyes ⓘ
surface form:
Furies
Hecate ⓘ Hermes ⓘ
surface form:
Hermes Psychopompos
Thanatos ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Acheron River
ⓘ
surface form:
River Acheron
River Cocytus ⓘ River Lethe ⓘ River Phlegethon ⓘ River Styx ⓘ |
| avoidedName |
Hades
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Hades (often euphemistically replaced by Plouton)
|
| brother |
Poseidon
ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ |
| category |
Greek underworld deities
ⓘ
afterlife deities ⓘ children of Cronus and Rhea ⓘ death gods ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
inflexible
ⓘ
just ⓘ stern ⓘ |
| consort | Persephone ⓘ |
| cultPlaces |
Elis
ⓘ
Pylos ⓘ Sicily ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| depictedWith |
Cerberus
ⓘ
Persephone ⓘ throne ⓘ |
| domain |
afterlife
ⓘ
realm of the dead ⓘ underworld ⓘ |
| epithet |
Aidoneus
ⓘ
Pluto ⓘ
surface form:
Plouton
Pluto ⓘ |
| event |
participated in the Titanomachy against the Titans
ⓘ
received the underworld after the division of the cosmos among Cronus’s sons ⓘ |
| greekName | ᾍδης ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| latinName | Pluto ⓘ |
| mythRole |
judge of the dead (in some traditions)
ⓘ
king of the underworld ⓘ |
| nieceAndWife | Persephone ⓘ |
| notableMyth |
Heracles cycle
ⓘ
surface form:
Heracles’ twelfth labor (capturing Cerberus)
Orphée et Eurydice ⓘ
surface form:
Orpheus and Eurydice
Theseus ⓘ
surface form:
Theseus and Pirithous in the underworld
abduction of Persephone ⓘ |
| pantheon | Olympian gods ⓘ |
| parent |
Cronus
ⓘ
Rhea ⓘ |
| romanEquivalent | Pluto ⓘ |
| rulesOver |
Asphodel Meadows
ⓘ
Elysian Fields ⓘ
surface form:
Elysium (as part of the underworld)
Tartarus ⓘ
surface form:
Tartarus (as part of the underworld)
Underworld ⓘ shades of the dead ⓘ the dead ⓘ |
| sacredAnimal |
black ram
ⓘ
dog ⓘ |
| sacredCreature | Cerberus ⓘ |
| sibling |
Demeter
ⓘ
Hera ⓘ Hestia ⓘ |
| spouse | Persephone ⓘ |
| symbol |
bident
ⓘ
cornucopia ⓘ helm of invisibility ⓘ scepter ⓘ |
| worshipType | primarily chthonic cult ⓘ |
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: Hades Description of subject: Hades is the ancient Greek god of the underworld and the dead, ruling over the realm of the afterlife.
Referenced by (133)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cocytus
subject surface form:
Cocytus
subject surface form:
Ἔρεβος
this entity surface form:
Hades (realm)
subject surface form:
Sanctuary of Persephone at Locri Epizephyrii
subject surface form:
Orcus
subject surface form:
descent of Christ to the dead
subject surface form:
Avengers of oath-breaking