Nostoi
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Nostoi is an ancient Greek epic poem, now lost, that recounted the homeward journeys of Greek heroes after the Trojan War as part of the Epic Cycle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nostoi canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4647981 — 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: Nostoi Context triple: [Epic Cycle, hasPart, Nostoi]
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A.
Retreat
Retreat is a residential suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, located on the Cape Flats.
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B.
Nog
Nog is a Ferengi Starfleet officer from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine who becomes the first of his species to join Starfleet and undergoes significant personal growth throughout the series.
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C.
Solace
Solace is a 1991 studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan that helped establish her ethereal, introspective pop sound.
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D.
Nomad
Nomad is a powerful space probe from the Star Trek universe that, after a catastrophic encounter in space, merges with another machine and becomes a dangerously self-directed, planet-threatening entity.
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E.
Heed
Heed is the fiercely loyal yet conflicted protagonist of Toni Morrison’s novel "Love," whose lifelong bond and rivalry with her friend Christine drive much of the story’s emotional and thematic tension.
- 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: Nostoi Target entity description: Nostoi is an ancient Greek epic poem, now lost, that recounted the homeward journeys of Greek heroes after the Trojan War as part of the Epic Cycle.
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A.
Retreat
Retreat is a residential suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, located on the Cape Flats.
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B.
Nog
Nog is a Ferengi Starfleet officer from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine who becomes the first of his species to join Starfleet and undergoes significant personal growth throughout the series.
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C.
Solace
Solace is a 1991 studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan that helped establish her ethereal, introspective pop sound.
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D.
Nomad
Nomad is a powerful space probe from the Star Trek universe that, after a catastrophic encounter in space, merges with another machine and becomes a dangerously self-directed, planet-threatening entity.
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E.
Heed
Heed is the fiercely loyal yet conflicted protagonist of Toni Morrison’s novel "Love," whose lifelong bond and rivalry with her friend Christine drive much of the story’s emotional and thematic tension.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek epic poem
ⓘ
lost work ⓘ poem of the Epic Cycle ⓘ |
| alternativeAttribution |
Eumelos of Corinth
NERFINISHED
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Homer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedMyth |
murder of Agamemnon on his return
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storm sent by Athena against the returning Greeks ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Agias of Troizen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek literature ⓘ |
| cycleContext | Trojan War mythological tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Agamemnon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diomedes NERFINISHED ⓘ Menelaus NERFINISHED ⓘ Neoptolemus NERFINISHED ⓘ Nestor NERFINISHED ⓘ Odysseus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Ilioupersis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | epic poetry ⓘ |
| influenceOn | later Greek tragedy about the house of Atreus ⓘ |
| knownFrom | later summaries and references ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| meter | dactylic hexameter ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle | Trojan Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
divine wrath and favor
ⓘ
homecoming and displacement ⓘ perilous sea voyages ⓘ |
| partOf | Epic Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedes | Odyssey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservationState | fragments and testimonia only ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Aethiopis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cypria NERFINISHED ⓘ Iliad NERFINISHED ⓘ Ilioupersis NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Iliad NERFINISHED ⓘ Odyssey NERFINISHED ⓘ Telegony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scholarlyField | classical philology ⓘ |
| setting | post-Trojan War period ⓘ |
| status | lost ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Epic Cycle scholarship ⓘ |
| subject |
homeward journeys of Greek heroes after the Trojan War
ⓘ
returns of the Achaean heroes from Troy ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | Archaic period of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | Returns ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nostoi Description of subject: Nostoi is an ancient Greek epic poem, now lost, that recounted the homeward journeys of Greek heroes after the Trojan War as part of the Epic Cycle.
Referenced by (7)
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subject surface form:
Nostoi