Heroides
E211803
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.
All labels observed (19)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ovid’s Heroides | 2 |
| Heroides canonical | 1 |
| Heroides I | 1 |
| Heroides II | 1 |
| Heroides III | 1 |
| Heroides IV | 1 |
| Heroides IX | 1 |
| Heroides V | 1 |
| Heroides VI | 1 |
| Heroides VII | 1 |
| Heroides VIII | 1 |
| Heroides X | 1 |
| Heroides XI | 1 |
| Heroides XII | 1 |
| Heroides XIII | 1 |
| Heroides XIV | 1 |
| Heroides XV | 1 |
| Ovid's "Heroides" | 1 |
| Ovid’s "Heroides" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1901048 — 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.
Target entity: Heroides Context triple: [Ovid, notableWork, Heroides]
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A.
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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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.
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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D.
Eclogues
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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E.
Hecate’s Deipnon
Hecate’s Deipnon is an ancient Greek ritual meal and offering to the goddess Hecate, traditionally left at crossroads at the dark of the moon to honor her and appease restless spirits.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Heroides Target entity description: 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.
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A.
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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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.
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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D.
Eclogues
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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E.
Hecate’s Deipnon
Hecate’s Deipnon is an ancient Greek ritual meal and offering to the goddess Hecate, traditionally left at crossroads at the dark of the moon to honor her and appease restless spirits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
elegiac poetry
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epistolary poetry ⓘ poetry collection ⓘ work by Ovid ⓘ |
| author | Ovid ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Roman Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Rome
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| genre |
elegy
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epistolary literature ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Double Heroides XVI–XXI
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Heroides self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Heroides I
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Heroides II
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Heroides III
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Heroides IV
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Heroides IX
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Heroides V
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Heroides VI
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Heroides VII
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Heroides VIII
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Heroides X
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Heroides XI
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Heroides XII
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Heroides XIII
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Heroides XIV
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Heroides XV
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| hasTranslation |
English translations of Heroides
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French translations of Heroides ⓘ German translations of Heroides ⓘ |
| influenced | European love-letter tradition ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse letters ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Augustan poetry ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Ariadne
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Briseïs ⓘ
surface form:
Briseis
Canace ⓘ Deianira ⓘ Dido ⓘ Hermione ⓘ Hypermnestra ⓘ
surface form:
Hypermestra
Hypsipyle ⓘ Laodamia ⓘ Medea ⓘ Oenone ⓘ Penelope ⓘ Phaedra ⓘ Phyllis ⓘ Sappho ⓘ |
| metricalForm | elegiac couplet ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
abandonment
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absence of lovers ⓘ love ⓘ mythological heroines ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | Augustan age ⓘ |
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Subject: Heroides Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (20)
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