Hypsipyle
E234818
Hypsipyle is a figure in Greek mythology, the Lemnian princess and former queen who aided the Argonauts and is best known for her tragic and heroic role in various legends.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hypsipyle canonical | 4 |
| Hegesipyle | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2094405 — 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: Hypsipyle Context triple: [Jason, lover, Hypsipyle]
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A.
Athénaïs
Athénaïs was the familiar name of Madame de Montespan, the influential chief mistress of King Louis XIV of France and a prominent figure at the 17th-century French court.
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B.
Orthia
Orthia is an epithet of the Greek goddess Artemis associated especially with a fierce, wild aspect of her worship, notably at the sanctuary of Artemis Orthia in Sparta.
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C.
Demitra
Demitra is a Slovak surname most notably associated with the late professional ice hockey star Pavol Demitra.
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D.
Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
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E.
Hippolita
Hippolita is the pious, long-suffering wife of Prince Manfred in Horace Walpole’s Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto," embodying virtue, obedience, and self-sacrifice amid the story’s supernatural and political turmoil.
- 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: Hypsipyle Target entity description: Hypsipyle is a figure in Greek mythology, the Lemnian princess and former queen who aided the Argonauts and is best known for her tragic and heroic role in various legends.
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A.
Athénaïs
Athénaïs was the familiar name of Madame de Montespan, the influential chief mistress of King Louis XIV of France and a prominent figure at the 17th-century French court.
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B.
Orthia
Orthia is an epithet of the Greek goddess Artemis associated especially with a fierce, wild aspect of her worship, notably at the sanctuary of Artemis Orthia in Sparta.
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C.
Demitra
Demitra is a Slovak surname most notably associated with the late professional ice hockey star Pavol Demitra.
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D.
Clymene
Clymene is a figure in Greek mythology, often depicted as an Oceanid or Titaness associated with light or fame and known as the wife or consort of the Titan Iapetus.
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E.
Hippolita
Hippolita is the pious, long-suffering wife of Prince Manfred in Horace Walpole’s Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto," embodying virtue, obedience, and self-sacrifice amid the story’s supernatural and political turmoil.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mythological figure
ⓘ
princess in Greek mythology ⓘ queen in Greek mythology ⓘ |
| action |
hid Thoas in a chest and set him adrift from Lemnos
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secretly spared her father Thoas from death ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Argonautica
ⓘ
surface form:
Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica
Euripides’ lost play Hypsipyle ⓘ Statius' Thebaid ⓘ
surface form:
Statius’ Thebaid
|
| associatedRitual | Nemean Games ⓘ |
| associatedWithGroup | Lemnian women ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Lemnos
ⓘ
Nemea ⓘ |
| children |
Deipylus
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Euneus ⓘ Nebrophonus ⓘ Thoas (son of Jason) ⓘ |
| childrenWithJason |
Deipylus
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Euneus ⓘ Nebrophonus ⓘ Thoas ⓘ |
| consequence | Opheltes’ death interpreted as bad omen for the Seven against Thebes ⓘ |
| culture | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| enslavedBy | Lycurgus of Nemea ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Lemnos
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surface form:
Lemnian
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| father |
King Thoas of Lemnos
ⓘ
Thoas ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hosted |
Jason and the Argonauts
ⓘ
surface form:
Jason and the Argonauts on Lemnos
|
| languageOfPrimarySources | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryType | tragic heroine ⓘ |
| lostStatus | queen of Lemnos after discovery of saving Thoas ⓘ |
| met |
Jason
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Argonauts ⓘ
surface form:
the Argonauts
|
| mother | Myrina ⓘ |
| mythicEvent |
Opheltes was killed by a serpent while she was away
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left Opheltes on the ground to guide the Seven against Thebes to water ⓘ |
| mythicRole | cause of the institution of the Nemean Games in some traditions ⓘ |
| notableFor |
relationship with Jason and the Argonauts
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role in the Nemean episode with Opheltes (Archemorus) ⓘ saving her father Thoas during the Lemnian massacre of men ⓘ |
| occupation | nurse of Opheltes ⓘ |
| participatedIn | myth of the Lemnian women killing their husbands ⓘ |
| role | lover of Jason during the Argonauts’ stay on Lemnos ⓘ |
| soldAs | slave ⓘ |
| spouseOrLover | Jason ⓘ |
| theme |
conflict between duty and compassion
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female agency in heroic myth ⓘ |
| title | Queen of Lemnos ⓘ |
| ward |
Archemorus
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Opheltes (Archemorus) ⓘ
surface form:
Opheltes
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hypsipyle Description of subject: Hypsipyle is a figure in Greek mythology, the Lemnian princess and former queen who aided the Argonauts and is best known for her tragic and heroic role in various legends.
Referenced by (5)
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