batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l3012-l3099
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l3012-l3099
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
passage_locator:
label: THE PRECEPTS OF CHIRON / THE GREAT WORKS / THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY;
lines 3012-3099
start: '3012'
end: '3099'
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 describes the impossibility of escaping Zeus' will, Prometheus'
confinement, the earlier binding of Obriareus, Cottus, and Gyes beneath the earth,
their release by Zeus and the gods on Earth’s advice, Zeus' appeal for their aid
against the Titans, Cottus' pledge of support, and the ensuing cosmic battle in
which the hundred-handed allies hurl rocks and Zeus unleashes thunder, lightning,
fire, earthquake, duststorm, and overwhelming heat.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Prometheus did not escape Zeus' anger and was confined by strong bands despite
knowing many wiles.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Obriareus, Cottus, and Gyes were bound in cruel bonds and made to dwell beneath
the earth at its borders.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The son of Cronos and the other deathless gods brought Obriareus, Cottus,
and Gyes back to the light on Earth’s advice.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Earth told the gods that with these three allies they would gain victory and
glory.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The Titans from Othrys and the gods born from Cronos and Rhea from Olympus
fought for ten years without a decisive outcome.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The released allies were fed nectar and ambrosia, after which their spirit
revived.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Zeus asked the children of Earth and Heaven to use their strength against
the Titans and to remember their release from bondage.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Cottus acknowledged Zeus' wisdom and pledged that the released allies would
aid Zeus' power in battle against the Titans.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: The allies brought up by Zeus had one hundred arms and fifty heads each and
stood against the Titans holding huge rocks.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: The battle caused sea, earth, Heaven, Olympus, and Tartarus to resound, shake,
or groan.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: Zeus hurled lightning and thunderbolts from Heaven and Olympus, producing
flame, burning, seething waters, vapor, glare, heat, earthquake, duststorm, and
war-noise.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Zeus / son of Cronos / father of men and gods
description: A god whose will cannot be deceived or exceeded; he releases the bound
allies, addresses them, and later hurls lightning and thunderbolts in battle.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Prometheus / son of Iapetus
description: A wily figure who is confined by strong bands under Zeus' heavy anger.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Obriareus
description: One of three mighty figures bound beneath the earth and later brought
back to the light to aid the gods.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Cottus
description: One of the three released allies; he answers Zeus and pledges aid against
the Titans.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Gyes
description: One of three mighty figures bound beneath the earth and later brought
back to the light to aid the gods.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Earth
description: A divine figure who advises the gods and recounts that the three released
allies will bring victory.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Rhea
description: Rich-haired mother of the deathless gods born from union with Cronos.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Cronos
description: Father associated with the gods born from union with Rhea; Zeus is
called his son.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Titan gods / Titans
description: Gods fighting from high Othrys against the gods born from Cronos and
Rhea; they are later attacked by the released allies and by Zeus' lightning.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Gods born of Cronos and Rhea / deathless gods
description: The gods who fight from Olympus against the Titans, release the three
allies, and join in the battle.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Heaven
description: A divine or cosmic figure named with Earth as parent of the bright
children addressed by Zeus; Heaven is also shaken in battle imagery.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine ruler whose will prevails
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage states that it is not possible to deceive or go beyond Zeus'
will.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: liberator and strategist
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Zeus and the other gods bring the bound allies back to the light, feed them,
and solicit their aid.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: thunderbolt-wielding combatant
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Zeus comes from Heaven and Olympus hurling lightning, thunder, and thunderbolts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: bound transgressor or sufferer under divine anger
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Prometheus is said not to have escaped Zeus' heavy anger and to be confined
by strong bands.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: imprisoned earthbound beings
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
basis: The three are bound in cruel bonds and made to live beneath the earth at
its borders.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: released mighty allies
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
basis: They are brought back to the light and later stand against the Titans with
huge rocks.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: spokesman of the released allies
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Cottus answers Zeus and pledges deliberate aid in battle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:8
label: advisor of victory
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Earth tells the gods that with the three allies they will gain victory and
glory.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:9
label: divine mother
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Rhea is named as mother of the deathless gods through union with Cronos.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:10
label: divine father
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Cronos is named in relation to Rhea's offspring and Zeus is repeatedly called
son of Cronos.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:11
label: opposing war-host
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The Titans fight from Othrys against the gods from Olympus and are opposed
by Zeus and the released allies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:12
label: Olympian war-host
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The gods born of Cronos and Rhea fight from Olympus, release the allies,
and join battle against the Titans.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: role:13
label: cosmic parent and shaken realm
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Zeus addresses the released allies as children of Earth and Heaven, and Heaven
is shaken and groans in the battle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: strong bands / cruel bonds
literal_form: Bands or bonds used to confine Prometheus and the three mighty beings
beneath the earth.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: sym:2
label: beneath the earth / misty gloom / murky gloom
literal_form: Subterranean place of confinement at the end and borders of the earth.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: light
literal_form: The light to which the bound allies are brought back after underground
bondage.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: nectar and ambrosia
literal_form: Food of the gods given to the released allies, reviving their spirit.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: Olympus
literal_form: Mountain or divine seat from which the gods born of Cronos and Rhea
fight and from which Zeus comes hurling lightning.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: sym:6
label: Othrys
literal_form: High place from which the Titans fight.
associated_figures:
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:7
label: huge rocks
literal_form: Rocks held and hurled by the hundred-handed allies in battle.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:8
label: lightning, thunder, and thunderbolt
literal_form: Weapons or shafts of Zeus thrown in battle.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:9
label: fire and heat
literal_form: Flame, burning earth, crackling wood, seething land and waters, hot
vapor, and heat seizing Chaos.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:10
label: sea, Ocean streams, and seething waters
literal_form: The sea rings and the Ocean streams and sea seethe during the battle.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Zeus' anger and Prometheus bound
summary: The passage opens by stating that Zeus' will cannot be surpassed and gives
Prometheus as an example of one confined by Zeus' anger.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: The three mighty beings imprisoned beneath earth
summary: Obriareus, Cottus, and Gyes are bound by their father and made to dwell
under the ground at the earth's borders in anguish.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Release and alliance on Earth’s advice
summary: Zeus and the gods born from Cronos and Rhea bring the three allies back
to the light after Earth advises that they will help win victory.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Ten-year war between Titans and Olympian gods
summary: The Titans from Othrys and the gods from Olympus fight in a prolonged war
whose outcome remains balanced.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Feeding and appeal to the released allies
summary: The released allies eat nectar and ambrosia, their spirits revive, and
Zeus asks them to remember their release and fight the Titans.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Cottus pledges aid
summary: Cottus replies that Zeus has wisdom and has defended the deathless gods,
and he promises the allies' support in hard battle.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:7
label: Hundred-handed allies enter cosmic battle
summary: The gods and Titans stir up battle; the hundred-armed, fifty-headed allies
stand against the Titans with rocks, and the sea, earth, Heaven, Olympus, and
Tartarus shake or resound.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:8
label: Zeus unleashes lightning and cosmic fire
summary: Zeus releases his full strength with thunder, lightning, and thunderbolts;
earth burns, waters seethe, Chaos is seized by heat, and the battle’s uproar intensifies.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
- sym:9
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Inescapable divine will and punishment by binding
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage says no one can go beyond Zeus' will and gives Prometheus' confinement
under Zeus' anger as an example.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not narrate the original cause of Prometheus' punishment
in this excerpt.
- id: motif:2
label: Subterranean imprisonment followed by return to light
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
- return
basis: Obriareus, Cottus, and Gyes are confined beneath the earth and later brought
back to the light by Zeus and the gods.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The return is a release for battle, not a full afterlife journey or personal
quest in this passage.
- id: motif:3
label: Divine alliance formed through release and nourishment
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The gods release the three bound beings, feed them nectar and ambrosia, and
receive their pledge of aid against the Titans.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The exchange is implied through sequence and speech rather than framed
as a formal covenant.
- id: motif:4
label: Earth advisor grants strategy for divine victory
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Earth recounts to the gods that with the three released allies they will
gain victory and glory.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: Wisdom is expressed as strategic counsel rather than a general wisdom-teaching
episode.
- id: motif:5
label: Divine parent-child conflict and generational war
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: Rhea and Cronos' offspring fight the Titans, while the released allies are
addressed as children of Earth and Heaven and had been bound by their father.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The excerpt names kinship relations but does not fully explain the broader
genealogy or causes of the war.
- id: motif:6
label: Cosmic battle with mountains, sea, earth, Heaven, and Tartarus shaken
taxonomy_refs:
- chaos
- world_center
basis: The battle between divine hosts shakes or resounds through sea, earth, Heaven,
Olympus, and Tartarus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage uses cosmic-scale battle imagery; assigning 'world_center'
depends chiefly on Olympus' role as the gods' battle seat.
- id: motif:7
label: World-threatening fire and thunderbolt in divine war
taxonomy_refs:
- world_destroying_fire
basis: Zeus' lightning and thunderbolts produce flame, burning earth, seething waters,
hot vapor, and heat seizing Chaos, with imagery of earth and heaven crashing together.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage depicts catastrophic force in battle, not an actual completed
destruction of the world.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: ll. 613-616
quote_or_summary: No one can deceive or go beyond Zeus' will; Prometheus, though
wily, is confined by strong bands under Zeus' anger.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: ll. 617-623
quote_or_summary: Obriareus, Cottus, and Gyes are bound in cruel bonds by their
father and made to dwell beneath the earth at its borders in grief.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: ll. 624-628
quote_or_summary: The son of Cronos and the other deathless gods bring the three
beings back to the light at Earth’s advice; Earth says they will bring victory
and glory.
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: ll. 629-638
quote_or_summary: The Titans from high Othrys and the gods born of Cronos and Rhea
from Olympus fight for ten years with the war evenly balanced.
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: ll. 639-643
quote_or_summary: The three are provided nectar and ambrosia, and their proud spirit
revives after they feed.
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: ll. 644-653
quote_or_summary: Zeus addresses the bright children of Earth and Heaven, asks them
to show strength against the Titans, and reminds them of their return to light
from cruel bondage under gloom.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: ll. 654-663
quote_or_summary: Cottus replies that Zeus has wisdom and understanding, that through
his devising they returned from murky gloom and merciless bonds, and that they
will aid him against the Titans.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: ll. 664-686
quote_or_summary: The gods and Titans stir up battle; the three beings brought from
Erebus have one hundred arms and fifty heads each, hold huge rocks, and the conflict
shakes sea, earth, Heaven, Olympus, and Tartarus.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: ll. 687-712
quote_or_summary: Zeus unleashes lightning, thunder, and thunderbolts; flame, burning,
seething waters, vapor, glare, heat, earthquake, duststorm, and battle-noise fill
the cosmic conflict.
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: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is based directly on the supplied passage. Motif labels
use only provided taxonomy references where applicable; some motif assignments
are interpretive and require review. No comparison claims were added because the
passage itself does not make an explicit 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: |-
Public-domain English translation supplied in the request; extraction limited to the provided passage and metadata.
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