Epistulae ex Ponto
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Epistulae ex Ponto is a collection of elegiac letters by the Roman poet Ovid, written during his exile on the Black Sea and addressed to friends and family in Rome.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Epistulae ex Ponto canonical | 6 |
| Ovid’s Epistulae ex Ponto | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1901051 — 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: Epistulae ex Ponto Context triple: [Ovid, notableWork, Epistulae ex Ponto]
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A.
Letter to Serapion
Letter to Serapion is a theological treatise by Athanasius of Alexandria that defends the divinity and personhood of the Holy Spirit within Trinitarian doctrine.
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B.
Commentarii de Bello Civili
Commentarii de Bello Civili is Julius Caesar’s firsthand historical account of the Roman civil war, detailing his conflict with Pompey and the senatorial faction.
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C.
On the Embassy to Gaius (Legatio ad Gaium)
On the Embassy to Gaius (Legatio ad Gaium) is a historical and apologetic work by Philo of Alexandria recounting his mission to the Roman emperor Caligula and the persecution of the Jews under his rule.
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D.
Epistolae
Epistolae is a collection of letters by Anselm of Canterbury that offers insight into his theological thought, spiritual guidance, and ecclesiastical affairs.
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E.
Parerga and Paralipomena
Parerga and Paralipomena is a collection of philosophical essays and aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer that elaborates and popularizes his pessimistic worldview and metaphysical ideas.
- 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: Epistulae ex Ponto Target entity description: Epistulae ex Ponto is a collection of elegiac letters by the Roman poet Ovid, written during his exile on the Black Sea and addressed to friends and family in Rome.
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A.
Letter to Serapion
Letter to Serapion is a theological treatise by Athanasius of Alexandria that defends the divinity and personhood of the Holy Spirit within Trinitarian doctrine.
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B.
Commentarii de Bello Civili
Commentarii de Bello Civili is Julius Caesar’s firsthand historical account of the Roman civil war, detailing his conflict with Pompey and the senatorial faction.
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C.
On the Embassy to Gaius (Legatio ad Gaium)
On the Embassy to Gaius (Legatio ad Gaium) is a historical and apologetic work by Philo of Alexandria recounting his mission to the Roman emperor Caligula and the persecution of the Jews under his rule.
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D.
Epistolae
Epistolae is a collection of letters by Anselm of Canterbury that offers insight into his theological thought, spiritual guidance, and ecclesiastical affairs.
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E.
Parerga and Paralipomena
Parerga and Paralipomena is a collection of philosophical essays and aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer that elaborates and popularizes his pessimistic worldview and metaphysical ideas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin literary work
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elegiac poetry ⓘ poetry collection ⓘ |
| addressedTo |
family in Rome
ⓘ
friends in Rome ⓘ patrons in Rome ⓘ |
| approximateDate | after AD 8 ⓘ |
| author | Ovid ⓘ |
| circulatedIn | manuscript tradition in the Middle Ages ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ancient Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
| dateWritten | early 1st century AD ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Ovid's personal hardships in exile
ⓘ
cultural isolation from Rome ⓘ relationships with Roman elites ⓘ |
| genre | elegy ⓘ |
| hasForm | verse letters ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
Renaissance humanist scholarship
ⓘ
later Latin elegy ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Italic languages ⓘ |
| literaryForm | epistolary poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Augustan poetry ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Augustan literature ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Black Sea ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
appeals for recall from exile
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exile ⓘ lamentation ⓘ praise of addressees ⓘ self-defense ⓘ separation from Rome ⓘ |
| mentions |
Emperor Augustus
ⓘ
linked to:
Augustus
Rome ⓘ |
| meter | elegiac couplets ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ovid's exile poetry
ⓘ
linked to:
Tristia
|
| placeOfWriting | Tomis ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Fasti
ⓘ
Metamorphoses ⓘ
linked to:
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
Tristia ⓘ |
| setIn |
Black Sea region
ⓘ
Tomis ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
classical philology studies
ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ |
| tradition | Roman elegiac tradition ⓘ |
| writtenBy |
Publius Ovidius Naso
ⓘ
linked to:
Ovid
|
| writtenDuring | Ovid's exile at Tomis ⓘ |
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