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passage_locator:
label: HESIOD / HESIODS WORKS AND DAYS / THE DIVINATION BY BIRDS / THE ASTRONOMY;
lines 2338-2416
start: '2338'
end: '2416'
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 gives notices on a disputed Divination by Birds and fragments
of an Astronomy attributed to Hesiod. It names star-groups such as the Pleiades
and Hyades, gives genealogies, and recounts catasterism stories of Callisto/Great
Bear, Arcas/Bootes, Orion, and the scorpion. The Orion fragments also include
blindness, healing by the Sun, hunting with Artemis and Leto, death by a scorpion
sent by Earth, and a land-forming deed near Peloris.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A notice says some place the Divination by Birds after Works and Days 828,
but Apollonius of Rhodes rejects it as spurious.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The Astronomy is attributed to Hesiod in the cited notice and is said to call
the Pleiades by the form Peleiades.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The Pleiades are listed by name, and Atlas is named as their father.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Maia is said to have borne Hermes in the mountains of Cyllene.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Zeus is said to have made the sisters of Hyas into the stars called Hyades.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Callisto is described as a daughter of Lycaon living in Arcadia and hunting
or occupying herself with wild beasts in the mountains with Artemis.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Callisto is seduced by Zeus, becomes pregnant, is discovered while bathing,
and is changed by Artemis into a bear.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Callisto as a bear gives birth to Arcas and is later hunted and handed over
with her infant to Lycaon.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: Callisto enters the forbidden precinct of Zeus unknowingly and is nearly killed
under the law while pursued by her own son and the Arcadians.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Zeus delivers Callisto and places her among the stars with the name Bear.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Bootes, also called the Bear-warden, is identified in the story as Arcas,
son of Callisto and Zeus.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: Lycaon is said to have entertained Zeus and set before him the cut-up babe.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: Orion is described as the son of Euryale and Poseidon and as having the gift
of walking on waves as if on land.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:14
text: Orion, while drunk, outrages Merope; Oenopion blinds him and casts him out
of the country.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:15
text: Hephaestus gives Orion the servant Cedalion as a guide; Orion carries Cedalion
on his shoulders while Cedalion points out roads.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:16
text: Orion comes east, meets Helius, is healed, and returns to punish Oenopion,
who is hidden underground by his people.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:17
text: Orion hunts in Crete with Artemis and Leto and threatens to kill every beast
on earth.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:18
text: Earth sends a very large scorpion against Orion; Orion is stung and dies.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:19
text: Zeus places Orion among the stars at the prayer of Artemis and Leto, and also
places the scorpion there as a memorial.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:20
text: A separate Orion notice says he piled up the promontory by Peloris, founded
the close of Poseidon, later settled in Euboea, and was taken among the stars
because of his renown.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Pleiades / Peleiades
description: A named group of stars or sisters including Teygata, Electra, Alcyone,
Asterope, Celaeno, Maia, and Merope; said to be begotten by Atlas.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Atlas
description: Father of the Pleiades in the cited list.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Maia
description: One of the Pleiades; said to bear Hermes in the mountains of Cyllene.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Hermes
description: Herald of the gods, born from Maia in the mountains of Cyllene.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Hyades
description: The sisters of Hyas, named as Phaesyle, Coronis, Cleeia, Phaco, and
Eudora, whom Zeus made into stars.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Zeus
description: God who transforms the Hyades into stars, seduces Callisto, delivers
Callisto from death, places her among the stars, and is entertained by Lycaon
in the Bootes notice.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Callisto
description: Daughter of Lycaon, companion of Artemis in the mountains, seduced
by Zeus, transformed into a bear, mother of Arcas, and placed among the stars
as Bear.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:3
- role:7
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Artemis
description: Goddess with whom Callisto ranges in the mountains; enraged on discovering
Callisto’s pregnancy; later associated with Orion’s hunting and prays with Leto
for Orion’s catasterism.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Arcas / Bootes / Bear-warden
description: Son of Callisto and Zeus; identified with Bootes or Bear-warden; pursues
Callisto in the forbidden-precinct episode.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Lycaon
description: Father of Callisto; receives Callisto and her babe after they are hunted;
in another notice entertains Zeus and serves the cut-up babe.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Orion
description: Son of Euryale and Poseidon, endowed with wave-walking, blinded by
Oenopion, guided by Cedalion, healed by Helius, killed by a scorpion, and placed
among the stars.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:7
- role:9
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Poseidon
description: Father of Orion; associated with the close founded by Orion near Peloris.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Euryale
description: Daughter of Minos and mother of Orion.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Merope daughter of Oenopion
description: The woman whom Orion outrages at Chios while drunk.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Oenopion
description: Father of Merope; blinds Orion, casts him out, and later is hidden
underground by his people.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Hephaestus
description: Takes pity on Orion at Lemnos and gives him Cedalion as guide.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:17
name_or_label: Cedalion
description: Servant of Hephaestus who guides Orion by pointing out roads while
carried on Orion’s shoulders.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:18
name_or_label: Helius / the Sun
description: Figure whom Orion appears to meet in the east and after whom Orion
is healed.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:19
name_or_label: Leto
description: Hunts or is in company with Orion and Artemis in Crete and prays with
Artemis for Orion to be placed among the stars.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:20
name_or_label: Earth
description: Sends a very large scorpion against Orion after his threat to kill
every beast on earth.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:21
name_or_label: Scorpion
description: A very large scorpion sent by Earth, which stings Orion and is later
placed among the stars as a memorial.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:22
name_or_label: Goat-herds and Arcadians
description: Human groups who hunt Callisto and pursue her in the forbidden-precinct
episode.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: star-translated or constellation figure
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:7
- fig:9
- fig:11
- fig:21
basis: These figures or groups are named as stars, placed among the stars, or identified
with constellations.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:2
label: divine or ancestral father
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:12
basis: Atlas fathers the Pleiades; Zeus fathers Arcas and is involved with Callisto;
Poseidon fathers Orion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: mother
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:7
- fig:13
basis: Maia bears Hermes, Callisto gives birth to Arcas, and Euryale is mother of
Orion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: divine or heroic child
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:9
basis: Hermes is born from Maia, and Arcas is son of Callisto and Zeus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: punishing or hostile agent
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:8
- fig:15
- fig:20
basis: Artemis changes Callisto into a bear; Oenopion blinds Orion; Earth sends
the scorpion; Zeus is associated with the law of the forbidden precinct and with
Lycaon’s episode.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:6
label: deliverer and catasterism agent
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Zeus delivers Callisto and places her among the stars, and also places Orion
and the scorpion among the stars.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: transformed or physically altered figure
assigned_to:
- fig:7
- fig:11
basis: Callisto is changed into a bear, and Orion is blinded and later healed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: role:8
label: forbidden-precinct transgressor
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Callisto enters the forbidden precinct of Zeus unknowingly and is nearly
killed under its law.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: hunter or hunting companion
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:11
- fig:19
basis: Callisto is associated with wild beasts and Artemis; Orion hunts in company
with Artemis and Leto.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: role:10
label: transgressive host or kin figure
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Lycaon is father of Callisto and is said to set the cut-up babe before Zeus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:11
label: land-forming hero
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Orion is said to pile up the promontory by Peloris and found the close of
Poseidon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:12
label: victim of outrage
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: Merope is the daughter of Oenopion whom Orion outrages.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:13
label: helper or guide
assigned_to:
- fig:16
- fig:17
- fig:18
basis: Hephaestus gives Cedalion to Orion, Cedalion guides him, and Orion is healed
after meeting Helius.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:14
label: death-dealing animal
assigned_to:
- fig:21
basis: The scorpion sent by Earth stings Orion and causes his death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:15
label: pursuers or hunters
assigned_to:
- fig:22
basis: Goat-herds hunt Callisto, and Arcadians pursue her with Arcas.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: bird divination
literal_form: Birds named in the title Divination by Birds.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: Pleiades / Peleiades stars
literal_form: Named star-sisters or star group called Pleiades/Peleiades.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: Hyades stars
literal_form: Sisters of Hyas transformed into the stars called Hyades.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: Bear constellation
literal_form: Callisto changed into a bear and placed among the stars with the name
Bear.
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: forbidden precinct of Zeus
literal_form: A precinct of Zeus whose law makes Callisto liable to death when she
enters unknowingly.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:9
- fig:22
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: Bootes / Bear-warden
literal_form: Constellation or star figure identified as Arcas, called Bootes or
Bear-warden.
associated_figures:
- fig:9
- fig:7
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: waves and sea crossing
literal_form: Orion’s power of walking upon waves as though upon land; sea and straits
in the Peloris notice.
associated_figures:
- fig:11
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: sym:8
label: blindness and guiding servant
literal_form: Orion’s blindness after punishment and Cedalion guiding him from his
shoulders.
associated_figures:
- fig:11
- fig:15
- fig:17
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:9
label: underground concealment
literal_form: Oenopion hidden underground by his people when Orion seeks him.
associated_figures:
- fig:11
- fig:15
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:10
label: scorpion memorial constellation
literal_form: A very large scorpion that kills Orion and is then placed among the
stars as a memorial.
associated_figures:
- fig:21
- fig:11
- fig:20
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:11
label: promontory and close of Poseidon
literal_form: The promontory by Peloris piled up by Orion and the close of Poseidon
founded there.
associated_figures:
- fig:11
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Notice on the Divination by Birds
summary: A scholastic notice reports that some attach the Divination by Birds to
Works and Days, while Apollonius of Rhodes rejects it as spurious.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Pleiades genealogy and Maia’s childbirth
summary: The Astronomy’s star-name usage is reported; the Pleiades are named, Atlas
is their father, and Maia bears Hermes in Cyllene.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Hyades transformed into stars
summary: Zeus makes the sisters of Hyas into the stars called Hyades, and their
names are listed.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Callisto’s transformation and birth of Arcas
summary: Callisto lives with Artemis in the mountains, is seduced by Zeus, discovered
pregnant while bathing, changed into a bear by Artemis, and gives birth to Arcas.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Callisto in the forbidden precinct and catasterism
summary: Callisto is hunted, enters Zeus’s forbidden precinct, is pursued by her
son and the Arcadians, is about to be killed, and is delivered by Zeus and placed
among the stars as Bear.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:9
- fig:22
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Lycaon’s meal for Zeus
summary: In the Bootes notice, Lycaon is said to entertain Zeus and serve him the
cut-up babe.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:10
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:7
label: Orion’s injury, guidance, and healing
summary: Orion, son of Euryale and Poseidon, has wave-walking power, outrages Merope,
is blinded by Oenopion, receives Cedalion as guide from Hephaestus, travels east,
and is healed after meeting Helius.
figure_refs:
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:14
- fig:15
- fig:16
- fig:17
- fig:18
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:8
label: Orion killed by scorpion and placed among stars
summary: Orion hunts with Artemis and Leto, threatens all beasts, is killed by a
scorpion sent by Earth, and Zeus places both Orion and the scorpion among the
stars.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:8
- fig:11
- fig:19
- fig:20
- fig:21
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:9
label: Orion’s land-forming deed and immortal remembrance
summary: Another notice says Orion piles up a promontory by Peloris, founds the
close of Poseidon, settles in Euboea, and is taken into the stars because of his
renown.
figure_refs:
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: catasterism after misfortune, death, or renown
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: Callisto, the Hyades, Orion, and the scorpion are made into or placed among
stars; Orion is also taken into the stars because of renown.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy has no specific catasterism category; the reference
to ascent is approximate and should be reviewed.
- id: motif:2
label: human or nymph transformed into animal
taxonomy_refs:
- shapeshifter
basis: Artemis changes Callisto into a bear after discovering her pregnancy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: This is an imposed transformation rather than voluntary shapeshifting.
- id: motif:3
label: divine parent and notable child
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: Hermes is born from Maia, Arcas is son of Zeus and Callisto, and Orion is
son of Poseidon and Euryale.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is genealogical in this passage and not developed into a full
narrative for every child.
- id: motif:4
label: forbidden sacred precinct transgression
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Callisto unknowingly enters the forbidden precinct of Zeus and is nearly
killed under its law.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage concerns forbidden sacred space, not forbidden knowledge;
no available taxonomy reference exactly matches it.
- id: motif:5
label: blinded wanderer guided to healing
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
basis: Orion is blinded, expelled, guided by Cedalion, travels east, meets Helius,
and is healed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly frame the episode as initiation; the taxonomy
reference is interpretive and should be reviewed.
- id: motif:6
label: earth-sent creature punishes overreaching hunter
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: After Orion threatens to kill every beast on earth, Earth sends a great scorpion
that kills him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage names Earth’s anger and action, but does not use a formal
judgment vocabulary.
- id: motif:7
label: heroic land formation and cult foundation
taxonomy_refs:
- culture_hero
basis: Orion is said to pile up a promontory and found the close of Poseidon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives one local foundation deed and does not explicitly call
Orion a culture hero.
- id: motif:8
label: bird divination or augury text
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: A disputed text titled Divination by Birds is mentioned in relation to Works
and Days.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: low
cautions: Only the title and attribution dispute are given; no divinatory procedure
or mythic narrative is preserved in this passage.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: Within these Astronomy fragments, several narratives share the same function
of explaining named stars or constellations through transformation, rescue, death,
or memorialization.
claim_level: same_function
target: catasterism explanations for Pleiades/Hyades, Great Bear, Bootes, Orion,
and Scorpion within the passage
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: This is an internal comparison across fragments in the passage, not
a claim of historical contact or common origin beyond the cited text.
- id: claim:2
claim: The Callisto and Orion narratives both connect hunting in the company of
Artemis with later transformation or placement among the stars.
claim_level: same_function
target: Callisto/Bear and Orion catasterism episodes within the passage
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: 'The causes differ: Callisto’s episode involves pregnancy, animal transformation,
and a forbidden precinct, while Orion’s involves overhunting, death by scorpion,
and divine memorialization.'
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 2338-2342
quote_or_summary: A Proclus notice says some make the Divination by Birds follow
Works and Days 828, while Apollonius of Rhodes rejects it as spurious.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain Project Gutenberg text; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 2344-2357
quote_or_summary: The Astronomy, attributed to Hesiod, calls the Pleiades Peleiades;
a scholion lists the Pleiades, says Atlas begot them, and says Maia bore Hermes
in the mountains of Cyllene.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain Project Gutenberg text; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 2359-2364
quote_or_summary: Zeus made the sisters of Hyas into the stars called Hyades; Hesiod’s
Book about Stars gives their names as Phaesyle, Coronis, Cleeia, Phaco, and Eudora.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain Project Gutenberg text; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 2366-2376
quote_or_summary: Callisto, daughter of Lycaon in Arcadia, lives with Artemis among
wild beasts; Zeus seduces her, Artemis discovers her pregnancy while she is bathing,
and changes her into a bear; she gives birth to Arcas.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain Project Gutenberg text; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 2376-2386
quote_or_summary: Callisto is hunted, handed with her babe to Lycaon, later enters
Zeus’s forbidden precinct unknowingly, is pursued by Arcas and the Arcadians,
is about to be killed, but Zeus delivers her and places her among the stars as
Bear.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain Project Gutenberg text; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 2388-2394
quote_or_summary: Bootes, the Bear-warden, is identified as Arcas son of Callisto
and Zeus; Lycaon, while entertaining Zeus, sets before him the cut-up babe.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain Project Gutenberg text; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 2396-2408
quote_or_summary: Orion is son of Euryale and Poseidon and can walk on waves; after
outraging Merope, Oenopion blinds and exiles him; Hephaestus gives Cedalion as
guide; Orion travels east, meets Helius, is healed, and searches for Oenopion,
who is hidden underground.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain Project Gutenberg text; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 2408-2416
quote_or_summary: Orion hunts in Crete with Artemis and Leto and threatens all beasts;
Earth sends a great scorpion that stings and kills him; Zeus places Orion and
the scorpion among the stars at the prayer of Artemis and Leto.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain Project Gutenberg text; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 2417-2426
quote_or_summary: A Diodorus notice contrasts earthquake explanations with Hesiod’s
claim that Orion piled up the promontory by Peloris, founded Poseidon’s close,
settled in Euboea, and was taken among the stars for his renown.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain Project Gutenberg text; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The passage is fragmentary and includes scholia and later citations, with
at least one lacuna and attribution cautions. Motif labels beyond literal catasterism
should be reviewed.
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: |-
Used only the supplied passage and metadata. Evidence locator ev:9 extends beyond the user-specified end label as reflected in the supplied passage text, which includes the Diodorus Orion notice after the line-range endpoint.
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