batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l1376-l1529
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l1376-l1529
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
passage_locator:
label: PREPARERS NOTE / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / BIBLIOGRAPHY; lines 1376-1529
start: '1376'
end: '1529'
translation: Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage lists manuscript sigla and repositories for the Homeric Hymns,
describes a scholar's grouping of manuscripts into families derived from a common
parent, and provides bibliographic references for editions, critical works, and
translations related to the Homeric Hymns, the Epic Cycle, and Hesiod.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage lists manuscript sigla with associated library locations and shelfmarks.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The passage states that a scholar traced the manuscripts back to a common
parent, with three main derived families, while manuscript M had a separate descent.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The passage lists named printed editions of the Homeric Hymns and related
works from 1488 onward.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The passage identifies the Allen and Sikes edition as especially valuable
and directs readers to that edition and to articles by T. W. Allen for manuscript
and textual problems.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The passage states that fragments of the Epic Cycle come from varied authors,
so no manuscript list is provided, and then lists collections and critical discussions.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The passage lists scholarly resources and translations concerning Hesiod and
Hesiodic poems.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: unnamed scholar
description: A scholar said to have traced the manuscripts back to a common parent
and grouped them into families.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Allen and Sikes
description: Editors whose edition is described as the best among the listed editions.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: T. W. Allen
description: Scholar whose articles in the Journal of Hellenic Studies are cited
for manuscript and textual problems, and whose work on Hesiod's date is also mentioned.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: manuscript-classifying scholar
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says the scholar traced all manuscripts back to a common parent
and derived families.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: modern editor or textual scholar
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:3
basis: The passage cites Allen and Sikes as editors and T. W. Allen as author of
articles on textual problems and Hesiod's date.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
symbols: []
scenes: []
candidate_motifs: []
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 1376-1425
quote_or_summary: The passage enumerates manuscript sigla such as A, At, B, C, D,
E, and others with repositories including Paris, Athos, Milan, Modena, Rome, London,
Florence, Leyden, Munich, Madrid, and Venice.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 1426-1438
quote_or_summary: '"all the MSS. back to a common parent from which three main families
are derived"; M is said to have "a separate descent" and not to be included in
any family.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 1440-1480
quote_or_summary: Under editions of the Homeric Hymns, the passage lists editions
and critical works including Chalcondyles, Aldine, Juntine, Stephanus, Martin,
Barnes, Ruhnken, Ilgen, Matthiae, Hermann, Franke, Dindorff, Baumeister, Gemoll,
Goodwin, Ludwich, Allen and Sikes, and Allen.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 1481-1491
quote_or_summary: The Allen and Sikes edition is described as the best; the passage
recommends it and T. W. Allen's Journal of Hellenic Studies articles for manuscripts
and textual problems, and mentions translations by J. Edgar and Andrew Lang.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 1493-1511
quote_or_summary: For the Epic Cycle, the passage says no manuscript list can be
given because fragments come from many authors, then names collections and discussions
by Muller, Dindorff, Kinkel, Allen, Welcker, Monro, and Croiset.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 1512-1529
quote_or_summary: The passage refers readers to Rzach's article on Hesiod, T. W.
Allen's discussion of Hesiod's date, and several English translations of Hesiod
by Chapman, Coocke, Elton, Banks, and Mair.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: high
comparison_claims: high
notes: This passage is bibliographic and text-critical rather than mythic narrative;
no passage-supported mythological symbols, scenes, candidate motifs, or comparison
claims were extracted.
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: |-
No taxonomy motif or symbol references were assigned because the passage does not narrate mythic content or present symbolic imagery.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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