Zeus
E3194
Zeus is the king of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology, ruling over the sky and thunder and presiding as the chief deity of the pantheon.
All labels observed (29)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zeus canonical | 465 |
| Zeus Olympios | 9 |
| Ζεύς | 6 |
| Zeus Naios | 5 |
| Greek god Zeus | 2 |
| Zeus Keraunios | 2 |
| Olympian Zeus | 1 |
| Roman god Jupiter | 1 |
| Zeus (as Zeus-Ammon) | 1 |
| Zeus (as adversary of Sisyphus) | 1 |
| Zeus (in some traditions) | 1 |
| Zeus (on his aegis) | 1 |
| Zeus (sanctuary context) | 1 |
| Zeus Basileus | 1 |
| Zeus Hikesios | 1 |
| Zeus Horkios | 1 |
| Zeus Lycaeus | 1 |
| Zeus Lykaios | 1 |
| Zeus Polieus | 1 |
| Zeus Xenios | 1 |
| Zeus aided by Aegipan | 1 |
| Zeus as a bull | 1 |
| Zeus at Mecone | 1 |
| Zeus of Dodona | 1 |
| Zeus withheld fire from humans | 1 |
| thunderboltOfZeus | 1 |
| Διόνυσος | 1 |
| Ζευς | 1 |
| Ζεύς (Zeus) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T34867 — 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: Zeus Context triple: [Atlas, punishedBy, Zeus]
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A.
Dædalus
Dædalus is a scholarly journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences that features interdisciplinary essays on culture, science, public affairs, and the arts.
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B.
Veritas
Veritas is the Latin word for "truth" and is famously used as the motto of Harvard University.
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C.
Theodor
Theodor "Ted" Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology best known for coining the term "hypertext" and envisioning global hyperlinked document systems.
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D.
James
James is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "supplanter," widely used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Edwin
Edwin is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "rich friend" or "prosperous friend."
- 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: Zeus Target entity description: Zeus is the king of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology, ruling over the sky and thunder and presiding as the chief deity of the pantheon.
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A.
Dædalus
Dædalus is a scholarly journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences that features interdisciplinary essays on culture, science, public affairs, and the arts.
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B.
Veritas
Veritas is the Latin word for "truth" and is famously used as the motto of Harvard University.
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C.
Theodor
Theodor "Ted" Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology best known for coining the term "hypertext" and envisioning global hyperlinked document systems.
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D.
James
James is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "supplanter," widely used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Edwin
Edwin is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "rich friend" or "prosperous friend."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (75)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek god
ⓘ
Olympian god ⓘ deity ⓘ mythological character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Hesiod's Theogony
ⓘ
Hesiod's Works and Days ⓘ Homer's Iliad ⓘ Homer's Odyssey ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
hospitality
ⓘ
justice ⓘ kingship ⓘ law ⓘ oaths ⓘ |
| child |
Apollo
ⓘ
Ares ⓘ Artemis ⓘ Athena ⓘ Dionysus ⓘ Helen of Troy ⓘ Hephaestus ⓘ Heracles ⓘ Hermes ⓘ Minos ⓘ Persephone ⓘ Perseus ⓘ the Muses ⓘ |
| consort |
Alcmene
ⓘ
Demeter ⓘ Dione ⓘ Europa ⓘ Hera ⓘ Leda ⓘ Leto ⓘ Maia ⓘ Metis ⓘ Semele ⓘ |
| createdBy | ancient Greek tradition ⓘ |
| culture |
Greek Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| defeated | Titans ⓘ |
| domain |
lightning
ⓘ
sky ⓘ storms ⓘ thunder ⓘ |
| epithet |
Zeus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Zeus Horkios
Zeus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Zeus Keraunios
Zeus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Zeus Olympios
Zeus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Zeus Xenios
|
| equivalent | Jupiter ⓘ |
| equivalentInReligion |
Zeus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman god Jupiter
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| led | Olympian gods in Titanomachy ⓘ |
| mythology | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| notableCultImage | Statue of Zeus at Olympia ⓘ |
| notablePlaceOfWorship |
Athens
ⓘ
Dodona ⓘ Olympia ⓘ |
| oneOf | Twelve Olympians ⓘ |
| parent |
Cronus
ⓘ
Rhea ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chief deity of the Greek pantheon
ⓘ
king of the gods ⓘ ruler of Mount Olympus ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| residence | Mount Olympus ⓘ |
| sibling |
Demeter
ⓘ
Hades ⓘ Hera ⓘ Hestia ⓘ Poseidon ⓘ |
| spouse | Hera ⓘ |
| symbol |
eagle
ⓘ
oak tree ⓘ scepter ⓘ thunderbolt ⓘ |
| weapon | thunderbolt ⓘ |
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: Zeus Description of subject: Zeus is the king of the Olympian gods in Greek mythology, ruling over the sky and thunder and presiding as the chief deity of the pantheon.
Referenced by (512)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Temple of Zeus at Olympia
subject surface form:
Theatre of Dodona
subject surface form:
The Rape of Europa
subject surface form:
Rescuing Andromeda