Hymn to the Mother of the Gods
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Hymn to the Mother of the Gods is a religious-philosophical work by the Roman emperor Julian the Apostate that praises and interprets the cult of the Great Mother (Cybele) within a Neoplatonic pagan framework.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hymn to the Mother of the Gods canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9956603 — 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: Hymn to the Mother of the Gods Context triple: [Julian the Apostate, wroteWork, Hymn to the Mother of the Gods]
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Hymn to the Sun
"Hymn to the Sun" is a famous coloratura aria from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera *The Golden Cockerel*, renowned for its dazzling vocal virtuosity and shimmering orchestration.
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B.
Hymn to Zeus
Hymn to Zeus is a famous Stoic philosophical poem by Cleanthes of Assos that praises Zeus as the rational divine principle governing the cosmos.
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C.
The Goddess
The Goddess is a 1915 American silent drama film starring Anita Stewart, produced by the Vitagraph Company of America.
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The Goddess
"The Goddess" is a 1911 stage play by Indian writer and filmmaker Niranjan Pal, notable for its early exploration of nationalist and social themes in colonial India.
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E.
Hymn to Demeter
Hymn to Demeter is an ancient Greek religious poem traditionally attributed to Homer that recounts the abduction of Persephone and explains the origins of the Eleusinian Mysteries and the seasonal cycle.
- 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: Hymn to the Mother of the Gods Target entity description: Hymn to the Mother of the Gods is a religious-philosophical work by the Roman emperor Julian the Apostate that praises and interprets the cult of the Great Mother (Cybele) within a Neoplatonic pagan framework.
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A.
Hymn to the Sun
"Hymn to the Sun" is a famous coloratura aria from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera *The Golden Cockerel*, renowned for its dazzling vocal virtuosity and shimmering orchestration.
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B.
Hymn to Zeus
Hymn to Zeus is a famous Stoic philosophical poem by Cleanthes of Assos that praises Zeus as the rational divine principle governing the cosmos.
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C.
The Goddess
"The Goddess" is a 1911 stage play by Indian writer and filmmaker Niranjan Pal, notable for its early exploration of nationalist and social themes in colonial India.
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D.
The Goddess
The Goddess is a 1915 American silent drama film starring Anita Stewart, produced by the Vitagraph Company of America.
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E.
Hymn to Demeter
Hymn to Demeter is an ancient Greek religious poem traditionally attributed to Homer that recounts the abduction of Persephone and explains the origins of the Eleusinian Mysteries and the seasonal cycle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hymn
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philosophical work ⓘ religious text ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
integrate traditional worship with Neoplatonic metaphysics
ⓘ
justify pagan cult philosophically ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Julian’s pagan revival ⓘ |
| author |
Julian (Roman emperor)
ⓘ
linked to:
Julian the Apostate
Julian the Apostate ⓘ |
| centuryOfOrigin | 4th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 4th century ⓘ |
| featuresConcept |
divine providence
ⓘ
ritual purity ⓘ world soul ⓘ |
| featuresDeity |
Rhea-Cybele
ⓘ
linked to:
Cybele
|
| framework | Neoplatonic pagan framework ⓘ |
| genre |
religious-philosophical treatise
ⓘ
theological work ⓘ |
| hasTheologicalTheme |
cosmology
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divine hierarchy ⓘ role of the Mother of the Gods in the cosmos ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
late antique pagan-Christian conflict
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reign of Julian the Apostate ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Iamblichean Neoplatonism
ⓘ
linked to:
Neoplatonism
Platonic philosophy ⓘ traditional Anatolian cult of Cybele ⓘ |
| interprets |
cult of Cybele
ⓘ
linked to:
Cult of Cybele
cult of the Great Mother ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose hymn ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Cybele
ⓘ
Great Mother ⓘ Mother of the Gods ⓘ
linked to:
Mother Goddess
|
| philosophicalSchool | Neoplatonism ⓘ |
| praises |
cult of Cybele
ⓘ
linked to:
Cult of Cybele
cult of the Great Mother ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Against the Galileans
ⓘ
Hymn to King Helios ⓘ |
| religiousFunction |
exposition of traditional cult
ⓘ
pagan apologetic ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Greco-Roman religion
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paganism ⓘ |
| tradition | Greek philosophical theology ⓘ |
| writtenByOccupation | Roman emperor ⓘ |
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Subject: Hymn to the Mother of the Gods Description of subject: Hymn to the Mother of the Gods is a religious-philosophical work by the Roman emperor Julian the Apostate that praises and interprets the cult of the Great Mother (Cybele) within a Neoplatonic pagan framework.
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