batch.motif.roman-aeneid-mackail-gutenberg-l4596-l4688
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record_id: batch.motif.roman-aeneid-mackail-gutenberg-l4596-l4688
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
passage_locator:
label: BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD / BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN
LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY; lines 4596-4688
start: '4596'
end: '4688'
translation: The Aeneid of Virgil
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Allecto drives Queen Amata into Bacchic frenzy, causing her to hide her
daughter in the mountains and summon Latin matrons to orgiastic rites. Allecto
then flies to Turnus, disguises herself as the aged priestess Calybe, urges him
to war against the Trojans, reveals her Fury form after he dismisses her, and
hurls a smoking torch into his breast. Turnus wakes in terror and calls the Rutulians
to arms.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Amata is described as maddened by the serpent's poison and raging through
the city.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Amata goes into the woodland under feigned Bacchic influence and hides her
daughter in mountain coverts to prevent the Teucrian marriage.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Amata invokes Bacchus and says the maiden is worthy of him, dances for him,
and consecrates her tresses to him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Latin matrons leave their homes, loosen hair and dress, cry out, wear fawnskins,
and carry vine-spears.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The queen carries a blazing pine-torch and chants the wedding of Turnus and
her daughter.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Allecto goads the queen with encircling Bacchic madness in woods and solitary
places among wild beasts.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Allecto flies on dusky wing to Ardea, where Turnus is resting at midnight.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Allecto changes from her Fury form into an aged woman and appears as Calybe,
priestess of Juno's temple.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: Disguised as Calybe, Allecto tells Turnus that Juno commands him to arm his
people, march to battle, and burn the Phrygian ships on the river.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:10
text: Turnus dismisses the disguised speaker as an old woman whose charge is the
temple, saying war and peace belong to men and warriors.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:11
text: Allecto reveals a vast Fury form with hissing snakes, fiery eyes, serpents
raised in her hair, and a sounding whip.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: Allecto declares that she comes from the home of the Dread Sisters and that
war and death are in her hand.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:13
text: Allecto hurls a torch at Turnus and pierces his breast with a lurid smoking
brand.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:14
text: Turnus wakes in fear, sweats, cries for arms, and searches for weapons.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: obs:15
text: Turnus orders his chief warriors to march on Latinus, prepare for battle,
defend Italy, and drive the foe from their borders.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- id: obs:16
text: The Rutulians encourage one another to take up arms, moved by Turnus's beauty,
ancestry, and deeds.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Allecto
description: A Fury described as a dolorous goddess who maddens Amata, disguises
herself as Calybe, reveals snakes and a vast form, and incites Turnus to war.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:11
- ev:13
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Amata
description: The queen driven into frenzy who hides her daughter, summons the mothers
of Latium, and carries a blazing torch.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Latinus
description: King whose house and purpose are turned upside down; Turnus later orders
warriors to march on him.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:15
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Turnus
description: Rutulian leader resting at midnight in Ardea, urged by Allecto, pierced
by her torch, and moved to order war.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:13
- ev:15
- ev:16
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Calybe
description: Aged priestess of Juno's temple whose appearance Allecto assumes before
Turnus.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Bacchus
description: God invoked by Amata during her feigned Bacchic frenzy.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: mothers of Latium / Latin matrons
description: Women who leave their homes, take up Bacchic dress and cries, and are
summoned by Amata to begin the orgies.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Juno
description: Saturn's daughter whom the disguised Allecto claims commanded Turnus
to act.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Trojans / Teucrians / Phrygian captains
description: Foreign arrivals whose bridal with Amata's daughter is obstructed and
whose ships Turnus is urged to burn.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
- ev:15
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Rutulians
description: Turnus's people who stir one another up to arms after his vow.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine inciter of frenzy
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Allecto goads Amata with Bacchic madness and later incites Turnus to war.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:13
- id: role:2
label: shape-shifting deceiver
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Allecto changes from Fury form into the aged priestess Calybe to speak to
Turnus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:3
label: war-bringer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Allecto declares that war and death are in her hand and pierces Turnus with
a fiery brand.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: role:4
label: frenzied mother and queen
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Amata is maddened, hides her daughter, and calls the mothers of Latium into
orgiastic frenzy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: king whose settlement is opposed
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Latinus is fixed against Amata and later becomes the target of Turnus's order
to march.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:15
- id: role:6
label: roused warrior leader
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Turnus wakes in terror, calls for arms, and orders battle preparations.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- ev:15
- id: role:7
label: promised bridegroom claimant
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Allecto says the king denies Turnus his bride and dower, and Amata chants
the wedding of Turnus and her daughter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
- id: role:8
label: assumed priestess identity
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Allecto becomes aged Calybe, priestess of Juno's temple.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:9
label: invoked god of Bacchic rites
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Amata cries 'Hail, Bacchus' and dedicates the maiden's actions to him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:10
label: collective frenzy participants
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The matrons leave homes, loosen hair, wear fawnskins, carry vine-spears,
and begin orgies with Amata.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:11
label: claimed divine authority
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Disguised Allecto tells Turnus that Saturn's daughter commanded her message;
Turnus says Juno is not forgetful.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:12
label: foreign rivals and targets
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The Teucrian bridal is obstructed, and Turnus is urged to burn the Phrygian
ships and drive the foe from Italy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:9
- ev:15
- id: role:13
label: armed followers
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The Rutulians stir one another to arms after Turnus calls the gods to witness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: serpent poison
literal_form: serpent's maddening poison in Amata's vitals
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: mountain coverts
literal_form: mountain hiding places where Amata conceals her daughter
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: Bacchic vine-spears
literal_form: spears of vine carried by matrons
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: blazing pine-torch
literal_form: blazing pine-torch held by Amata
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: dusky wing
literal_form: Allecto's dusky wing in flight
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: olive spray and white tresses
literal_form: white tresses bound with an olive spray in Allecto's disguise
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:7
label: painted hulls in the river
literal_form: Phrygian ships lying in the beautiful river
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:8
label: Fury serpents
literal_form: hissing snakes and two serpents in Allecto's hair
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:9
label: Fury whip
literal_form: whip sounded by Allecto after revealing herself
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:10
label: smoking brand
literal_form: lurid smoking torch-brand hurled into Turnus's breast
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: sym:11
label: sword passion and arms
literal_form: Turnus's search for arms and the raging passion of the sword
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- ev:15
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Amata's Bacchic frenzy
summary: Amata, maddened by serpent poison, ranges through the city, goes into woodland,
hides her daughter in mountain coverts, invokes Bacchus, and summons Latin mothers
to orgiastic rites.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:2
label: Allecto's disguised warning to Turnus
summary: Allecto flies to Ardea at midnight, assumes the shape of the aged priestess
Calybe, and urges Turnus to arm his people, attack the Trojans, and compel Latinus
to honor the bridal arrangement.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:3
label: Turnus rejects the old woman's counsel
summary: Turnus answers that the Trojan fleet is known to him, Juno has not forgotten
him, and the aged speaker should tend the temple while men handle war and peace.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: scene:4
label: Fury revelation and fiery compulsion
summary: Allecto reveals her monstrous Fury form with serpents, fiery eyes, and
whip, declares she bears war and death, and pierces Turnus's breast with a smoking
torch, after which he wakes in terror and calls for arms.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
- sym:9
- sym:10
- sym:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: scene:5
label: Rutulians stirred to arms
summary: Turnus orders his warriors to march on Latinus, defend Italy, and drive
out the foe; the Rutulians encourage one another to arms.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
- ev:16
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine madness inciting social disorder
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Allecto's action produces Bacchic madness in Amata and the Latin matrons,
leading them to abandon homes and obstruct the planned marriage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents the madness through epic narrative and Bacchic imagery;
broader ritual interpretation should be reviewed.
- id: motif:2
label: mother hides daughter to prevent unwanted marriage
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: Amata hides her daughter in mountain coverts to rob the Teucrians of their
bridal and halt the marriage torches.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: 'The taxonomy reference is approximate: the daughter is concealed by her
mother rather than stolen by an outside abductor in this passage.'
- id: motif:3
label: deceptive divine disguise as old priestess
taxonomy_refs:
- shapeshifter
- trickster_boundary
basis: Allecto puts off Fury form, assumes the aged priestess Calybe's appearance,
and delivers a war-inciting message to Turnus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage supports disguise and deception; 'trickster' is used only
in the boundary-crossing/deceptive sense available in the taxonomy.
- id: motif:4
label: revealed Fury with serpents and whip
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
basis: After Turnus rejects her, Allecto reveals hissing snakes, fiery eyes, serpents
in her hair, and a whip.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: This is a visual-symbolic motif rather than a full narrative arc.
- id: motif:5
label: fiery divine wound that awakens war-fury
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
basis: Allecto hurls a smoking torch into Turnus's breast; he wakes terrified, calls
for arms, and orders preparation for battle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- ev:14
- ev:15
confidence: high
cautions: The passage describes an inciting wound or brand, not literal death or
rebirth.
- id: motif:6
label: war launched over blocked marriage and foreign succession
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Allecto tells Turnus that his bride and crown are being transferred to a
foreigner, and Turnus later orders war against Latinus and the Trojans.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:15
confidence: medium
cautions: The record covers only the incitement scene; wider dynastic context lies
outside the supplied passage.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 4596-4602
quote_or_summary: Amata is described as affected by serpent poison, horrified and
frenzied, raging through the city like a whipped top.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 4603-4608
quote_or_summary: Amata goes into the woodland under feigned Bacchic influence,
hides her daughter in mountain coverts, and seeks to prevent the Teucrian bridal
and marriage torches.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: 4608-4612
quote_or_summary: '"Hail, Bacchus!" she shrieks, and says the maiden takes up wands,
circles in the dance, and consecrates her tresses to him.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short excerpt.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 4612-4618
quote_or_summary: Rumour spreads; matrons with kindled breasts leave homes, loosen
hair, cry aloud, wear fawnskins, and carry vine-spears.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 4618-4624
quote_or_summary: The infuriate queen lifts a blazing pine-torch, chants the wedding
of Turnus and her daughter, and calls the mothers of Latium to begin the orgies
with her.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 4624-4626
quote_or_summary: Allecto goads the queen with encircling Bacchic madness amid woods
and solitary wild places.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 4627-4635
quote_or_summary: After completing her first task, Allecto flies on a dusky wing
to Ardea, where Turnus rests in his high house at black midnight.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 4635-4641
quote_or_summary: Allecto puts off her Fury features, changes into an aged woman
with wrinkled brow, white tresses, and olive spray, becoming Calybe, priestess
of Juno's temple.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 4642-4655
quote_or_summary: The disguised Allecto tells Turnus that his crown and bride are
being given to Dardanian settlers, claims Juno's command, and urges him to arm
his people, march to battle, and burn the Phrygian ships in the river.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 4656-4666
quote_or_summary: Turnus derides her inspiration, says he knows of the Trojan fleets
and Juno has not forgotten him, and tells the aged woman to keep the divine image
and temple while men handle war and peace.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 4667-4673
quote_or_summary: Allecto's wrath blazes; Turnus shudders as the Fury's snakes hiss,
her form expands, her eyes are fiery, two serpents rise in her hair, and her whip
sounds.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: quote
locator: 4674-4677
quote_or_summary: '"I am come from the home of the Dread Sisters: war and death
are in my hand."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short excerpt.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: 4678-4680
quote_or_summary: Allecto hurls her torch at Turnus and pierces his breast with
a lurid smoking brand.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: 4680-4683
quote_or_summary: Turnus breaks from sleep in great fear, sweats, shrieks for arms,
and searches for weapons in bed and palace.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:15
type: summary
locator: 4683-4687
quote_or_summary: The passion of the sword and fury of war rage; Turnus orders chiefs
to march on Latinus, prepare for battle, defend Italy, and drive the foe from
the borders.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:16
type: summary
locator: 4687-4688
quote_or_summary: After Turnus calls the gods to hear his vows, the Rutulians stir
one another to arms, moved by his beauty, royal ancestry, and deeds.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif labels are candidate
analytical summaries and require human review; no comparison claims were made
because the passage itself does not support external comparison.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
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