Persephone
E23576
Persephone is the Greek goddess of spring and queen of the underworld, known for her abduction by Hades and her role in the myth explaining the seasons.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Persephone canonical | 84 |
| Proserpina | 13 |
| Persephone (queen of the underworld) | 1 |
| Περσεφόνη | 1 |
| Περσεφόνη (Persephone) | 1 |
| Περσεφόνη (σε ορισμένες παραδόσεις) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T156639 — 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: Persephone Context triple: [Zeus, child, Persephone]
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A.
Demeter
Demeter is the ancient Greek goddess of agriculture, grain, and the fertility of the earth, central to the Eleusinian Mysteries and the myth of Persephone.
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B.
Semele
Semele is a mortal princess in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of Dionysus by Zeus and for her tragic death upon seeing his divine form.
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C.
Hera
Hera is the queen of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology, revered as the goddess of marriage, women, and family.
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D.
Hesione
Hesione is a figure in Greek mythology, often identified as a mortal woman or princess associated with the Titan Prometheus in later mythic traditions.
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E.
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.
- 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: Persephone Target entity description: Persephone is the Greek goddess of spring and queen of the underworld, known for her abduction by Hades and her role in the myth explaining the seasons.
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A.
Demeter
Demeter is the ancient Greek goddess of agriculture, grain, and the fertility of the earth, central to the Eleusinian Mysteries and the myth of Persephone.
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B.
Semele
Semele is a mortal princess in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of Dionysus by Zeus and for her tragic death upon seeing his divine form.
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C.
Hera
Hera is the queen of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology, revered as the goddess of marriage, women, and family.
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D.
Hesione
Hesione is a figure in Greek mythology, often identified as a mortal woman or princess associated with the Titan Prometheus in later mythic traditions.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek goddess
ⓘ
agricultural deity ⓘ chthonic deity ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ underworld queen ⓘ |
| abductor | Hades ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
afterlife
ⓘ
initiation and mystery rites ⓘ |
| associatedCult | Eleusinian Mysteries ⓘ |
| associatedMyth |
Homeric Hymns
ⓘ
surface form:
Homeric Hymn to Demeter
abduction of Persephone ⓘ myth of the seasons ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Demeter
ⓘ
Hades ⓘ Orpheus ⓘ
surface form:
Orpheus myth
Orphic Mysteries ⓘ
surface form:
Orphic mysteries
Zeus ⓘ |
| causeOf |
spring through her return to Demeter
ⓘ
winter through her absence from Demeter ⓘ |
| consequenceOfConsumingPomegranate | obligated to return periodically to the underworld ⓘ |
| consumed | pomegranate seeds in the underworld ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
enthroned queen of the underworld
ⓘ
young maiden ⓘ |
| domain |
spring
ⓘ
Hades ⓘ
surface form:
the underworld
vegetation ⓘ |
| father | Zeus ⓘ |
| greekName |
Persephone
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Περσεφόνη
|
| hasNameVariant |
Marguerite
ⓘ
surface form:
Cora
Kore ⓘ Persephone self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Proserpina
|
| latinName |
Persephone
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Proserpina
|
| mother | Demeter ⓘ |
| pantheon | Olympian gods ⓘ |
| parentageStatus | only daughter of Demeter ⓘ |
| residence |
Mount Olympus
ⓘ
Underworld ⓘ
surface form:
underworld
|
| role |
bringer of death and renewal
ⓘ
goddess of spring ⓘ queen of the underworld ⓘ |
| seasonalResidencePattern |
spends part of the year in the underworld
ⓘ
spends part of the year on earth with Demeter ⓘ |
| spouse | Hades ⓘ |
| symbol |
flowers
ⓘ
grain ⓘ pomegranate ⓘ torch ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
fertility of the earth
ⓘ
life, death, and rebirth ⓘ seasonal cycle ⓘ |
| worshipCenter |
Eleusis
ⓘ
Locri Epizephyrii ⓘ
surface form:
Locri
Sicily ⓘ |
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: Persephone Description of subject: Persephone is the Greek goddess of spring and queen of the underworld, known for her abduction by Hades and her role in the myth explaining the seasons.
Referenced by (101)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Pluto
this entity surface form:
Proserpina
subject surface form:
Pluto
subject surface form:
Zeus
this entity surface form:
Proserpina
this entity surface form:
Proserpina
subject surface form:
Sanctuary of Persephone at Locri Epizephyrii
subject surface form:
Sanctuary of Persephone at Locri Epizephyrii
subject surface form:
Temple of Demeter (Agrigento)
this entity surface form:
Proserpina
subject surface form:
Sanctuary of Demeter at Megara
this entity surface form:
Proserpina