batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l3641-l3768
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l3641-l3768
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
passage_locator:
label: THE GREAT WORKS / THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY / THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN
AND EOIAE1701; lines 3641-3768
start: '3641'
end: '3768'
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 preserves fragmentary Hesiodic notices about genealogies, wooing,
funerary attendance, cult foundation, places, an autochthonous ancestor, the golden-fleeced
ram of Phrixus and Helle, variant explanations for Phineus' blindness, and a long
pursuit of the Harpies by the Sons of Boreas across distant peoples and lands,
ending with place-name explanations for Harpys and the Strophades.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Phineus is reported as the son of Phoenix, Agenor's son, and Cassiopea.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Adonis is reported as the son of Phoenix and Alphesiboea.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Demodoce, daughter of Agenor, is said to have been wooed by many mighty princes
who promised splendid gifts because of her beauty.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The children of Amphion and Niobe are given as ten sons and ten daughters
in one report, while another report gives nine boys and ten girls and questions
the attribution.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: After Oedipus died at Thebes, Argea daughter of Adrastus came with others
to his funeral.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Cephisus is described as a river in Orchomenus associated with worship of
the Graces, and Eteoclus is said to have first sacrificed to them there.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The river Cephisus is described as sweet-flowing and as winding like a snake.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Pelasgus is described as autochthonous, and another report presents Lycaon
as a descendant of Pelasgus.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: An immortal ram with a golden fleece transported Phrixus and Helle and was
given to them by their mother Nephele.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:10
text: Phineus is said in one Hesiodic work to have been blinded because he revealed
the road to Phrixus, and in another because he chose long life instead of sight.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:11
text: Phineus is said to have two sons, Thynus and Mariandynus, and to have been
brought by the Harpies to a land of milk-feeders with wagons for houses.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:12
text: The Sons of Boreas pursued the Harpies through many lands and peoples, including
the Massagetae, Half-Dog men, Underground-folk, Pygmies, Black-skins, Libyans,
Hyperboreans, Etna, Ortygia, and the sea and air.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:13
text: Earth is described as bearing peoples connected with Epaphus, who is called
the child of the Son of Cronos; these peoples include Libyans, Aethiopians, Underground-folk,
and Pygmies.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:14
text: One Harpy is said to have fallen into the river Tigris, thereafter called
Harpys, while another fled to the Echinades islands, thereafter called the Strophades
or Turning Islands.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Phineus
description: A figure given a genealogy, two sons, and variant explanations for
blindness; also said to have been brought by the Harpies to the land of milk-feeders.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Adonis
description: A figure reported as the son of Phoenix and Alphesiboea.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Demodoce
description: Daughter of Agenor, noted for exceeding beauty and wooed by many men.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Mighty princes
description: Many men on earth who wooed Demodoce and promised splendid gifts.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Children of Amphion and Niobe
description: 'A child group counted in variant numbers: ten sons and ten daughters,
or nine boys and ten girls.'
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Oedipus
description: A deceased figure whose funeral at Thebes is mentioned.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Argea daughter of Adrastus
description: A woman who came with others to the funeral of Oedipus.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Cephisus
description: A river in Orchomenus associated with sweet-flowing water and worship
of the Graces.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Eteoclus
description: Son of the river Cephisus; said to have first sacrificed to the Graces.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: The Graces
description: Divine recipients of worship and sacrifice at the river Cephisus in
Orchomenus.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Pelasgus
description: Described as autochthonous and as begetting Lycaon in another report.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Lycaon and Pallas
description: Lycaon is described as begotten by Pelasgus, and Pallas as one of Lycaon's
sons associated with Pallantium.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: The Ram
description: An immortal ram with a golden fleece that transported Phrixus and Helle.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Phrixus and Helle
description: Children transported by the immortal ram given by their mother Nephele.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Nephele
description: Mother who gave the immortal golden-fleeced ram to Phrixus and Helle.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Sons of Boreas
description: Pursuers who ranged along coasts and across distant lands in pursuit
of the Harpies.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:17
name_or_label: Harpies
description: Fleeing beings pursued by the Sons of Boreas; one falls into a river
and another reaches islands later named after her turning.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: fig:18
name_or_label: Huge Earth
description: The all-nourishing Earth who is said to bear distant peoples.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:19
name_or_label: Epaphus
description: A figure connected with the peoples born of Earth and described as
child of the Son of Cronos.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:20
name_or_label: Zeus / Son of Cronos / Loud-thunderer
description: Divine father of Epaphus and source from whom the listed peoples are
said to spring.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:21
name_or_label: Distant peoples
description: Groups named in the pursuit and genealogy, including Libyans, Aethiopians,
Underground-folk, Pygmies, mare-milking Scythians, Massagetae, Half-Dog men, and
Hyperboreans.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:22
name_or_label: Odysseus
description: The passage mentions the people of Odysseus and notes that Calypso
later detained him for Poseidon.
role_refs:
- role:17
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:23
name_or_label: Calypso
description: A queenly nymph said to have detained Odysseus for Poseidon in aftertime.
role_refs:
- role:18
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:24
name_or_label: Poseidon
description: A god for whom Calypso is said to have detained Odysseus; also father
of Laestrygon in the passage.
role_refs:
- role:18
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
roles:
- id: role:1
label: genealogical figure or descendant
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:21
- fig:24
basis: The passage repeatedly gives parentage, descendants, or offspring groups.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:8
- ev:12
- id: role:2
label: wooed woman
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Demodoce is said to have been wooed by many princes because of her beauty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: gift-promising suitors
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The princes woo Demodoce and promise splendid gifts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: funeral subject
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Oedipus is the deceased person whose funeral is mentioned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: funeral attendee
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Argea comes with others to Oedipus' funeral.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: sacred river setting
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Cephisus is the river where the Graces are worshipped and where sacrifice
is first performed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: first sacrificer
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Eteoclus is said to have first sacrificed to the Graces.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: cult recipients
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The Graces are worshipped at Cephisus and receive sacrifice.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:9
label: autochthonous ancestor
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Pelasgus is explicitly described as autochthonous.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:10
label: supernatural transporter
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: The immortal ram transports Phrixus and Helle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:11
label: blinded revealer or chooser
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Phineus is blinded either because he revealed the road or because he preferred
long life to sight.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:12
label: transported children
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: Phrixus and Helle are transported by the ram.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:13
label: maternal giver
assigned_to:
- fig:15
basis: Nephele gives the ram to Phrixus and Helle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:14
label: pursuers
assigned_to:
- fig:16
basis: The Sons of Boreas pursue the Harpies through many lands.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:15
label: fugitives
assigned_to:
- fig:17
basis: The Harpies flee and try to avoid the Sons of Boreas.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: role:16
label: divine or earth progenitors
assigned_to:
- fig:18
- fig:19
- fig:20
basis: Earth, Epaphus, and Zeus are used to explain the descent of distant peoples.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:17
label: detained hero
assigned_to:
- fig:22
basis: Odysseus is mentioned as later detained by Calypso.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:18
label: detainer or divine beneficiary of detention
assigned_to:
- fig:23
- fig:24
basis: Calypso is said to have detained Odysseus for Poseidon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: sweet-flowing river water
literal_form: Cephisus spouting sweet-flowing water
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: snake-like river course
literal_form: River flowing and winding like a snake
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:3
label: sacred grove
literal_form: Onchestus described as a grove founded by Onchestus the Boeotian
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: hidden torch
literal_form: A torch hidden within
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:5
label: golden fleece
literal_form: The immortal ram's golden fleece
associated_figures:
- fig:13
- fig:14
- fig:15
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:6
label: milk-feeding and mare-milking peoples
literal_form: Land of milk-feeders and mare-milking Scythians
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:21
taxonomy_refs:
- milk
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: sym:7
label: wagons as houses
literal_form: People who have wagons for houses
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:21
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:8
label: distant mountains
literal_form: Steep Fawn mountain and rugged Etna
associated_figures:
- fig:16
- fig:17
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:9
label: sea and fruitless air as flight path
literal_form: Harpies speeding over the sea and through the fruitless air
associated_figures:
- fig:16
- fig:17
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:10
label: renamed river and turning islands
literal_form: River Tigris/Harpys and Echinades/Strophades islands
associated_figures:
- fig:17
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Genealogical notices
summary: Several fragments give parentage or descent for Phineus, Adonis, the children
of Amphion and Niobe, Pelasgus, Lycaon, Pallas, Epaphus, Zeus, and distant peoples.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:18
- fig:19
- fig:20
- fig:21
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:8
- ev:12
- id: scene:2
label: Wooing of Demodoce
summary: Demodoce is courted by many mighty princes who promise splendid gifts because
of her beauty.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Funeral at Thebes
summary: After Oedipus dies at Thebes, Argea daughter of Adrastus arrives with others
for the funeral.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: First sacrifice to the Graces
summary: At the river Cephisus in Orchomenus, where the Graces are worshipped, Eteoclus
is said to have first sacrificed to them.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Ram transport of Phrixus and Helle
summary: An immortal ram with a golden fleece, given by Nephele, transports Phrixus
and Helle.
figure_refs:
- fig:13
- fig:14
- fig:15
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: scene:6
label: Blinding and displacement of Phineus
summary: Phineus is assigned variant reasons for blindness and is also said to have
been brought by Harpies to the land of milk-feeders with wagon-houses.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:17
- fig:21
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: scene:7
label: Pursuit of the Harpies
summary: The Sons of Boreas pursue the Harpies across distant lands, peoples, mountains,
islands, sea, and air while the Harpies try to escape.
figure_refs:
- fig:16
- fig:17
- fig:21
- fig:22
- fig:23
- fig:24
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: scene:8
label: Etiology of Harpys and Strophades
summary: One Harpy falls into the river Tigris, later called Harpys, and another
reaches islands later called Strophades or Turning Islands.
figure_refs:
- fig:17
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Genealogical descent from divine or ancestral figures
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: The passage repeatedly explains figures and peoples through parentage, including
Epaphus as child of the Son of Cronos and peoples springing from him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:8
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: Some genealogies are ordinary heroic lineages rather than explicitly divine
parent-child relationships.
- id: motif:2
label: Bride-wooing with promised gifts
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Demodoce is wooed by many princes who promise splendid gifts because of her
beauty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives only a brief wooing notice and does not describe a completed
marriage exchange.
- id: motif:3
label: Cult foundation through first sacrifice
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
- culture_hero
basis: Eteoclus is said to be the first to sacrifice to the Graces at Cephisus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The fragment is brief and does not narrate the foundation in detail.
- id: motif:4
label: Autochthonous ancestor
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_birth
basis: Pelasgus is explicitly described as autochthonous, functioning as an earth-origin
ancestor in the genealogical material.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not narrate the birth itself.
- id: motif:5
label: Miraculous animal transport of endangered children
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: An immortal golden-fleeced ram transports Phrixus and Helle and is supplied
by their mother.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not include the circumstances requiring transport.
- id: motif:6
label: Forbidden or dangerous revelation punished by blindness
taxonomy_refs:
- forbidden_knowledge
basis: One explanation says Phineus was blinded because he revealed the road to
Phrixus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: 'A second explanation in the same passage gives a different cause: preferring
long life to sight.'
- id: motif:7
label: Choice between long life and sight
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: A variant says Phineus was blinded because he preferred long life to sight.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives no surrounding dialogue or moral explanation.
- id: motif:8
label: World-ranging pursuit of fleeing winged beings
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The Sons of Boreas pursue the Harpies across many distant lands, seas, mountains,
and peoples while the Harpies flee.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is broad; the passage specifically describes pursuit
and flight rather than a formal departure cycle.
- id: motif:9
label: Earth as mother of peoples
taxonomy_refs:
- mother_goddess
- sacred_birth
basis: Huge Earth, called all-nourishing, is said to bear distant peoples connected
with Epaphus and Zeus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
confidence: medium
cautions: The fragmentary passage gives genealogical statements but not a full creation
myth.
- id: motif:10
label: Place-name etiology from a mythic fall or turning
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The river Harpys and the Strophades or Turning Islands are explained through
the flight and fall of Harpies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference directly matches etiological naming.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage directly states that both Hesiod and Pherecydes told of the immortal
golden-fleeced ram transporting Phrixus and Helle.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Pherecydes' account of the Ram of Phrixus and Helle
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: Only the shared motif is reported; no details of Pherecydes' version
are provided.
- id: claim:2
claim: 'The passage compares two Hesiodic explanations for Phineus'' blindness:
revealing the road to Phrixus in the Great Eoiae and preferring long life to sight
in the third Catalogue.'
claim_level: same_function
target: Variant Hesiodic explanations for Phineus' blindness
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The variants are reported without the full narrative context of either
work.
- id: claim:3
claim: The passage records variant numerical traditions for the children of Amphion
and Niobe, including a caution that some verses may be falsely ascribed to Hesiod.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Variant Hesiodic or pseudo-Hesiodic enumeration of Amphion and Niobe's children
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The testimony itself questions attribution, so the comparison is text-critical
rather than a secure mythic parallel.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 'lines 3641-3643; Fragment #20'
quote_or_summary: Phineus is reported as the son of Phoenix, Agenor's son, and Cassiopea.
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: 'lines 3645-3646; Fragment #21'
quote_or_summary: Adonis is reported as the son of Phoenix and Alphesiboea.
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: 'lines 3648-3651; Fragment #22'
quote_or_summary: Demodoce, daughter of Agenor, is wooed by many mighty princes
who promise splendid gifts because of her beauty.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 'lines 3653-3657; Fragment #23'
quote_or_summary: The children of Amphion and Niobe are counted as ten sons and
ten daughters in one report and as nine boys and ten girls in another, with attribution
questioned.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 'line 3659; Fragment #24'
quote_or_summary: When Oedipus died at Thebes, Argea daughter of Adrastus came with
others to his funeral.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 'lines 3663-3671; Fragment #26'
quote_or_summary: Cephisus is a river in Orchomenus where the Graces are worshipped;
Eteoclus first sacrificed to them; the river has sweet-flowing water and winds
like a snake.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 'line 3677; Fragment #28'
quote_or_summary: Onchestus is described as a grove in Haliartus founded by Onchestus
the Boeotian.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 'lines 3681-3686; Fragments #30-32'
quote_or_summary: Pelasgus is called autochthonous; Lycaon is presented as begotten
by Pelasgus, and Pallas is named among Lycaon's sons.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: quote
locator: 'line 3692; Fragment #34'
quote_or_summary: '"Who once hid the torch within."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short quotation.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 'line 3701; Fragment #38'
quote_or_summary: The Ram transported Phrixus and Helle; it was immortal, given
by their mother Nephele, and had a golden fleece, as Hesiod and Pherecydes say.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 'lines 3703-3708; Fragment #39'
quote_or_summary: Phineus is blinded either because he revealed the road to Phrixus
or because he preferred long life to sight; he had sons Thynus and Mariandynus
and was brought by Harpies to the land of milk-feeders with wagons for houses.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: 'lines 3712-3754; Fragment #40A and #40'
quote_or_summary: The Sons of Boreas pursue the Harpies through many distant lands
and peoples; Earth bears peoples connected with Epaphus and Zeus; the route includes
Eridanus, Fawn mountain, Etna, Ortygia, Odysseus' people, sea, and air.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: 'lines 3758-3768; Fragment #41'
quote_or_summary: During pursuit, one Harpy falls into the river Tigris, now called
Harpys; another, called Ocypete/Ocythoe/Ocypus, reaches the Echinades islands,
now called Strophades or Turning Islands.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The passage is fragmentary and consists largely of testimonia and citations;
extraction emphasizes explicit relationships, actions, objects, and place-name
explanations. Motif taxonomy assignments are cautious where the surviving text
is only a brief notice.
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: |-
Only provided passage text and metadata were used. No external mythographic details were added.
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custom_id=motif_extract:greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg__l3641-l3768
passage_sha256=72d306f302fc48e0e2a009cb1a3e5be32d5d88c84e1ed8bfb0518a2e390e882c