Epodes

E264919

Latin literary work poetry collection

Epodes is a collection of iambic poems by the Roman poet Horace, known for its sharp satire and political commentary in the early Augustan age.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Epodes canonical	2
Epode 1	1
Epode 10	1
Epode 16	1
Epode 17	1
Epode 2	1
Epode 3	1
Epode 4	1
Epode 5	1
Epode 7	1
Epode 9	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2388070 — 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: Epodes
Context triple: [Horatius, notableWork, Epodes]

A. Odes
Odes is the celebrated collection of lyric poems by the Roman poet Horace, renowned for its refined style and exploration of themes such as love, politics, and the art of living.
B. Ars Poetica
Ars Poetica is a famous 1926 lyric poem by Archibald MacLeish that meditates on the nature and purpose of poetry, encapsulated in its dictum that "a poem should not mean but be."
C. Heroides
Heroides is a collection of elegiac epistolary poems by the Roman poet Ovid, presented as fictional letters written by mythological heroines to their absent lovers.
D. Pindar's odes
Pindar's odes are a collection of ancient Greek lyric poems, especially victory songs, renowned for their complex style, mythological allusions, and celebration of athletic triumphs.
E. Poetics
Poetics is Aristotle’s foundational treatise on literary theory and drama, especially tragedy, that analyzes the principles of plot, character, and artistic imitation.
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: Epodes
Target entity description: Epodes is a collection of iambic poems by the Roman poet Horace, known for its sharp satire and political commentary in the early Augustan age.

A. Odes
Odes is the celebrated collection of lyric poems by the Roman poet Horace, renowned for its refined style and exploration of themes such as love, politics, and the art of living.
B. Ars Poetica
Ars Poetica is a famous 1926 lyric poem by Archibald MacLeish that meditates on the nature and purpose of poetry, encapsulated in its dictum that "a poem should not mean but be."
C. Heroides
Heroides is a collection of elegiac epistolary poems by the Roman poet Ovid, presented as fictional letters written by mythological heroines to their absent lovers.
D. Pindar's odes
Pindar's odes are a collection of ancient Greek lyric poems, especially victory songs, renowned for their complex style, mythological allusions, and celebration of athletic triumphs.
E. Poetics
Poetics is Aristotle’s foundational treatise on literary theory and drama, especially tragedy, that analyzes the principles of plot, character, and artistic imitation.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Latin literary work ⓘ poetry collection ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Epodi ⓘ Alcaic stanza ⓘ surface form: Iambi
approximateDateOfComposition	late 40s–30s BC ⓘ
associatedWith	Augustus ⓘ Maecenas ⓘ
author	Horace ⓘ
containsWork	Epodes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Epode 1 Epodes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Epode 10 Epodes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Epode 16 Epodes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Epode 17 Epodes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Epode 2 Epodes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Epode 3 Epodes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Epode 4 Epodes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Epode 5 Epodes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Epode 7 Epodes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Epode 9
countryOfOrigin	Roman Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Rome
dedicatedTo	Maecenas ⓘ
firstPublicationDate	circa 30 BC ⓘ
followedBy	Odes ⓘ
genre	iambic poetry ⓘ satire ⓘ
hasInfluenced	European neoclassical poetry ⓘ later Roman satire ⓘ
influencedBy	Archilochus ⓘ Greek iambic tradition ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
literaryForm	lyric poetry ⓘ
literaryMovement	Augustan literature ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Augustan age ⓘ surface form: Golden Age of Latin literature
literaryTechnique	invective ⓘ moralizing tone ⓘ parody ⓘ
mainTheme	moral criticism ⓘ political commentary ⓘ social satire ⓘ
metre	iambic ⓘ varied lyric metres ⓘ
numberOfPoems	17 ⓘ
partOf	Horatian corpus ⓘ
subjectMatter	Roman politics ⓘ civil war in Rome ⓘ erotic themes ⓘ magic and witchcraft ⓘ personal invective ⓘ
timeOfComposition	early Augustan age ⓘ

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