Idyll XI
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Idyll XI is a pastoral poem by the ancient Greek poet Theocritus that recounts the Cyclops Polyphemus’s humorous and tender lament for his unrequited love for the sea nymph Galatea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Idyll XI canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8317931 — 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: Idyll XI Context triple: [Theocritus, hasWork, Idyll XI]
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A.
Idyll VII
Idyll VII is a pastoral poem by the ancient Greek poet Theocritus, often regarded as one of his most refined and influential bucolic works.
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Idyll II
Idyll II is a pastoral poem by the ancient Greek poet Theocritus that portrays the lovesick sorceress Simaetha as she performs a magic ritual to win back her unfaithful lover.
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C.
Idyll I
Idyll I is a pastoral poem by the ancient Greek poet Theocritus, often regarded as a foundational work of bucolic poetry depicting rustic life and love.
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D.
The Arcadian Shepherds
The Arcadian Shepherds is a renowned 17th-century pastoral painting by Nicolas Poussin that meditates on mortality through the image of shepherds contemplating a tomb inscribed with the phrase "Et in Arcadia ego."
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E.
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.
- 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: Idyll XI Target entity description: Idyll XI is a pastoral poem by the ancient Greek poet Theocritus that recounts the Cyclops Polyphemus’s humorous and tender lament for his unrequited love for the sea nymph Galatea.
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A.
Idyll VII
Idyll VII is a pastoral poem by the ancient Greek poet Theocritus, often regarded as one of his most refined and influential bucolic works.
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B.
Idyll II
Idyll II is a pastoral poem by the ancient Greek poet Theocritus that portrays the lovesick sorceress Simaetha as she performs a magic ritual to win back her unfaithful lover.
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C.
Idyll I
Idyll I is a pastoral poem by the ancient Greek poet Theocritus, often regarded as a foundational work of bucolic poetry depicting rustic life and love.
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D.
The Arcadian Shepherds
The Arcadian Shepherds is a renowned 17th-century pastoral painting by Nicolas Poussin that meditates on mortality through the image of shepherds contemplating a tomb inscribed with the phrase "Et in Arcadia ego."
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek literary work
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pastoral poem ⓘ |
| author | Theocritus ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | Greek Sicily ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Galatea
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Polyphemus ⓘ |
| genre | pastoral poetry ⓘ |
| influenced |
Roman poet Virgil
ⓘ
linked to:
Virgil
Virgil’s Eclogues ⓘ
linked to:
Virgil's Eclogues
later pastoral poetry ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
contrast between monstrous appearance and tender feelings
ⓘ
parody of heroic epic ⓘ |
| literaryForm | idyll ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
emotional consolation through song
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love-lament ⓘ pastoral life ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| metricalForm | dactylic hexameter ⓘ |
| mythologicalContext | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Polyphemus’s unrequited love for Galatea ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | monologue ⓘ |
| originalMedium | oral recitation ⓘ |
| partOf |
Theocritus’s Idylls
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linked to:
Idylls of Theocritus
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| portraysPolyphemusAs |
comic figure
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sympathetic lover ⓘ |
| setting | Sicily ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | Cyclops Polyphemus’s love for the sea nymph Galatea ⓘ |
| survivesAs | part of the extant corpus of Theocritus ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
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tender ⓘ |
| tradition | bucolic poetry ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Idyll XI Description of subject: Idyll XI is a pastoral poem by the ancient Greek poet Theocritus that recounts the Cyclops Polyphemus’s humorous and tender lament for his unrequited love for the sea nymph Galatea.
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