Miles Gloriosus
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Miles Gloriosus is a comedic Roman play by Plautus that satirizes the archetype of the boastful, cowardly soldier.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Miles Gloriosus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10138889 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Miles Gloriosus Context triple: [Plautus, notableWork, Miles Gloriosus]
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A.
Satyricon
Satyricon is a fragmented Latin prose narrative, attributed to Petronius, that satirically portrays the excesses and moral decay of Roman society during the early Imperial period.
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B.
The Procuress
The Procuress is a 1622 genre painting by Dutch Caravaggist Dirck van Baburen depicting a brothel scene with a leering procuress overseeing a transaction between a man and a young woman.
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C.
The Adulateur
The Adulateur is a 1773 satirical political play by Mercy Otis Warren that criticizes British colonial authorities and helped fuel revolutionary sentiment in pre-Revolutionary America.
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D.
Coriolanus
Coriolanus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that dramatizes the life of the proud Roman general Caius Marcius Coriolanus and his tumultuous relationship with the people of Rome.
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E.
Auto de Filodemo
Auto de Filodemo is a Renaissance-era Portuguese play by Luís de Camões that blends classical themes with early modern theatrical form.
- 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: Miles Gloriosus Target entity description: Miles Gloriosus is a comedic Roman play by Plautus that satirizes the archetype of the boastful, cowardly soldier.
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A.
Satyricon
Satyricon is a fragmented Latin prose narrative, attributed to Petronius, that satirically portrays the excesses and moral decay of Roman society during the early Imperial period.
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B.
The Procuress
The Procuress is a 1622 genre painting by Dutch Caravaggist Dirck van Baburen depicting a brothel scene with a leering procuress overseeing a transaction between a man and a young woman.
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C.
The Adulateur
The Adulateur is a 1773 satirical political play by Mercy Otis Warren that criticizes British colonial authorities and helped fuel revolutionary sentiment in pre-Revolutionary America.
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D.
Coriolanus
Coriolanus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that dramatizes the life of the proud Roman general Caius Marcius Coriolanus and his tumultuous relationship with the people of Rome.
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E.
Auto de Filodemo
Auto de Filodemo is a Renaissance-era Portuguese play by Luís de Camões that blends classical themes with early modern theatrical form.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin play
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ancient Roman comedy ⓘ stage play ⓘ |
| author | Plautus ⓘ |
| basedOn | Greek New Comedy tradition ⓘ |
| culture |
Ancient Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
| dramaticStructure | five-act structure ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Palaestrio
ⓘ
Periplectomenus ⓘ Philocomasium ⓘ Pleusicles ⓘ Pyrgopolynices ⓘ Sceledrus ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType | miles gloriosus ⓘ |
| featuresMotif |
disguise
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mistaken identity ⓘ trickery ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
farce ⓘ |
| hasStockCharacter |
clever slave
ⓘ
courtesan ⓘ old man neighbor ⓘ parasite ⓘ young lover ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
deception
ⓘ
love intrigue ⓘ mockery of military pretension ⓘ servant cleverness ⓘ |
| hasTitleMeaning | The Braggart Soldier ⓘ |
| influenced |
Renaissance European comedy
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commedia dell’arte braggart soldier ⓘ stock character Il Capitano ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
exaggeration
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situational irony ⓘ verbal irony ⓘ |
| literaryForm | fabula palliata ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | canonical example of the braggart soldier type ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Roman theatre ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| parodies | boastful soldier archetype ⓘ |
| partOf |
Plautine corpus
ⓘ
linked to:
Plautus
|
| periodOfOrigin | 3rd century BC ⓘ |
| portrays |
boastful warrior
ⓘ
cowardly soldier ⓘ |
| satirizes | braggart soldier ⓘ |
| setting | Ephesus ⓘ |
| titleCharacter | Pyrgopolynices ⓘ |
| workOf | Plautus ⓘ |
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