Poem 85 (Odi et amo)
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Poem 85 (Odi et amo) is a famously brief Latin elegiac couplet by Catullus that encapsulates the paradox of simultaneous love and hatred toward a beloved.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Catullus 85 | 1 |
| Poem 85 (Odi et amo) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8896095 — 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: Poem 85 (Odi et amo) Context triple: [Catullus, hasWork, Poem 85 (Odi et amo)]
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Ars Amatoria
Ars Amatoria is a didactic elegiac poem by the Roman poet Ovid that offers witty, often controversial advice on the arts of love and seduction in ancient Rome.
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B.
Sonnet 130
Sonnet 130 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, noted for its ironic, realistic portrayal of the speaker’s mistress that subverts conventional poetic idealization of beauty.
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C.
Amoretti
Amoretti is a sonnet sequence by Edmund Spenser that chronicles his courtship and eventual marriage through a series of intricately crafted love poems.
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D.
Book of Odes
The Book of Odes is one of the oldest and most revered classics of Chinese literature, comprising a canonical anthology of ancient poems and songs traditionally attributed to Confucius.
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E.
Aegimius (fragmentary poem)
Aegimius is a fragmentary ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Hesiod, that survives only in scattered quotations and is known for its mythological and genealogical content.
- 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: Poem 85 (Odi et amo) Target entity description: Poem 85 (Odi et amo) is a famously brief Latin elegiac couplet by Catullus that encapsulates the paradox of simultaneous love and hatred toward a beloved.
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A.
Ars Amatoria
Ars Amatoria is a didactic elegiac poem by the Roman poet Ovid that offers witty, often controversial advice on the arts of love and seduction in ancient Rome.
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B.
Sonnet 130
Sonnet 130 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, noted for its ironic, realistic portrayal of the speaker’s mistress that subverts conventional poetic idealization of beauty.
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C.
Amoretti
Amoretti is a sonnet sequence by Edmund Spenser that chronicles his courtship and eventual marriage through a series of intricately crafted love poems.
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D.
Book of Odes
The Book of Odes is one of the oldest and most revered classics of Chinese literature, comprising a canonical anthology of ancient poems and songs traditionally attributed to Confucius.
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E.
Aegimius (fragmentary poem)
Aegimius is a fragmentary ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Hesiod, that survives only in scattered quotations and is known for its mythological and genealogical content.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin poem
ⓘ
elegiac couplet ⓘ love poem ⓘ |
| addresses | paradox of simultaneous love and hate ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Catullus 85
ⓘ
Odi et amo ⓘ
linked to:
"Odi et Amo"
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| associatedPerson | Lesbia ⓘ |
| author | Catullus ⓘ |
| collection |
Carmina of Catullus
ⓘ
linked to:
Poems of Catullus
|
| commonlyTranslatedAs | I hate and I love ⓘ |
| containsWord |
amo
ⓘ
odi ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Roman love elegy ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| famousFor |
brevity
ⓘ
expression of conflicting emotions ⓘ psychological intensity ⓘ |
| firstLine |
Odi et amo
ⓘ
linked to:
"Odi et Amo"
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| form | epigrammatic ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| influenceOn | later love poetry ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| lengthInLines | 2 ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
antithesis
ⓘ
oxymoronic tension ⓘ paradox ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Late Roman Republic ⓘ |
| metre | elegiac couplet ⓘ |
| openingWords |
Odi et amo
ⓘ
linked to:
"Odi et Amo"
|
| originalMeterFirstLine | hexameter ⓘ |
| originalMeterSecondLine | pentameter ⓘ |
| philosophicalAspect | exploration of irrational emotion ⓘ |
| preservedIn | manuscript tradition of Catullus ⓘ |
| quotedAs | example of concise expression ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Latin literature courses
ⓘ
classical philology ⓘ |
| subjectOfEmotion | beloved ⓘ |
| theme |
emotional paradox
ⓘ
hatred ⓘ inner conflict ⓘ love ⓘ |
| titleInLatin | Carmen 85 ⓘ |
| tradition | Neoteric poetry ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Poem 85 (Odi et amo) Description of subject: Poem 85 (Odi et amo) is a famously brief Latin elegiac couplet by Catullus that encapsulates the paradox of simultaneous love and hatred toward a beloved.
Referenced by (2)
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