batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l3406-l3419
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l3406-l3419
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 3406-3419
start: '3406'
end: '3419'
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 names unions between immortal goddesses and the mortal Odysseus:
Circe bears Agrius, Latinus, and Telegonus; Calypso bears Nausithous and Nausinous.
It states that immortal goddesses lay with mortal men and bore children like gods,
then invokes the Muses to sing of the company of women.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Circe is described as the daughter of Helius, Hyperion's son.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Circe loved Odysseus and bore Agrius, Latinus, and Telegonus.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Telegonus is said to have been brought forth by the will of golden Aphrodite.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Agrius, Latinus, and Telegonus ruled over the famous Tyrenians in a remote
recess of the holy islands.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Calypso is described as a bright goddess who was joined to Odysseus in sweet
love.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Calypso bore Nausithous and Nausinous to Odysseus.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The passage generalizes that immortal goddesses lay with mortal men and bore
children like unto gods.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The speaker invokes the sweet-voiced Muses of Olympus, daughters of Zeus,
to sing of the company of women.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Circe
description: Daughter of Helius, Hyperion's son; loves Odysseus and bears children
by him.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Helius
description: Father of Circe; called Hyperion's son.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Odysseus
description: Mortal man loved by Circe and joined with Calypso; father of the named
children.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Agrius
description: Child borne by Circe to Odysseus; one of those who ruled the Tyrenians.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Latinus
description: Faultless and strong child borne by Circe to Odysseus; one of those
who ruled the Tyrenians.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Telegonus
description: Child brought forth by Circe by the will of golden Aphrodite; one of
those who ruled the Tyrenians.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Aphrodite
description: Golden Aphrodite, whose will is associated with the birth of Telegonus.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Tyrenians
description: Famous people ruled by the sons of Circe and Odysseus.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Calypso
description: Bright goddess joined to Odysseus in sweet love; bears Nausithous and
Nausinous.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Nausithous
description: Child borne by Calypso to Odysseus.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Nausinous
description: Child borne by Calypso to Odysseus.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: immortal goddesses
description: Collective category of goddesses who lay with mortal men and bore children
like unto gods.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: mortal men
description: Collective category of men with whom immortal goddesses lay.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Muses of Olympus
description: Sweet-voiced daughters of Zeus who are asked to sing of the company
of women.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Zeus
description: Holder of the aegis and father of the Muses.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: immortal goddess
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:9
- fig:12
basis: The passage identifies Circe and Calypso within the category of immortal
goddesses who unite with mortal men.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: divine mother in mortal-divine union
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:9
- fig:12
basis: Circe and Calypso bear children to Odysseus; the passage generalizes this
as immortal goddesses bearing children after lying with mortal men.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: mortal male partner and father
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:13
basis: Odysseus is the mortal man named in the unions; the passage generalizes to
mortal men.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: child of divine-mortal union
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:10
- fig:11
basis: The named children are borne by goddesses to Odysseus and are included in
the statement about children like unto gods.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: ruler
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: The passage says they ruled over the famous Tyrenians.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: divine will associated with birth
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Telegonus is brought forth by the will of golden Aphrodite.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:7
label: divine parent
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:15
basis: Helius is father of Circe; Zeus is father of the Muses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: ruled people
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The Tyrenians are named as those ruled over by Agrius, Latinus, and Telegonus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:9
label: invoked singers
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: The Muses are addressed and asked to sing of the company of women.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: holy islands
literal_form: A remote recess of the holy islands
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: Olympus
literal_form: Olympus, associated with the Muses addressed in the invocation
associated_figures:
- fig:14
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: aegis
literal_form: The aegis held by Zeus
associated_figures:
- fig:15
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Circe and Odysseus' children
summary: Circe, daughter of Helius, loves Odysseus and bears Agrius, Latinus, and
Telegonus, with Telegonus' birth linked to Aphrodite's will.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Rule over the Tyrenians
summary: Agrius, Latinus, and Telegonus rule the famous Tyrenians in a remote recess
of the holy islands.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Calypso and Odysseus' children
summary: Calypso is joined to Odysseus in love and bears Nausithous and Nausinous.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: General statement on goddesses and mortal men
summary: The passage states that immortal goddesses lay with mortal men and bore
children like unto gods.
figure_refs:
- fig:12
- fig:13
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Invocation to the Muses
summary: The speaker asks the Muses of Olympus, daughters of aegis-holding Zeus,
to sing of the company of women.
figure_refs:
- fig:14
- fig:15
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Immortal goddess and mortal man produce heroic or godlike children
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
- sacred_birth
- divine_parent_child
basis: The passage explicitly says immortal goddesses lay with mortal men and bore
children like unto gods, with Circe and Calypso named as examples involving Odysseus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives genealogical statements rather than a developed narrative
of courtship, marriage, or child upbringing.
- id: motif:2
label: Divine-mortal offspring become rulers
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
- divine_parent_child
basis: Agrius, Latinus, and Telegonus are children of Circe and Odysseus and are
said to rule over the Tyrenians.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: Only one set of children in the passage is explicitly linked to rule;
no extended ideology of kingship is described.
- id: motif:3
label: Invocation to divine singers for a women-centered catalogue
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The Muses of Olympus are invoked to sing of the company of women.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy link to wisdom is broad; the passage itself frames the Muses
as singers rather than as explicit wisdom figures.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: ll. 1011-1014
quote_or_summary: Circe, daughter of Helius, loves Odysseus and bears Agrius, Latinus,
and Telegonus; Telegonus is brought forth by the will of golden Aphrodite.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: ll. 1015-1016
quote_or_summary: The sons rule over the famous Tyrenians far away in a recess of
the holy islands.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: ll. 1017-1018
quote_or_summary: The bright goddess Calypso is joined to Odysseus in sweet love
and bears Nausithous and Nausinous.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: ll. 1019-1020
quote_or_summary: '"immortal goddesses who lay with mortal men and bare them children
like unto gods"'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short quotation.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: ll. 1021-1022
quote_or_summary: The sweet-voiced Muses of Olympus, daughters of aegis-holding
Zeus, are asked to sing of the company of women.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Genealogical relationships and divine-mortal unions are explicit. Motif assignments
are limited to taxonomy references supported by the passage wording. No comparison
claims were made because the passage itself does not compare traditions or texts.
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; taxonomy references restricted to available lists.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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