Fasti
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Fasti is a poetic work by the Roman poet Ovid that explores the Roman calendar, its festivals, and associated myths in elegiac verse.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fasti canonical | 5 |
| Fasti (Ovid) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1901049 — 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: Fasti Context triple: [Ovid, notableWork, Fasti]
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A.
Giulio
Giulio is the given name of Giulio Douhet, an influential early 20th-century Italian air power theorist and general.
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B.
Romula
Romula was the mother of Roman Emperor Galerius, a peasant woman from Dacia Ripensis who was later honored with significant status during her son's reign.
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C.
Publilia
Publilia was the second wife of the Roman orator and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero, whom he married after divorcing Terentia.
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D.
Latinus
Latinus is a figure from Greek and Roman mythology, often depicted as a king in Italy associated with the early legends surrounding the founding of Rome.
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E.
Quintus Poppaedius Silo
Quintus Poppaedius Silo was a leading Marsic noble and military commander who became one of the principal leaders of the Italian allies against Rome during the Social War.
- 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: Fasti Target entity description: Fasti is a poetic work by the Roman poet Ovid that explores the Roman calendar, its festivals, and associated myths in elegiac verse.
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A.
Giulio
Giulio is the given name of Giulio Douhet, an influential early 20th-century Italian air power theorist and general.
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B.
Romula
Romula was the mother of Roman Emperor Galerius, a peasant woman from Dacia Ripensis who was later honored with significant status during her son's reign.
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C.
Publilia
Publilia was the second wife of the Roman orator and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero, whom he married after divorcing Terentia.
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D.
Latinus
Latinus is a figure from Greek and Roman mythology, often depicted as a king in Italy associated with the early legends surrounding the founding of Rome.
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E.
Quintus Poppaedius Silo
Quintus Poppaedius Silo was a leading Marsic noble and military commander who became one of the principal leaders of the Italian allies against Rome during the Social War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin poem
ⓘ
didactic poem ⓘ poetic work ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfComposition | c. 8 CE ⓘ |
| author | Ovid ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ancient Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
| coversMonth |
April
ⓘ
February ⓘ January ⓘ June ⓘ March ⓘ May ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | early 1st century CE ⓘ |
| featuresDeity |
Ceres
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Diana ⓘ Janus ⓘ Juno ⓘ Jupiter ⓘ Mars ⓘ Venus ⓘ Vesta ⓘ |
| featuresEmperor |
Augustus
ⓘ
Tiberius ⓘ |
| genre | elegiac poetry ⓘ |
| intendedNumberOfBooks | 12 ⓘ |
| isIncomplete | true ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poetry ⓘ |
| literaryInfluence | influenced later antiquarian and mythographic literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Augustan literature ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
aetiological narrative
ⓘ
etiological explanation of rituals ⓘ mythological exempla ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
interaction between myth and calendar
ⓘ
origins of Roman festivals and rites ⓘ |
| metre | elegiac couplet ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 6 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorCorpus | late work of Ovid ⓘ |
| relatedWorkBySameAuthor |
Epistulae ex Ponto
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Metamorphoses ⓘ
linked to:
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Tristia ⓘ |
| structure | book ⓘ |
| subject |
Roman calendar
ⓘ
Roman festivals ⓘ Roman mythology ⓘ
linked to:
Roman religion
Roman religion ⓘ etiological myths ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | Roman Republican and early Imperial religious calendar ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | The Festivals ⓘ |
| workFocus | day-by-day explanation of Roman religious observances ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fasti Description of subject: Fasti is a poetic work by the Roman poet Ovid that explores the Roman calendar, its festivals, and associated myths in elegiac verse.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fasti