batch.motif.roman-aeneid-mackail-gutenberg-l7343-l7408
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record_id: batch.motif.roman-aeneid-mackail-gutenberg-l7343-l7408
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
passage_locator:
label: BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH / BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE
LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA; lines 7343-7408
start: '7343'
end: '7408'
translation: The Aeneid of Virgil
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: We wage an ill-timed war, fellow-citizens, with a divine race, invincible,
unbroken in battle...
summary: A Latin leader advises ending a failing war by offering land, treaty terms,
possible ships, ambassadors bearing peace boughs, gifts, and royal insignia. Drances
then attacks Turnus as the cause of Latium’s suffering, urges that the king’s
daughter be given in marriage to secure peace, and calls on Turnus either to withdraw
or face the challenger himself. Turnus responds with anger.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The opening speaker says the Latins are meeting in council while the enemy
is seated before their walls.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The speaker describes the war as ill-timed and the opposing race as divine,
invincible, and unwilling to drop the sword even when conquered.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The speaker proposes ceding an ancient western tract of land near the Tuscan
river to the Teucrians in friendship.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The proposed land includes a pine-clad belt of mountain height and lands worked
or pastured by Auruncans and Rutulians.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The speaker proposes naming treaty terms and inviting the Teucrians as allies
who may settle and found a city.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: If the Teucrians prefer to depart, the speaker proposes building twenty ships
of Italian oak, or more if they can be manned, with timber available at the water’s
edge.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The speaker proposes sending one hundred high-ranking ambassadors with boughs
of peace, gold and ivory, and royal chair and striped robe.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Drances is described as jealous of Turnus’ fame, wealthy, eloquent, weak in
war, and influential in faction.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: Drances says public speech is constrained by the man whose government and
conduct he blames for many deaths and the city’s mourning.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: Drances urges that the king’s daughter be given to an illustrious son in marriage
to bind peace by perpetual treaty.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: Drances directly addresses Turnus, calling him the source of Latium’s woes
and pleading for peace and the pledge that makes peace inviolable.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: Drances says Turnus should advance against the foe himself if glory, strength,
or desire for a palace and bride moves him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: Turnus reacts to Drances’ words with blazing passion, a groan, and deep speech.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Opening Latin speaker / gracious king
description: A speaker addressing the Latins who proposes treaty terms, land, ships,
ambassadors, and gifts; Drances later addresses him as gracious king.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Latins / fellow-citizens
description: The people addressed in council, described as exhausted by war and
mourning losses.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Teucrians / Dardanians / Trojans
description: The opposing people described as a divine race and proposed recipients
of land, treaty terms, ships, and gifts.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Auruncans and Rutulians
description: Peoples said to sow, plough, and pasture the ancient tract proposed
for transfer.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: One hundred ambassadors
description: High-ranking Latian envoys proposed to carry words, ratify treaty,
hold boughs of peace, and bear gifts.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Drances
description: A speaker jealous of Turnus’ fame, wealthy and eloquent, weak in war,
influential in faction, who urges peace and criticizes Turnus.
role_refs:
- role:8
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Turnus
description: A warrior blamed by Drances for Latium’s woes and challenged to withdraw
or face the foe; he responds angrily.
role_refs:
- role:10
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: King’s daughter
description: The daughter whom Drances proposes should be given in marriage to an
illustrious son as part of peace-making.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Illustrious son
description: The proposed bridegroom for the king’s daughter, described as worthy
of marriage.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: war-council adviser
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker unfolds counsel to the Latins about the failed war and proposed
settlement.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: treaty proposer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He proposes land, allied status, ships if needed, ambassadors, gifts, and
royal insignia to secure terms.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: war-weary polity
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The Latins are said to face ruin, an exhausted state, mourning, and peril.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: besieging enemy
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The enemy is seated before the walls and is described as a divine race in
battle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: proposed treaty partner
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The speaker proposes friendship, alliance, settlement, or ships and gifts
for them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: current land users
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: They are said to sow, plough, and pasture the tract proposed for transfer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: peace envoys
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: They are to bear words, ratify treaty, hold boughs of peace, and carry gifts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: factional critic
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Drances is described as potent in faction and uses speech to blame Turnus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:9
label: peace advocate
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Drances urges peace, a marriage pledge, and Turnus’ withdrawal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:10
label: blamed war leader
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Drances attributes disastrous government, deaths, mourning, and Latium’s
woes to Turnus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:11
label: angry respondent
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: After Drances’ speech, Turnus’ passion blazes out and he begins to reply.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:12
label: marriage pledge
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Drances proposes giving the king’s daughter in marriage as part of binding
peace.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:13
label: proposed bridegroom
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Drances calls him an illustrious son and worthy marriage partner.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: boughs of peace
literal_form: boughs held by ambassadors
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:2
label: gold and ivory gifts
literal_form: weight of gold and ivory
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: royal chair and striped robe
literal_form: chair and striped robe described as royal array
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: ships of Italian oak
literal_form: twice ten ships, or more, made of Italian oak
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: pine-clad mountain height
literal_form: pine-clad belt of mountain height
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:6
label: water’s edge timber
literal_form: timber lying at the water’s edge
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:7
label: royal daughter as peace pledge
literal_form: king’s daughter offered in marriage to bind peace
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Council during siege
summary: The Latins meet in council while the enemy is before their walls; the opening
speaker says their war against a divine and invincible race is failing.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Proposed settlement and alliance
summary: The speaker proposes transferring land to the Teucrians, making treaty
terms, inviting them as allies, and allowing them to settle and found a city.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Alternative departure by ships
summary: If the Teucrians choose to seek other coasts, the speaker proposes building
ships of Italian oak and supplying materials, labor, and dockyards.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Embassy with peace gifts
summary: The speaker proposes sending one hundred noble ambassadors to ratify treaty,
bearing boughs of peace, gold, ivory, a chair, and a striped robe.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Drances’ denunciation of Turnus
summary: Drances rises, is characterized by jealousy and eloquence, and blames Turnus
for losses, mourning, and obstruction of peace.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:6
label: Marriage pledge for peace
summary: Drances urges that the king’s daughter be given in marriage to an illustrious
son, making the marriage a pledge of perpetual treaty.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:6
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:7
label: Challenge to Turnus and angry response
summary: Drances tells Turnus to pity his allies, retire before the conqueror, or
face the foe himself; Turnus responds with blazing anger.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: peace covenant after military crisis
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: The council proposal centers on treaty terms, alliance, ambassadors, ritual
peace boughs, and pledges to end a ruinous war.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage uses political treaty language rather than explicitly religious
covenant language.
- id: motif:2
label: marriage used to secure peace
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_marriage
basis: Drances proposes giving the king’s daughter to an illustrious son and binding
peace by perpetual treaty through the marriage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: low
cautions: The marriage is political and dynastic in the passage; it is not explicitly
sacred, so the taxonomy match is only approximate.
- id: motif:3
label: prestige gifts accompanying treaty
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The proposed embassy carries gold, ivory, and royal array as gifts while
ratifying a treaty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents diplomatic gift exchange; it does not state a sacred
or ritualized exchange beyond peace boughs and treaty ratification.
- id: motif:4
label: royal insignia transferred in diplomacy
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: The proposed gifts include a chair and striped robe described as royal array.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explain the political or legitimating effect of these
objects beyond their status as royal array.
- id: motif:5
label: departure by provided vessels
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: If the Teucrians wish to leave the soil for other coasts and another people,
the Latins will build and equip ships for them.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The departure remains hypothetical within the speech and is not narrated
as an accomplished journey.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 7343-7351
quote_or_summary: The opening speaker addresses the Latins in council during a siege
and calls the war ill-timed against a divine, invincible race.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 7352-7363
quote_or_summary: The speaker describes an ancient land near the Tuscan river, worked
by Auruncans and Rutulians, with a pine-clad mountain belt, and proposes giving
it to the Teucrians in friendship so they may ally, settle, and found a city.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 7363-7370
quote_or_summary: If the Teucrians want other coasts, the speaker proposes building
twenty or more ships of Italian oak and supplying brass, labor, and dockyards;
timber lies at the water’s edge.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 7370-7377
quote_or_summary: The speaker proposes one hundred high-ranking ambassadors to bear
words, ratify treaty, hold boughs of peace, and carry gold, ivory, a chair, and
striped robe as royal array.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 7378-7385
quote_or_summary: Drances rises; he is characterized as jealous of Turnus’ fame,
wealthy, eloquent, weak in war, influential in faction, and of mixed maternal
and paternal status.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 7386-7399
quote_or_summary: Drances says all know the nation’s fortune but speech is choked,
blames a man’s disastrous government for deaths and mourning, and urges giving
the king’s daughter to an illustrious son to bind peace by perpetual treaty.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 7399-7405
quote_or_summary: Drances addresses Turnus, calls him the source of Latium’s woes,
says all implore peace and its pledge, bows as an enemy, asks him to pity allies
and withdraw, or else face the foe himself.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 7406-7408
quote_or_summary: At Drances’ words, Turnus’ passion blazes out; he groans and begins
to speak in deep accents.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/aeneid-mackail.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is a clear council-and-speech sequence. Motif candidates tied
to political treaty, exchange, and marriage are supported, but mappings to sacred
taxonomy categories are partly approximate. No comparison claims are made because
the passage itself does not compare traditions or motif families.
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'
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