Lupercal
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Lupercal is a 1960 poetry collection by Ted Hughes that helped establish his reputation for stark, powerful verse often centered on the natural world and animal imagery.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lupercal canonical | 4 |
| Lupercal cave on the Palatine Hill | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1045902 — 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: Lupercal Context triple: [Ted Hughes, notableWork, Lupercal]
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Palatine Hill
Palatine Hill is one of the most ancient parts of Rome, traditionally regarded as the birthplace of the city and home to many imperial palaces.
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B.
Temple of Juno Caelestis
The Temple of Juno Caelestis is a prominent Roman sanctuary in the ancient city of Dougga in modern-day Tunisia, dedicated to the goddess Juno Caelestis and noted for its well-preserved classical architecture.
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Temple of Saturn
The Temple of Saturn is an ancient Roman temple in the Roman Forum, historically associated with the god Saturn and serving as the state treasury of the Roman Republic and Empire.
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Temple of Saturn
The Temple of Saturn is an ancient Roman sanctuary at the archaeological site of Dougga in modern-day Tunisia, dedicated to the god Saturn and notable for its well-preserved ruins and commanding position overlooking the city.
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Marciana
Marciana is a historic hilltop village on the Italian island of Elba, known for its medieval architecture and scenic views over the Tyrrhenian Sea.
- 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: Lupercal Target entity description: Lupercal is a 1960 poetry collection by Ted Hughes that helped establish his reputation for stark, powerful verse often centered on the natural world and animal imagery.
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A.
Palatine Hill
Palatine Hill is one of the most ancient parts of Rome, traditionally regarded as the birthplace of the city and home to many imperial palaces.
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B.
Temple of Juno Caelestis
The Temple of Juno Caelestis is a prominent Roman sanctuary in the ancient city of Dougga in modern-day Tunisia, dedicated to the goddess Juno Caelestis and noted for its well-preserved classical architecture.
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C.
Temple of Saturn
The Temple of Saturn is an ancient Roman temple in the Roman Forum, historically associated with the god Saturn and serving as the state treasury of the Roman Republic and Empire.
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D.
Temple of Saturn
The Temple of Saturn is an ancient Roman sanctuary at the archaeological site of Dougga in modern-day Tunisia, dedicated to the god Saturn and notable for its well-preserved ruins and commanding position overlooking the city.
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E.
Marciana
Marciana is a historic hilltop village on the Italian island of Elba, known for its medieval architecture and scenic views over the Tyrrhenian Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | Ted Hughes ⓘ |
| containsPoem |
An Otter
ⓘ
Bullfrog ⓘ February ⓘ Hawk Roosting ⓘ Pike ⓘ Turdidae ⓘ
surface form:
Thrushes
View of a Pig ⓘ |
| contributedTo | establishing Ted Hughes’s literary reputation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly acclaimed by critics ⓘ |
| follows | The Hawk in the Rain ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | major work in Ted Hughes’s canon ⓘ |
| hasForm |
free verse
ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
British poetry of the 1960s
ⓘ
contemporary nature poetry ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryMovement | post-war British poetry ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
imagistic
ⓘ
powerful ⓘ stark ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
animals
ⓘ
myth ⓘ nature ⓘ the natural world ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
human savagery
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instinct versus reason ⓘ mythic dimensions of nature ⓘ predation ⓘ the relationship between humans and animals ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Ted Hughes’s early poetic oeuvre ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of primal instincts
ⓘ
intense animal imagery ⓘ vivid depictions of nature ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| publisher | Faber and Faber ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfCreation | late 1950s ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | Lupercalia ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Lupercal Description of subject: Lupercal is a 1960 poetry collection by Ted Hughes that helped establish his reputation for stark, powerful verse often centered on the natural world and animal imagery.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lupercal cave on the Palatine Hill