Ovid’s Metamorphoses
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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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Target entity: Ovid’s Metamorphoses Context triple: [Alcyone, mentionedIn, Ovid’s Metamorphoses]
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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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Metamorphoses by Apuleius
Metamorphoses by Apuleius is a 2nd-century Latin novel, also known as The Golden Ass, that follows the adventures and eventual spiritual redemption of its protagonist Lucius, culminating in his initiation into the mysteries of the goddess Isis.
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Metamorphosis of Narcissus
Metamorphosis of Narcissus is a 1937 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts the myth of Narcissus through a double image transforming a human figure into a hand holding an egg.
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Hesiodic Catalogue of Women
The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women is an ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Hesiod, that recounts the genealogies and heroic myths of mortal women who bore children to gods and heroes.
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E.
Virgil's Aeneid
Virgil's Aeneid is a Latin epic poem that narrates the legendary journey of Aeneas from the ruins of Troy to Italy, laying a mythic foundation for the origins of Rome.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Ovid’s Metamorphoses Target entity description: 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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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.
Metamorphoses by Apuleius
Metamorphoses by Apuleius is a 2nd-century Latin novel, also known as The Golden Ass, that follows the adventures and eventual spiritual redemption of its protagonist Lucius, culminating in his initiation into the mysteries of the goddess Isis.
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C.
Metamorphosis of Narcissus
Metamorphosis of Narcissus is a 1937 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts the myth of Narcissus through a double image transforming a human figure into a hand holding an egg.
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D.
Hesiodic Catalogue of Women
The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women is an ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Hesiod, that recounts the genealogies and heroic myths of mortal women who bore children to gods and heroes.
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E.
Virgil's Aeneid
Virgil's Aeneid is a Latin epic poem that narrates the legendary journey of Aeneas from the ruins of Troy to Italy, laying a mythic foundation for the origins of Rome.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin narrative poem
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classical Latin literature work ⓘ epic poem ⓘ |
| approximateCompletionDate | 8 CE ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Augustus
ⓘ
surface form:
Emperor Augustus
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| author | Ovid ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | major classic of Western literature ⓘ |
| closingEpisode | deification of Julius Caesar ⓘ |
| compositionPeriod | early 1st century CE ⓘ |
| containsEpisode |
story of Arachne
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story of Baucis and Philemon ⓘ Icarus ⓘ
surface form:
story of Daedalus and Icarus
Apollo and Daphne ⓘ
surface form:
story of Daphne and Apollo
story of Narcissus and Echo ⓘ myth of Orpheus and Eurydice ⓘ
surface form:
story of Orpheus and Eurydice
story of Perseus and Andromeda ⓘ Philomela ⓘ
surface form:
story of Philomela
Pygmalion and the Image series ⓘ
surface form:
story of Pygmalion
Pyramus ⓘ
surface form:
story of Pyramus and Thisbe
story of the flood of Deucalion and Pyrrha ⓘ |
| containsMythsFrom |
Greek mythology
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Greco-Roman mythology ⓘ
surface form:
Roman mythology
|
| genre |
epic poetry
ⓘ
mythological narrative ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle |
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Metamorphoses
|
| hasTitleInLatin | Metamorphōsēs ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
Baroque painting
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Dante Alighieri ⓘ European Renaissance literature ⓘ Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ John Milton ⓘ Western visual arts ⓘ William Shakespeare ⓘ opera ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dactylic hexameter ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Augustan age ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
complex narrative framing
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elegant and witty style ⓘ innovative use of mythological sources ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 15 ⓘ |
| openingEpisode | creation of the world ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Rome ⓘ |
| structure | continuous narrative of linked episodes ⓘ |
| theme |
change and instability
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love ⓘ metamorphosis ⓘ power of the gods ⓘ transformation ⓘ |
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