Pallas’ sword-belt
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Pallas’ sword-belt is the ornate war trophy stripped from the slain youth Pallas in Virgil’s Aeneid, whose display by Turnus provokes Aeneas’ final, vengeful fury.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pallas’ sword-belt canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5007621 — 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: Pallas’ sword-belt Context triple: [Turnus, wearsAsSpoil, Pallas’ sword-belt]
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A.
Belt of Hippolyta
The Belt of Hippolyta is the magical girdle of the Amazon queen that Heracles was tasked with obtaining as one of his Twelve Labors in Greek mythology.
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B.
Aspis
Aspis is an ancient Greek comedy by the playwright Menander, known for its exploration of family, inheritance, and social customs in Athenian society.
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C.
Shield of Heracles
Shield of Heracles is an ancient Greek epic poem traditionally attributed to Hesiod that vividly describes the ornate shield and heroic exploits of the demigod Heracles.
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D.
bow of Heracles
The bow of Heracles is the legendary weapon in Greek mythology whose possession is crucial for the Greeks’ victory in the Trojan War and which becomes the central object of contention in Sophocles’ tragedy "Philoctetes."
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E.
Aegis of Athena
The Aegis of Athena is the mythic protective shield or breastplate of the Greek goddess Athena, famously bearing the terrifying Gorgoneion to ward off and petrify her enemies.
- 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: Pallas’ sword-belt Target entity description: Pallas’ sword-belt is the ornate war trophy stripped from the slain youth Pallas in Virgil’s Aeneid, whose display by Turnus provokes Aeneas’ final, vengeful fury.
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A.
Belt of Hippolyta
The Belt of Hippolyta is the magical girdle of the Amazon queen that Heracles was tasked with obtaining as one of his Twelve Labors in Greek mythology.
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B.
Aspis
Aspis is an ancient Greek comedy by the playwright Menander, known for its exploration of family, inheritance, and social customs in Athenian society.
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C.
Shield of Heracles
Shield of Heracles is an ancient Greek epic poem traditionally attributed to Hesiod that vividly describes the ornate shield and heroic exploits of the demigod Heracles.
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D.
bow of Heracles
The bow of Heracles is the legendary weapon in Greek mythology whose possession is crucial for the Greeks’ victory in the Trojan War and which becomes the central object of contention in Sophocles’ tragedy "Philoctetes."
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E.
Aegis of Athena
The Aegis of Athena is the mythic protective shield or breastplate of the Greek goddess Athena, famously bearing the terrifying Gorgoneion to ward off and petrify her enemies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
belt
ⓘ
mythological object ⓘ spoils of war ⓘ war trophy ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Aeneid
ⓘ
linked to:
Virgil's Aeneid
|
| associatedTheme |
heroic rage
ⓘ
revenge ⓘ the cost of alliance and loyalty ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Aeneas
ⓘ
Pallas ⓘ Turnus ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | final duel between Aeneas and Turnus ⓘ |
| causeOf |
Aeneas’ final rage
ⓘ
Aeneas’ killing of Turnus ⓘ |
| createdBy | Virgil ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Roman epic tradition ⓘ |
| describedAs |
ornate
ⓘ
richly decorated ⓘ |
| displayContext | Turnus’ confrontation with Aeneas ⓘ |
| displayedBy | Turnus ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | mythic prehistory of Rome ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | epic poetry ⓘ |
| hasMedium | textual description ⓘ |
| influences | interpretations of Aeneas’ moral character ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Latin ⓘ |
| laterBearer | Turnus ⓘ |
| literaryRole |
climactic token of memory
ⓘ
emblem of violated guest-friendship ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
symbol of vengeance
ⓘ
trigger for the Aeneid’s final act of violence ⓘ |
| owner | Pallas ⓘ |
| partOf | the narrative of Aeneid Book 12 ⓘ |
| recognitionEffectOn | Aeneas’ emotional state ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Aeneas ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Iliad
ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Iliad
|
| relationTypeToIliad | echoes Homeric scenes of spoils and recognition tokens ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
classical philology
ⓘ
literary criticism of the Aeneid ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
personal loss
ⓘ
the brutality of war ⓘ the conflict between pietas and furor ⓘ |
| takenAfterEvent | killing of Pallas by Turnus ⓘ |
| takenBy | Turnus ⓘ |
| takenFrom | Pallas ⓘ |
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Subject: Pallas’ sword-belt Description of subject: Pallas’ sword-belt is the ornate war trophy stripped from the slain youth Pallas in Virgil’s Aeneid, whose display by Turnus provokes Aeneas’ final, vengeful fury.
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