Lavinia
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Lavinia is a novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that reimagines the life of the minor Aeneid character Lavinia, giving her a rich inner world and narrative voice.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lavinia canonical | 8 |
| Lavinia (Aeneid character) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lavinia Context triple: [Ursula K. Le Guin, notableWork, Lavinia]
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Felicitas
Felicitas is a feminine given name of Latin origin, associated with good fortune and happiness and historically linked to the Roman goddess of luck and success.
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Cloelia
Cloelia was a Roman woman known primarily as one of the wives of the powerful late Republican dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
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Corinna
Corinna was an ancient Greek lyric poet from Boeotia, renowned for her choral poetry composed in the Aeolic dialect.
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Lucilla
Lucilla was a Roman imperial princess and daughter of Emperor Marcus Aurelius who became Empress as the wife of Lucius Verus and was later implicated in a plot against her brother Commodus.
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Berenice
Berenice is a feminine given name of Greek origin, historically borne by Hellenistic queens and early Christian figures, and used in various European languages.
- 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: Lavinia Target entity description: Lavinia is a novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that reimagines the life of the minor Aeneid character Lavinia, giving her a rich inner world and narrative voice.
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A.
Felicitas
Felicitas is a feminine given name of Latin origin, associated with good fortune and happiness and historically linked to the Roman goddess of luck and success.
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B.
Cloelia
Cloelia was a Roman woman known primarily as one of the wives of the powerful late Republican dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
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C.
Corinna
Corinna was an ancient Greek lyric poet from Boeotia, renowned for her choral poetry composed in the Aeolic dialect.
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D.
Lucilla
Lucilla was a Roman imperial princess and daughter of Emperor Marcus Aurelius who became Empress as the wife of Lucius Verus and was later implicated in a plot against her brother Commodus.
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E.
Berenice
Berenice is a feminine given name of Greek origin, historically borne by Hellenistic queens and early Christian figures, and used in various European languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Ursula K. Le Guin ⓘ |
| awarded |
Locus Award
ⓘ
surface form:
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
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| basedOn |
Virgil's Aeneid
ⓘ
surface form:
Aeneid
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| basedOnWorkBy | Virgil ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition |
classical reception literature
ⓘ
feminist reinterpretations of myth ⓘ |
| countryOfFirstPublication |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| explores | the unwritten life of Lavinia beyond the Aeneid text ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Aeneas
ⓘ
Amata ⓘ King Latinus ⓘ Turnus ⓘ Virgil ⓘ
surface form:
the poet Virgil (as a character)
|
| focusesOn |
inner life of Lavinia
ⓘ
reimagining a minor character from the Aeneid ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fantasy
ⓘ
mythological fiction ⓘ |
| givesNarrativeVoiceTo |
Lavinia
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Lavinia (Aeneid character)
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| hasCoverSubject | Lavinia and ancient landscape (varies by edition) ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
dialogue with the poet
ⓘ
prophecy ⓘ visions and dreams ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 300-400 pages ⓘ |
| hasStructure | linear narrative with reflective passages ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fate and free will
ⓘ
gender and voice ⓘ marriage and political alliance ⓘ myth and storytelling ⓘ War and Peace ⓘ
surface form:
war and peace
|
| ISBN | 9780151014248 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Lavinia
ⓘ
surface form:
Lavinia (mythological figure)
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| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
centering a previously marginal epic character
ⓘ
metafictional interaction with Virgil ⓘ |
| partOf | Ursula K. Le Guin bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Harcourt Brace & World
ⓘ
surface form:
Harcourt
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| reception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| setting |
Latium
ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Latium
pre-Roman Italy ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor |
Nebula Award for Best Novel
ⓘ
World Fantasy Award ⓘ
surface form:
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
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| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | mythic early Roman history ⓘ |
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Subject: Lavinia Description of subject: Lavinia is a novel by Ursula K. Le Guin that reimagines the life of the minor Aeneid character Lavinia, giving her a rich inner world and narrative voice.
Referenced by (9)
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this entity surface form:
Lavinia (Aeneid character)