Eclogues
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Eclogues is a collection of ten pastoral poems by the Roman poet Virgil that idealize rural life and helped shape the Western pastoral literary tradition.
All labels observed (14)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eclogues canonical | 4 |
| Bucolics | 2 |
| Eclogue 1 | 1 |
| Eclogue 2 | 1 |
| Eclogue 3 | 1 |
| Eclogue 5 | 1 |
| Eclogue 6 | 1 |
| Eclogue 7 | 1 |
| Idylls | 1 |
| Virgil's Eclogue IV | 1 |
| Virgil's Eclogues | 1 |
| Égloga I | 1 |
| Égloga II | 1 |
| Égloga III | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Eclogues Context triple: [Virgil, notableWork, Eclogues]
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A.
The Arcadian Shepherds
The Arcadian Shepherds is a renowned 17th-century pastoral painting by Nicolas Poussin that meditates on mortality through the image of shepherds contemplating a tomb inscribed with the phrase "Et in Arcadia ego."
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B.
Imitations of Horace
Imitations of Horace is a series of poetic adaptations by Alexander Pope that recast the Roman poet Horace’s satires and epistles into the social and political context of 18th-century England.
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C.
Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses is a play by Mary Zimmerman that reimagines classical Greek and Roman myths through visually striking, water-centered staging.
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D.
Carmen Saeculare
Carmen Saeculare is a choral composition by Benjamin Britten, written in 1973 to a Latin text and notable for its bright, ritualistic character.
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E.
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Ovid’s Metamorphoses is a Latin narrative poem composed of mythological and legendary tales linked by the theme of transformation, which became one of the most influential works in Western literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Eclogues Target entity description: Eclogues is a collection of ten pastoral poems by the Roman poet Virgil that idealize rural life and helped shape the Western pastoral literary tradition.
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A.
The Arcadian Shepherds
The Arcadian Shepherds is a renowned 17th-century pastoral painting by Nicolas Poussin that meditates on mortality through the image of shepherds contemplating a tomb inscribed with the phrase "Et in Arcadia ego."
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B.
Imitations of Horace
Imitations of Horace is a series of poetic adaptations by Alexander Pope that recast the Roman poet Horace’s satires and epistles into the social and political context of 18th-century England.
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C.
Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses is a play by Mary Zimmerman that reimagines classical Greek and Roman myths through visually striking, water-centered staging.
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D.
Carmen Saeculare
Carmen Saeculare is a choral composition by Benjamin Britten, written in 1973 to a Latin text and notable for its bright, ritualistic character.
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E.
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Ovid’s Metamorphoses is a Latin narrative poem composed of mythological and legendary tales linked by the theme of transformation, which became one of the most influential works in Western literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin literature work
ⓘ
pastoral poetry ⓘ poetry collection ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Eclogues
ⓘ
surface form:
Bucolics
|
| author | Virgil ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Roman Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Rome
|
| dateWritten | 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Virgil's Aeneid
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surface form:
Aeneid
Georgics ⓘ |
| genre |
bucolic poetry
ⓘ
pastoral poetry ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Eclogues
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Eclogue 1
Eclogue 10 ⓘ Eclogues self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Eclogue 2
Eclogues self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Eclogue 3
Messianic Eclogue ⓘ
surface form:
Eclogue 4
Eclogues self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Eclogue 5
Eclogues self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Eclogue 6
Eclogues self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Eclogue 7
Eclogue 8 ⓘ Eclogue 9 ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
herdsmen
ⓘ
rural deities ⓘ shepherds ⓘ |
| influenced |
Alexander Pope
ⓘ
Edmund Spenser ⓘ English pastoral poetry ⓘ John Milton ⓘ Renaissance pastoral poetry ⓘ Romantic poets ⓘ pastoral literature ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Theocritus ⓘ |
| literaryForm | hexameter poetry ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | foundational pastoral text ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Western pastoral tradition ⓘ |
| meter | dactylic hexameter ⓘ |
| notableEclogue |
Messianic Eclogue
ⓘ
surface form:
Eclogue 4
Messianic Eclogue ⓘ |
| numberOfPoems | 10 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf |
Virgil
ⓘ
surface form:
Virgilian corpus
|
| period | Augustan age ⓘ |
| setting | idealized countryside ⓘ |
| theme |
displacement
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love ⓘ patronage ⓘ politics ⓘ rural life ⓘ |
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