Ovid's Fasti
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Ovid's Fasti is a Latin elegiac poem that presents a poetic calendar of the Roman year, recounting festivals, myths, and religious customs associated with each day and month.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ovid’s Fasti | 4 |
| Ovid's Fasti canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4758457 — 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: Ovid's Fasti Context triple: [Faunus, mentionedIn, Ovid's Fasti]
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A.
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.
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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.
Teate Marrucinorum
Teate Marrucinorum was the chief ancient city of the Marrucini people in central Italy, located near the modern town of Chieti in the Abruzzo region.
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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.
Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses is a play by Mary Zimmerman that reimagines classical Greek and Roman myths through visually striking, water-centered staging.
- 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: Ovid's Fasti Target entity description: Ovid's Fasti is a Latin elegiac poem that presents a poetic calendar of the Roman year, recounting festivals, myths, and religious customs associated with each day and month.
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A.
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.
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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.
Teate Marrucinorum
Teate Marrucinorum was the chief ancient city of the Marrucini people in central Italy, located near the modern town of Chieti in the Abruzzo region.
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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.
Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses is a play by Mary Zimmerman that reimagines classical Greek and Roman myths through visually striking, water-centered staging.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin poem
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didactic poem ⓘ elegiac poem ⓘ poetic calendar ⓘ |
| associatedCalendar |
Julian calendar in Rome
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Roman religious calendar ⓘ |
| author | Ovid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
accounts of temple dedications
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astronomical and astrological notices ⓘ etiological narratives for Roman festivals ⓘ explanations of Roman holidays ⓘ myths explaining origins of Roman rituals ⓘ references to constellations ⓘ |
| coversMonths |
April
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February NERFINISHED ⓘ January ⓘ June NERFINISHED ⓘ March ⓘ May ⓘ |
| dedication | Germanicus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dialogueWith |
Roman gods
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personified months and abstractions ⓘ |
| extantBooks | six ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic poetry
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etiological poetry ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Augustan age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
Renaissance humanist scholarship on Roman religion
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later antiquarian literature ⓘ |
| intendedScope | twelve books ⓘ |
| literaryForm | a series of dialogues with gods and personified abstractions ⓘ |
| metre | elegiac couplet ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | first-person poet-narrator ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Amores
NERFINISHED
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Metamorphoses NERFINISHED ⓘ Tristia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | city of Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | six books ⓘ |
| subject |
Roman calendar
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Roman festivals ⓘ Roman mythology ⓘ Roman religion ⓘ |
| theme |
Augustan religious reforms
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etiology of Roman institutions ⓘ interaction between myth and Roman history ⓘ piety and ritual observance ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | Roman Republican and early Imperial traditions ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceFor |
Roman festival calendar
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Roman myth and legend ⓘ Roman religious practices ⓘ |
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Subject: Ovid's Fasti Description of subject: Ovid's Fasti is a Latin elegiac poem that presents a poetic calendar of the Roman year, recounting festivals, myths, and religious customs associated with each day and month.
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