Hersilia
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Hersilia is a figure from Roman mythology, traditionally known as the wife of Romulus and a central mediator in the legendary conflict between the Romans and the Sabine women.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hersilia canonical | 5 |
| Hersilia (no widely used alternative classical spelling) | 1 |
| Hersilia (traditionally attributed) | 1 |
| Pompilia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T548702 — 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: Hersilia Context triple: [The Intervention of the Sabine Women, depictsCharacter, Hersilia]
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A.
Phasaelis
Phasaelis was a Nabatean princess, daughter of King Aretas IV, best known as the first wife of Herod Antipas whose repudiation of her led to political and military conflict.
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B.
Dardanus
Dardanus is a figure in Greek mythology, often regarded as a son of Zeus and Electra and the legendary ancestor of the Trojans and Romans.
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C.
Asterope
Asterope is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with tending the gods’ blissful garden and its golden apples.
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D.
Malthace
Malthace was a wife of Herod the Great and the mother of several of his children, including Herod Antipas, placing her within the Herodian royal family of Judea.
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E.
Hespere
Hespere is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology who tended the blissful garden in the far west that contained the golden apples.
- 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: Hersilia Target entity description: Hersilia is a figure from Roman mythology, traditionally known as the wife of Romulus and a central mediator in the legendary conflict between the Romans and the Sabine women.
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A.
Phasaelis
Phasaelis was a Nabatean princess, daughter of King Aretas IV, best known as the first wife of Herod Antipas whose repudiation of her led to political and military conflict.
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B.
Dardanus
Dardanus is a figure in Greek mythology, often regarded as a son of Zeus and Electra and the legendary ancestor of the Trojans and Romans.
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C.
Asterope
Asterope is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology associated with tending the gods’ blissful garden and its golden apples.
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D.
Malthace
Malthace was a wife of Herod the Great and the mother of several of his children, including Herod Antipas, placing her within the Herodian royal family of Judea.
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E.
Hespere
Hespere is one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of Greek mythology who tended the blissful garden in the far west that contained the golden apples.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman mythological figure
ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ |
| action |
intervened to stop the war between Romans and Sabines
ⓘ
pleaded for peace between her Roman husbands and Sabine relatives ⓘ |
| afterlifeStatus | deified in some traditions ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita (as a character in early Roman history)
ⓘ
linked to:
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
Ovid’s Fasti (in some passages related to early Rome) ⓘ Plutarch’s Life of Romulus ⓘ
linked to:
Life of Romulus
|
| associatedWith |
Rape of the Sabine Women
ⓘ
linked to:
The Rape of the Sabine Women
Romulus ⓘ Sabine women ⓘ |
| category |
Characters in Roman legendary history
ⓘ
Deified humans in Roman tradition (in some accounts) ⓘ Queens in Roman mythology ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ancient Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
| culture | Roman ⓘ |
| deityName |
Hora (in some accounts)
ⓘ
linked to:
Inter-Hours
|
| domain |
Roman mythology
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman religion
|
| ethnicOrigin |
Sabine (in many traditions)
ⓘ
linked to:
Sabine women
|
| familyBackground | often described as of Sabine origin ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasHusbandRole | Romulus as first king of Rome ⓘ |
| influenceOn | later literary depictions of virtuous Roman matrons ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryType | legendary character ⓘ |
| motherOf | children of Romulus (various traditions) ⓘ |
| mythologicalEvent |
abduction of the Sabine women
ⓘ
linked to:
The Rape of the Sabine Women
subsequent war between Romans and Sabines ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Hersilia (no widely used alternative classical spelling)
ⓘ
linked to:
Hersilia
|
| narrativeFunction | symbol of reconciliation between warring peoples ⓘ |
| narrativeStatus | semi-legendary ⓘ |
| partOf | Roman foundation myths ⓘ |
| position | queen of Rome ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Roman–Sabine synoecism (union of peoples)
ⓘ
foundation of Rome ⓘ |
| role |
mediator between Romans and Sabines
ⓘ
peacemaker in the Sabine women conflict ⓘ wife of Romulus ⓘ |
| sourceType | ancient literary sources and later mythographic traditions ⓘ |
| spouse | Romulus ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
integration of Romans and Sabines
ⓘ
mediation ⓘ peace ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mythic early regal period of Rome ⓘ |
| transformation | elevated to the status of a goddess after death (in some versions) ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Ancient Roman religion ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hersilia Description of subject: Hersilia is a figure from Roman mythology, traditionally known as the wife of Romulus and a central mediator in the legendary conflict between the Romans and the Sabine women.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hersilia
linked to: Hersilia
linked to: Hersilia
subject linked to:
Ovid’s Fasti (in some passages related to early Rome)
subject linked to:
Rape of the Sabine Women (mythological event)