batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l3101-l3196
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l3101-l3196
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 3101-3196
start: '3101'
end: '3196'
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 defeat and imprisonment of the Titans in Tartarus;
the geography and boundaries of Tartarus; the homes and movements of Night and
Day; the dwellings of Sleep, Death, Hades, Persephone, and a guarding hound; the
remote house and oath-water of Styx and the penalties for divine perjury; and
the continued placement of Titans and Zeus's allies, including Briareos's marriage
to Cymopolea.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Cottus, Briareos, and Gyes launch rocks against the Titans, conquer them,
bury them beneath the earth, and bind them in chains in Tartarus.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Tartarus is described as far below earth, with a bronze fence, triple night
around it, roots of earth and sea above it, bronze gates, and an enclosing wall.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The Titan gods are hidden in misty gloom in a dank place at the ends of the
huge earth and cannot leave.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Gyes, Cottus, and Obriareus live there as trusted warders of Zeus.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:5
text: The region contains the ordered sources and ends of gloomy earth, misty Tartarus,
unfruitful sea, and starry heaven, and is described as loathsome and dank.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: obs:6
text: A person inside the gates of the great gulf would not reach the floor for
a full year and would be driven about by blasts.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:7
text: The home of murky Night stands there, and the son of Iapetus upholds heaven
nearby with head and hands.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: Night and Day meet and greet one another at a bronze threshold; the house
never contains both at once, since one travels over earth while the other waits
at home.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: Sleep and Death, children of dark Night, have dwellings there, where the Sun
never looks upon them.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: Sleep is described as roaming peacefully and kindly, while Death is iron-hearted,
pitiless, and holds fast anyone he seizes.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:11
text: The halls of Hades and Persephone stand there, guarded by a fearful hound
who welcomes entrants but prevents departure and devours those caught leaving.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: Styx lives apart in a rock-vaulted house with silver pillars, and Iris rarely
comes to her with a message.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: When a deathless god lies during strife or quarrel, Zeus sends Iris to bring
the oath-water of Styx in a golden jug.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:14
text: A god who pours a libation of Styx's water and is forsworn lies breathless
for a year, is cut off from the gods for nine more years, and returns in the tenth
year.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:15
text: Beyond the bronze gates, away from all the gods, live the Titans beyond gloomy
Chaos.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:16
text: Cottus and Gyes dwell on Ocean's foundations, and Briareos is made son-in-law
by the Earth-Shaker, who gives him Cymopolea to wed.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Cottus
description: One of the foremost fighters against the Titans; later a trusty warder
of Zeus and dweller on Ocean's foundations.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Briareos / Obriareus
description: One of the foremost fighters against the Titans; named as a warder
of Zeus; later given Cymopolea to wed.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:3
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Gyes
description: One of the foremost fighters against the Titans; later a trusty warder
of Zeus and dweller on Ocean's foundations.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Titan gods / Titans
description: Gods defeated, bound in chains, hidden in misty gloom, and later said
to live beyond gloomy Chaos.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Zeus
description: Cloud-driving and aegis-holding god whose counsel hides the Titans
and whose warders are Cottus, Gyes, and Obriareus; he sends Iris for Styx's oath-water.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Poseidon
description: God who fixes bronze gates on Tartarus.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: son of Iapetus
description: Figure standing immovably and upholding the wide heaven on his head
and hands.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Night
description: Murky figure whose awful home stands there; alternates with Day at
the bronze threshold and holds Sleep in her arms.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Day
description: Figure who meets Night at the bronze threshold and alternates with
her, going out while the other stays home.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Sleep
description: Child of dark Night and brother of Death, described as peaceful, roaming
over earth and sea, and kindly to men.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Death
description: Child of dark Night and brother of Sleep, described as iron-hearted,
pitiless, and hateful even to the gods.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Hades
description: God of the lower-world whose echoing halls stand there with Persephone's.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Persephone
description: Awful goddess whose halls stand with those of Hades.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: fearful hound
description: Guardian of Hades and Persephone's house who fawns on entrants but
prevents exit and devours those caught leaving.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Styx
description: Goddess loathed by the deathless gods, eldest daughter of back-flowing
Ocean, associated with oath-water and divine penalties.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Iris
description: Swift-footed daughter of Thaumas who comes with messages and is sent
by Zeus to bring Styx's oath-water.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:17
name_or_label: deathless gods / Olympian gods
description: Gods who may quarrel, lie, pour libations of Styx's water, suffer penalties
if forsworn, and later rejoin assemblies on Olympus.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:18
name_or_label: Ocean / Oceanus
description: Back-flowing Ocean named as father of Styx; a branch of Oceanus flows
under earth through dark night and divides into streams.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:19
name_or_label: Earth-Shaker
description: Figure who gives Cymopolea his daughter to Briareos as wife.
role_refs:
- role:17
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:20
name_or_label: Cymopolea
description: Daughter of the Earth-Shaker given to Briareos to wed.
role_refs:
- role:18
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: rock-hurling conqueror of Titans
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
basis: They raise fierce fighting, launch three hundred rocks, overshadow the Titans,
and conquer them by strength.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: imprisoned defeated gods
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The Titans are buried beneath earth, bound in chains, hidden in gloom, and
prevented from leaving.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: warder of Zeus
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
basis: Gyes, Cottus, and Obriareus are described as trusty warders of Zeus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: divine commander and oath-enforcer
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Zeus's counsel determines the Titans' confinement, and Zeus sends Iris for
the oath-water when gods lie.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: setter of bronze gates
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Poseidon fixes bronze gates on Tartarus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: heaven-bearer
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The son of Iapetus stands immovably upholding wide heaven on his head and
hands.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: alternating cosmic figure
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:9
basis: Night and Day greet at the threshold and alternate inside and outside the
house.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:8
label: child of Night
assigned_to:
- fig:10
- fig:11
basis: Sleep and Death are named as children of dark Night, with Sleep also called
brother of Death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:9
label: sender of divine messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Zeus sends Iris to bring the oath-water of Styx.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:10
label: bridegroom
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Briareos is given Cymopolea to wed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:11
label: lower-world ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:12
- fig:13
basis: The echoing halls of Hades and Persephone stand in the described lower-world
region and are guarded by a hound.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:12
label: threshold guardian
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: The hound guards the house, admits entrants, prevents exit, and devours those
leaving.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:13
label: oath-water goddess
assigned_to:
- fig:15
basis: Styx is the goddess whose water forms the great oath of the gods and imposes
penalties for perjury.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:14
label: divine messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:16
basis: Iris comes with messages and is sent to bring Styx's oath-water.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:15
label: possible perjurer and punished oath-taker
assigned_to:
- fig:17
basis: A deathless god who pours the oath-water and is forsworn suffers breathlessness,
exclusion, and later return.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:16
label: source of under-earth stream
assigned_to:
- fig:18
basis: A branch of Oceanus flows under earth through dark night, and Styx is called
daughter of Ocean.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:17
label: bride-giver father
assigned_to:
- fig:19
basis: The Earth-Shaker gives his daughter Cymopolea to Briareos to wed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:18
label: given bride
assigned_to:
- fig:20
basis: Cymopolea is given by her father to Briareos to wed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Tartarus abyss
literal_form: deep lower region below earth, reached after nine nights and days
from earth by a falling bronze anvil
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: bronze enclosure
literal_form: bronze fence, bronze gates, enclosing wall, and immovable bronze threshold
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:6
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: sym:3
label: triple night
literal_form: night spreading in triple line around Tartarus like a neck-circlet
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: roots of earth and sea
literal_form: roots of the earth and unfruitful sea above Tartarus
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:5
label: Night and Day threshold
literal_form: great bronze threshold at which Night and Day meet, greet, and alternate
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: Sleep and Death pair
literal_form: two children of dark Night dwelling where the Sun never looks
associated_figures:
- fig:10
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:7
label: hound of Hades and Persephone
literal_form: fearful hound guarding the house, welcoming entry but preventing exit
associated_figures:
- fig:14
- fig:12
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:8
label: Styx oath-water
literal_form: cold water from a high rock, carried in a golden jug and poured as
a libation
associated_figures:
- fig:15
- fig:16
- fig:17
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:9
label: nine and tenth portions of Ocean water
literal_form: nine silver-swirling streams and a tenth stream allotted to Styx
associated_figures:
- fig:15
- fig:18
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:10
label: nine-year exclusion and tenth-year return
literal_form: one year breathless, nine years cut off, and return in the tenth year
associated_figures:
- fig:17
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:11
label: gloomy Chaos boundary
literal_form: place beyond the gates where the Titans live beyond gloomy Chaos
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:12
label: Ocean foundations
literal_form: foundations of Ocean where Cottus and Gyes dwell
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:18
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Titan defeat and imprisonment
summary: Cottus, Briareos, and Gyes attack the Titans with masses of rock, conquer
them, bury them beneath earth, and bind them in chains in Tartarus.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Fortified Tartarus and its warders
summary: Tartarus is described as a remote, bronze-enclosed, gloomy place with gates
fixed by Poseidon, where the defeated Titans are confined and warded for Zeus.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:3
label: Cosmic sources and bottomless gulf
summary: The lower region contains the sources and ends of earth, Tartarus, sea,
and heaven; a man within the gates would be driven by blasts and not reach the
floor for a year.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:4
label: House of Night and alternation of Day
summary: At Night's home, the son of Iapetus upholds heaven, while Night and Day
pass each other at the bronze threshold and alternate their journeys.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:5
label: Dwellings of Sleep and Death
summary: Sleep and Death dwell in a sunless place; Sleep is gentle and roaming,
while Death is pitiless and inescapable.
figure_refs:
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:6
label: Hades and Persephone's guarded halls
summary: The halls of Hades and Persephone are guarded by a hound that admits those
entering but prevents and punishes attempted departure.
figure_refs:
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:14
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:7
label: Styx and the oath of the gods
summary: Styx lives apart in a rock-vaulted house; during divine quarrels, Zeus
sends Iris to fetch her water, and any forsworn god suffers staged penalties before
returning to divine assemblies.
figure_refs:
- fig:15
- fig:16
- fig:17
- fig:5
- fig:18
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
- sym:9
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:8
label: Titans beyond Chaos and Briareos's marriage
summary: Beyond the shining bronze gates the Titans live beyond gloomy Chaos; Cottus
and Gyes dwell on Ocean's foundations, and the Earth-Shaker gives Cymopolea to
Briareos as wife.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:19
- fig:20
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:11
- sym:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: underworld and afterlife topography with guarded thresholds
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: The passage maps Tartarus, the lower-world halls of Hades and Persephone,
bronze gates, a gulf, boundaries, and a hound that prevents exit.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is cosmological and divine as well as afterlife-related; it
does not narrate a human afterlife journey.
- id: motif:2
label: divine oath and punishment for perjury
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The gods appoint Styx's water as an oath; a forsworn god suffers breathlessness,
exclusion, and eventual return.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The punishment is juridical and ritualized, not a full judgment scene
with trial proceedings.
- id: motif:3
label: primordial chaos boundary
taxonomy_refs:
- chaos
basis: The Titans are said to live beyond gloomy Chaos, in a remote place beyond
gates and away from the gods.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: Chaos is named as a boundary or region, but the passage does not elaborate
a creation-from-chaos narrative.
- id: motif:4
label: sacred marriage arranged by a divine father
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_marriage
basis: The Earth-Shaker gives Cymopolea, his daughter, to Briareos to wed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage states the marriage arrangement briefly and does not describe
ritual, fertility, kingship, or cosmological effects.
- id: motif:5
label: paired divine siblings Sleep and Death
taxonomy_refs:
- sibling_pair
basis: Sleep and Death are children of dark Night, and Sleep is explicitly called
brother of Death; their contrasting qualities are described.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The pair is described spatially and genealogically rather than through
a developed plot.
- id: motif:6
label: cosmic alternation of Night and Day
taxonomy_refs:
- duality
- seasonal_cycle
basis: Night and Day meet at a threshold and alternate, with one traveling over
earth while the other stays home.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The alternation is daily rather than explicitly seasonal; the duality
is functional and spatial.
- id: motif:7
label: divine parent-child relations
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: The passage identifies Sleep and Death as children of Night, Styx as daughter
of Ocean, Iris as daughter of Thaumas, and Cymopolea as daughter of the Earth-Shaker.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: These are genealogical notices across the passage, not one unified parent-child
episode.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: internal ll. 713-735; source lines 3101-3196
quote_or_summary: Cottus, Briareos, and Gyes hurl rocks, defeat the Titans, bury
and bind them in Tartarus; Tartarus is described by depth, bronze enclosure, night,
roots, gates fixed by Poseidon, and warders of Zeus.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: internal ll. 736-744; source lines 3101-3196
quote_or_summary: The place contains the sources and ends of earth, Tartarus, sea,
and heaven; it is a great gulf where one inside the gates would not reach the
floor for a year and would be driven by blasts.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: internal ll. 744-757; source lines 3101-3196
quote_or_summary: The home of Night stands there; the son of Iapetus upholds heaven;
Night and Day meet at the bronze threshold and alternate, so the house never holds
both at once.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: internal ll. 758-766; source lines 3101-3196
quote_or_summary: Sleep and Death, children of dark Night, dwell where the Sun never
looks; Sleep is peaceful and kind to men, while Death is iron-hearted, pitiless,
and inescapable.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: internal ll. 767-774; source lines 3101-3196
quote_or_summary: The halls of Hades and Persephone stand there; a fearful hound
guards the house, fawns on entrants, prevents exit, and devours those caught leaving.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: internal ll. 775-806; source lines 3101-3196
quote_or_summary: Styx lives apart in a rock-vaulted house; Zeus sends Iris to bring
her oath-water in a golden jug when gods lie; forsworn gods suffer one year breathless,
nine years excluded, and return in the tenth year.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: internal ll. 807-819; source lines 3101-3196
quote_or_summary: The passage again lists the sources and ends of earth, Tartarus,
sea, and heaven; describes shining gates and a bronze threshold; places the Titans
beyond gloomy Chaos; and notes Cottus and Gyes on Ocean's foundations and Briareos's
marriage to Cymopolea.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary provided.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is well supported by the supplied passage. Motif assignments
use only provided taxonomy refs and remain candidates pending review; no cross-text
comparison claims were made.
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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No external sources were used. Taxonomy refs were limited to those supplied in the request.
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