Epistle to the Pisos
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The Epistle to the Pisos, commonly known as the Ars Poetica, is a didactic poem by Horace that outlines principles of poetic composition and literary criticism in classical Rome.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Epistle to the Pisos canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11140662 — 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: Epistle to the Pisos Context triple: [Epistles, hasPart, Epistle to the Pisos]
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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.
Epistola Tractoria
Epistola Tractoria is a doctrinal letter by Pope Zosimus that condemned Pelagianism and required bishops to affirm orthodox teachings on grace and original sin.
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C.
Epistle of the Apostles
The Epistle of the Apostles is an early Christian pseudepigraphal text, framed as a letter from the apostles, that combines doctrinal instruction with apocalyptic and anti-gnostic themes.
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D.
Epistle to Titus
The Epistle to Titus is a New Testament pastoral letter offering guidance on church leadership, sound doctrine, and Christian living, traditionally attributed to the Apostle Paul and addressed to his coworker Titus.
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E.
Letter to the Smyrnaeans
Letter to the Smyrnaeans is an early Christian epistle by Ignatius of Antioch that emphasizes the reality of Christ’s incarnation and the importance of unity under the bishop against emerging heresies.
- 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: Epistle to the Pisos Target entity description: The Epistle to the Pisos, commonly known as the Ars Poetica, is a didactic poem by Horace that outlines principles of poetic composition and literary criticism in classical 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.
Epistola Tractoria
Epistola Tractoria is a doctrinal letter by Pope Zosimus that condemned Pelagianism and required bishops to affirm orthodox teachings on grace and original sin.
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C.
Epistle of the Apostles
The Epistle of the Apostles is an early Christian pseudepigraphal text, framed as a letter from the apostles, that combines doctrinal instruction with apocalyptic and anti-gnostic themes.
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D.
Epistle to Titus
The Epistle to Titus is a New Testament pastoral letter offering guidance on church leadership, sound doctrine, and Christian living, traditionally attributed to the Apostle Paul and addressed to his coworker Titus.
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E.
Letter to the Smyrnaeans
Letter to the Smyrnaeans is an early Christian epistle by Ignatius of Antioch that emphasizes the reality of Christ’s incarnation and the importance of unity under the bishop against emerging heresies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Latin poem
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classical Latin literature ⓘ didactic poem ⓘ literary criticism work ⓘ poetic treatise ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Ars Poetica
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De Arte Poetica ⓘ
linked to:
Horace’s Ars Poetica
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| hasApproximateDate | circa 19 BCE ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Horace ⓘ |
| hasForm | verse epistle ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
didactic poetry
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poetics ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
appropriate style
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decorum ⓘ didactic pleasure ⓘ mixing genres ⓘ poetic craft ⓘ unity of action ⓘ ut pictura poesis ⓘ verisimilitude ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| hasLatinTitle | Ars Poetica ⓘ |
| hasLength | approximately 476 hexameter lines ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | hexameter poem ⓘ |
| hasPlaceOfOrigin | Rome ⓘ |
| hasReception | foundational text in Western poetics ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
characterization in drama
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comedy ⓘ decorum in literature ⓘ didactic function of poetry ⓘ drama theory ⓘ imitation of life in poetry ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ meter in poetry ⓘ moral function of literature ⓘ poetic composition ⓘ poetics theory ⓘ role of the poet ⓘ style in poetry ⓘ tragedy ⓘ unity in poetry ⓘ |
| influenced |
Alexander Pope
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Boileau ⓘ
linked to:
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
French classical drama theory ⓘ Horatian tradition of literary criticism ⓘ Lessing ⓘ Renaissance literary theory ⓘ neoclassical poetics ⓘ |
| isAddressedTo |
Lucius Calpurnius Piso and his sons
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Piso family ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Horace's Epistles tradition ⓘ |
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