Life of Numa Pompilius
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Life of Numa Pompilius is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays, portraying the legendary second king of Rome as a model of piety and lawgiving within the Parallel Lives.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Life of Numa | 2 |
| Life of Numa Pompilius canonical | 2 |
| Life of Numa (Plutarch) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3315721 — 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: Life of Numa Pompilius Context triple: [Plutarch’s Parallel Lives, hasPart, Life of Numa Pompilius]
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A.
Romola
Romola is a historical novel by George Eliot set in 15th-century Florence, exploring political upheaval, moral conflict, and personal transformation.
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B.
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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C.
Discourses on Livy
Discourses on Livy is a political treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli that analyzes the history of the Roman Republic to explore the principles of republican government and civic virtue.
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D.
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
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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E.
Aenianes
The Aenianes were an ancient Greek tribe from central Greece, known for their participation in regional religious and political alliances such as the Amphictyonic League.
- 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: Life of Numa Pompilius Target entity description: Life of Numa Pompilius is one of Plutarch’s biographical essays, portraying the legendary second king of Rome as a model of piety and lawgiving within the Parallel Lives.
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A.
Romola
Romola is a historical novel by George Eliot set in 15th-century Florence, exploring political upheaval, moral conflict, and personal transformation.
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B.
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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C.
Discourses on Livy
Discourses on Livy is a political treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli that analyzes the history of the Roman Republic to explore the principles of republican government and civic virtue.
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D.
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
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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E.
Aenianes
The Aenianes were an ancient Greek tribe from central Greece, known for their participation in regional religious and political alliances such as the Amphictyonic League.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek biography
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biographical essay ⓘ work of classical literature ⓘ |
| aimsTo | illustrate parallels between Greek and Roman lawgivers ⓘ |
| author | Plutarch ⓘ |
| basedOn | Roman legendary tradition ⓘ |
| circulation | manuscript tradition in late antiquity and the Middle Ages ⓘ |
| containsTheme |
foundation of Roman religious institutions
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ideal kingship ⓘ lawgiving ⓘ religious reform ⓘ |
| depicts | second king of Rome ⓘ |
| describes |
Numa’s peaceful reign
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establishment of Roman priesthoods ⓘ regulation of Roman religious rites ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Numa’s legal and religious institutions
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Numa’s piety ⓘ |
| genre |
historical biography
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moral biography ⓘ |
| historicalReliability | partly legendary ⓘ |
| includedIn | corpus of Plutarch’s Lives ⓘ |
| influenced | later views of Numa as a religious lawgiver ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | biography ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Numa Pompilius ⓘ |
| moralPurpose | to present an exemplar of virtuous rulership ⓘ |
| pairedWith | Life of Lycurgus ⓘ |
| partOf | Parallel Lives ⓘ |
| portrays |
Numa’s institution of religious offices
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Numa’s reforms of the Roman calendar ⓘ Numa’s relationship with the nymph Egeria ⓘ |
| portraysAs |
model of lawgiving
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model of piety ⓘ |
| setting | early regal period of Rome ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Roman history
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ancient biography scholarship ⓘ classical studies ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | early 2nd century CE ⓘ |
| tradition | Greco-Roman biographical tradition ⓘ |
| workInSeries | Roman life in Parallel Lives ⓘ |
| workType | didactic biography ⓘ |
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