Dionysiaca
E481667
Dionysiaca is an ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Nonnus of Panopolis, that recounts the life, exploits, and triumphs of the god Dionysus in 48 books.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dionysiaca canonical | 4 |
| Dionysiaca (Nonnus) | 2 |
| Dionysiaca by Nonnus | 1 |
| Nonnus’ Dionysiaca | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4943751 — 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: Dionysiaca Context triple: [Aeneas, notableWork, Dionysiaca]
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A.
Bacchae
Bacchae is an ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides that dramatizes the arrival of the god Dionysus in Thebes and the devastating consequences of resisting his cult.
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B.
Aetia
Aetia is a major didactic and elegiac poem by the Hellenistic poet Callimachus that explores the origins and myths behind various customs, cities, and religious practices in the Greek world.
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C.
Hercules Furens
Hercules Furens is a Latin tragedy by the Roman philosopher and playwright Seneca the Younger that dramatizes the madness and violent exploits of the hero Hercules.
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D.
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.
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E.
The Loves of the Gods
The Loves of the Gods is a celebrated Baroque fresco cycle by Annibale Carracci in the Palazzo Farnese in Rome, renowned for its classical mythological themes and influential ceiling decoration.
- 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: Dionysiaca Target entity description: Dionysiaca is an ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Nonnus of Panopolis, that recounts the life, exploits, and triumphs of the god Dionysus in 48 books.
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A.
Bacchae
Bacchae is an ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides that dramatizes the arrival of the god Dionysus in Thebes and the devastating consequences of resisting his cult.
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B.
Aetia
Aetia is a major didactic and elegiac poem by the Hellenistic poet Callimachus that explores the origins and myths behind various customs, cities, and religious practices in the Greek world.
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C.
Hercules Furens
Hercules Furens is a Latin tragedy by the Roman philosopher and playwright Seneca the Younger that dramatizes the madness and violent exploits of the hero Hercules.
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D.
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.
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E.
The Loves of the Gods
The Loves of the Gods is a celebrated Baroque fresco cycle by Annibale Carracci in the Palazzo Farnese in Rome, renowned for its classical mythological themes and influential ceiling decoration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek epic poem
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literary work ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Nonnus’ Paraphrase of the Gospel of John ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Nonnus of Panopolis ⓘ |
| author | Nonnus of Panopolis ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Ariadne
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Indians ⓘ Pentheus ⓘ Semele ⓘ Zeus ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Greek-speaking Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ |
| genre | epic poetry ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Book 1
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Book 2 ⓘ Book 3 ⓘ Book 4 ⓘ Book 48 ⓘ Book 5 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hellenistic poetry
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Homeric epics ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | hexameter epic ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | late antique pagan epic ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Greek literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Dionysus ⓘ |
| meter | dactylic hexameter ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle | Dionysian myth ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Dionysus’ campaign in India
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apotheosis of Dionysus ⓘ birth of Dionysus ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 48 ⓘ |
| period | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Eastern Roman Empire
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linked to:
Byzantine Empire
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| preservedIn | medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Greco-Roman polytheism ⓘ |
| setting |
India
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Olympus ⓘ Thebes ⓘ |
| subject |
exploits of Dionysus
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life of Dionysus ⓘ triumphs of Dionysus ⓘ |
| survivesAs | complete text ⓘ |
| theme |
divine power
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ecstasy and madness ⓘ transformation ⓘ war and conquest ⓘ wine and revelry ⓘ |
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Subject: Dionysiaca Description of subject: Dionysiaca is an ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Nonnus of Panopolis, that recounts the life, exploits, and triumphs of the god Dionysus in 48 books.
Referenced by (8)
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