batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l3770-l3893
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passage_locator:
label: THE GREAT WORKS / THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY / THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN
AND EOIAE1701; lines 3770-3893
start: '3770'
end: '3893'
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: A sequence of testimonia and fragments attributed to Hesiod recounts variant
details about Zetes, Zeus, Hermes or Iris, the Harpies, remote peoples, the Argonaut
route, Circe, the Sirens, Ogygia, heroic genealogies, Periboea, Aeacus and the
Myrmidons, Peleus, Thetis, and kinship around Achilles and Patroclus.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Zetes and his following turned and prayed to Zeus; one source says Iris turned
them away, while Hesiod says Hermes.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The islands were said by some to be called Strophades because the pursuers
turned there and prayed Zeus to seize the Harpies; in the Hesiodic account cited,
the Harpies were not killed.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Hesiod is reported as mentioning Troglodytes, Pygmies, Half-dog people, and
Great-Headed people.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The Argonauts are said to have sailed in through the Phasis, come through
the Ocean to Libya, and reached the sea by carrying the Argo.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Circe is said to have come to an island opposite Tyrrhenia on the chariot
of the Sun; the island is called Hesperian because it lies toward the west.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The island of the Sirens is named Anthemoessa, and their names are given as
Thelxiope or Thelxinoe, Molpe, and Aglaophonus; Hesiod is said to have said that
they charmed even the winds.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Ogygia is placed within toward the west and also described as lying over against
Crete.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Arete is described as the sister of Alcinous.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:9
text: Periboea is said to have been seduced by Hippostratus; her father Hipponous
sent her from Olenus to Oeneus, bidding him kill her.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: Aeacus, after reaching youth, chafed at being alone; Zeus made the ants on
the island into men and women, who were the first to fit ships with thwarts and
use sails.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:11
text: Acastus planned to hide Peleus' beautiful knife, made by the Lame One, so
that Peleus might search for it alone on steep Pelion and be slain by mountain-bred
Centaurs.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:12
text: Thetis avoided marriage with Zeus to please Hera; Zeus became angry and swore
that Thetis should mate with a mortal.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:13
text: Peleus came to Phthia with possessions, was congratulated for his marriage,
and was said to have received a Nereid wife from Zeus, with the blessed gods bringing
the marriage to completion.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:14
text: A fragment says that banquets and seats were held in common by deathless gods
and mortal men.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:15
text: Menoethius, father of Patroclus, is said to have been a brother of Peleus,
making Patroclus and Achilles first cousins.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Zetes and his following
description: Pursuers who turned and prayed to Zeus.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Zeus
description: Lord of Aenos who reigns on high; father of men and gods; giver of
Thetis as wife to Peleus; deity who makes ants into people and swears Thetis shall
mate with a mortal.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:9
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Hermes
description: In Hesiod's account, the divine figure who made Zetes and his following
turn away.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Iris
description: In Apollonius' account, the divine figure who made Zetes and his following
turn away.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Harpies
description: Beings whom Zeus was prayed to seize; the cited Hesiodic account says
they were not killed.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Argonauts
description: Voyagers whose route is described through the Phasis, Ocean, Libya,
and by carrying the Argo.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Circe
description: Figure who came to the western island opposite Tyrrhenia on the chariot
of the Sun.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Sirens
description: Named inhabitants of Anthemoessa who are said to charm even the winds.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Arete
description: Described as sister of Alcinous.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Alcinous
description: Described as brother of Arete.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Periboea
description: Daughter of Hipponous, sent from Olenus to Oeneus with an order that
she be killed.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Hipponous
description: Father of Periboea who sent her to Oeneus.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Oeneus
description: Man to whom Periboea was sent, with instructions that he kill her.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Aeacus
description: Son born to a female figure unnamed in the excerpt; he desired company
when grown, after which Zeus made ants into men and women.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Myrmidons
description: People made from ants on the island; first to equip ships with thwarts
and sails.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Peleus
description: Son of Aeacus; target of Acastus' plot; husband of a daughter of Nereus
in a marriage completed by the gods.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: fig:17
name_or_label: Acastus
description: Figure who planned to hide Peleus' knife so that Peleus might be killed
by Centaurs.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:18
name_or_label: The Lame One
description: Maker of the beautiful knife belonging to Peleus.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:19
name_or_label: Centaurs
description: Mountain-bred beings on Pelion who might kill Peleus while he searched
alone.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:20
name_or_label: Thetis
description: Divine female who avoided marriage with Zeus to please Hera and was
sworn by Zeus to mate with a mortal; a daughter of Nereus given in marriage to
Peleus.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:21
name_or_label: Hera
description: Thetis avoided marriage with Zeus in order to please Hera.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:22
name_or_label: Patroclus
description: Son of Menoethius and, by the cited genealogy, first cousin of Achilles.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: fig:23
name_or_label: Achilles
description: Kin of Patroclus by the cited genealogy through Peleus and Menoethius.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine ruler and giver
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Zeus is prayed to, transforms ants into people, swears Thetis shall mate
with a mortal, and gives a Nereid wife to Peleus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:9
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: role:2
label: divine turning agent
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
basis: Hermes in Hesiod and Iris in Apollonius are each named as the figure who
caused Zetes and his following to turn away.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: petitioning pursuers
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Zetes and his following turned and prayed to Zeus in connection with the
Harpies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: heroic voyagers
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The Argonauts are described as traveling by river, Ocean, Libya, and carrying
the Argo.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: western island arrival
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Circe comes to a western island on the chariot of the Sun.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: enchanting island singers
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The Sirens are named and said to charm even the winds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: transformed first sailors
assigned_to:
- fig:15
basis: The ants made into men and women become the first to fit ships with thwarts
and use sails.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:8
label: isolated progenitor figure
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: Aeacus chafes at being alone before Zeus creates people from ants on the
island.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:9
label: threatened hero and honored bridegroom
assigned_to:
- fig:16
basis: Peleus is the intended victim of Acastus' plot and later the honored husband
of a Nereid bride.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:12
- id: role:10
label: divine bride joined to mortal
assigned_to:
- fig:20
basis: Thetis avoids Zeus, is sworn to mate with a mortal, and is given in marriage
to Peleus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: role:11
label: plotter against hero
assigned_to:
- fig:17
basis: Acastus plans to hide Peleus' knife so that Peleus may be killed by Centaurs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:12
label: divine craftsman
assigned_to:
- fig:18
basis: The Lame One is identified as the maker of Peleus' beautiful knife.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:13
label: mountain-bred killers
assigned_to:
- fig:19
basis: The Centaurs are mountain-bred and expected to slay Peleus on Pelion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:14
label: endangered daughter
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Periboea is sent away by her father with an order that she be killed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:15
label: sending father
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Hipponous sends Periboea from Olenus to Oeneus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:16
label: recipient of killing order
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: Oeneus receives Periboea with a command from Hipponous that he kill her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Strophades islands
literal_form: Islands associated with turning and prayer to Zeus concerning the
Harpies.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: Ocean and sea route
literal_form: The Ocean, Libya, the sea, and the sea-route of the Argonauts.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: Argo
literal_form: Ship carried by the Argonauts to reach the sea.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: chariot of the Sun
literal_form: Vehicle on which Circe came to the island opposite Tyrrhenia.
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: Anthemoessa
literal_form: Flowery island of the Sirens, given to them by the son of Cronos.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: Ogygia
literal_form: Island or sea-place placed toward the west and over against Crete.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: ants transformed into people
literal_form: Ants on the island made into men and wide-girdled women.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:14
- fig:15
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:8
label: ships and sails
literal_form: Ships with curved sides, thwarts, and sails described as wings of
a sea-going ship.
associated_figures:
- fig:15
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:9
label: hidden knife
literal_form: Beautiful knife made by the Lame One and hidden in Acastus' plan against
Peleus.
associated_figures:
- fig:16
- fig:17
- fig:18
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:10
label: steep Pelion
literal_form: Mountain setting where Peleus would search alone and be exposed to
Centaurs.
associated_figures:
- fig:16
- fig:19
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:11
label: holy bed
literal_form: The holy bed of a daughter of Nereus in Peleus' marriage hall.
associated_figures:
- fig:16
- fig:20
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:12
label: common banquets and seats
literal_form: Shared banquets and seats of deathless gods and mortal men.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Turning at the Strophades
summary: Zetes and his following turn and pray to Zeus concerning the Harpies; the
cited traditions differ on whether Iris or Hermes caused the turning.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Remote peoples named by Hesiod
summary: Testimonia report that Hesiod mentioned Troglodytes, Pygmies, Half-dog
people, and Great-Headed people.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Argonaut route through Ocean and Libya
summary: The Argonauts travel by Phasis, Ocean, and Libya, and carry the Argo to
reach the sea.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Circe's western arrival
summary: Circe comes by the chariot of the Sun to a western island opposite Tyrrhenia.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Sirens on Anthemoessa
summary: The Sirens are located on Anthemoessa, named individually, and described
as charming even the winds.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Creation of Myrmidons from ants
summary: Aeacus desires company; Zeus makes the island's ants into men and women,
who become the first users of thwarts and sails.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:14
- fig:15
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:7
label: Acastus' plot on Pelion
summary: Acastus plans to hide Peleus' knife so that Peleus will search alone on
Pelion and be killed by Centaurs.
figure_refs:
- fig:16
- fig:17
- fig:18
- fig:19
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: scene:8
label: Thetis and Peleus' divine-mortal marriage
summary: Thetis avoids Zeus for Hera's sake; Zeus swears she will mate with a mortal,
and later Peleus is praised for a marriage to a Nereid bride completed by the
gods.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:16
- fig:20
- fig:21
symbol_refs:
- sym:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: scene:9
label: Common feasting of gods and mortals
summary: A fragment states that gods and mortal men shared banquets and seats in
common.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: scene:10
label: Patroclus and Achilles as cousins
summary: A genealogical notice makes Menoethius and Peleus brothers, and therefore
Patroclus and Achilles first cousins.
figure_refs:
- fig:22
- fig:23
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine intervention in a pursuit
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Zetes and his following turn away from the Harpies after divine involvement
is attributed either to Hermes or Iris, and they pray to Zeus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The excerpt is fragmentary and preserves a scholastic comparison rather
than a full narrative.
- id: motif:2
label: remote or monstrous peoples at the edge of knowledge
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Hesiod is reported as mentioning Troglodytes, Pygmies, Half-dog people, and
Great-Headed people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage only lists peoples and gives no narrative action or symbolic
explanation.
- id: motif:3
label: heroic sea journey with overland carrying of a ship
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The Argonauts travel through waterways and Libya and carry the Argo to reach
the sea.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is broad; the passage gives a travel itinerary
rather than a complete departure-return pattern.
- id: motif:4
label: enchanting Sirens whose song affects nature
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The Sirens are named and are said to charm even the winds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not narrate an encounter with the Sirens, only their
location, names, and power.
- id: motif:5
label: people created from ants and becoming first sailors
taxonomy_refs:
- culture_hero
basis: Zeus transforms ants into men and women for Aeacus; these people are the
first to equip ships with thwarts and sails.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The culture-hero classification attaches to the first-invention element;
the transformed people are collective rather than a single named culture hero.
- id: motif:6
label: hidden weapon exposes hero to monster danger
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Acastus hides Peleus' knife so that Peleus will search alone on Pelion and
be killed by Centaurs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The fragment gives the plan, not the outcome.
- id: motif:7
label: divine displeasure leads to compulsory mortal marriage
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
- sacred_marriage
basis: Thetis avoids marriage with Zeus to please Hera; Zeus angrily swears that
she must mate with a mortal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage reports a mythic cause for the marriage but does not narrate
Thetis' perspective beyond avoidance.
- id: motif:8
label: divine-mortal marriage publicly blessed by gods
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_marriage
- divine_beloved
basis: Peleus is praised because Zeus has given him a Nereid wife and the blessed
gods have brought the marriage to completion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
confidence: high
cautions: The wedding is preserved in fragmentary praise language rather than in
a full scene.
- id: motif:9
label: common dining of gods and mortals
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The passage states that banquets and seats were once common to deathless
gods and mortal men.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The fragment is very brief and does not specify the occasion or ritual
frame.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly contrasts Apollonius' Iris with Hesiod's Hermes as
the divine agent who turns Zetes and his following away.
claim_level: same_function
target: Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica tradition concerning Zetes and the Harpies
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The comparison is limited to the agent of turning and does not establish
a full narrative equivalence.
- id: claim:2
claim: Scholiastic testimony says Apollonius followed Hesiod in placing Circe's
arrival on the western island by the chariot of the Sun.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Apollonius Rhodius' account of Circe's western island
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The passage preserves a secondary testimony, not the full Hesiodic
text.
- id: claim:3
claim: The cited scholion says Apollonius followed Hesiod in naming the Sirens'
island Anthemoessa.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Apollonius Rhodius' Sirens island tradition
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The comparison is restricted to the island name and does not compare
a full Siren episode.
- id: claim:4
claim: The passage reports that the Cypria and Hesiod have a like account in which
Thetis avoids marriage with Zeus and Zeus ordains that she mate with a mortal.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Cypria tradition concerning Thetis' mortal marriage
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The passage summarizes the Cypria and Hesiod through a later source;
it does not quote both versions in full.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 'Fragment #42; lines 3770-3781'
quote_or_summary: Zetes and his following turned and prayed to Zeus; Apollonius
says Iris turned them away, while Hesiod says Hermes; some explain Strophades
by the turning and prayer to Zeus concerning the Harpies, who in the Hesiodic
account were not killed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain English translation; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 'Fragments #43-44; lines 3782-3788'
quote_or_summary: Hesiod is reported as mentioning Troglodytes, Pygmies, Half-dog
people, and Great-Headed people.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain English translation; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 'Fragment #45; lines 3789-3795'
quote_or_summary: Hesiod is cited for the Argonauts sailing through the Phasis,
coming through the Ocean to Libya, and carrying the Argo to reach the sea.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain English translation; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 'Fragment #46; lines 3796-3800'
quote_or_summary: Apollonius, following Hesiod, says Circe came to the island opposite
Tyrrhenia on the chariot of the Sun; the island is called Hesperian because it
lies westward.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain English translation; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 'Fragment #47; lines 3801-3808'
quote_or_summary: Hesiod names the Sirens' island Anthemoessa, gives the Sirens'
names as Thelxiope or Thelxinoe, Molpe, and Aglaophonus, and is said to have said
they charmed even the winds.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain English translation; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 'Fragment #48; lines 3809-3812'
quote_or_summary: Hesiod places Ogygia toward the west and says it lies over against
Crete.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain English translation; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 'Fragment #49; lines 3813-3814'
quote_or_summary: Hesiod regarded Arete as the sister of Alcinous.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain English translation; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 'Fragment #51; lines 3818-3825'
quote_or_summary: Periboea, daughter of Hipponous, is said to have been seduced
by Hippostratus; Hipponous sent her from Olenus to Oeneus and ordered him to kill
her. She dwelt on the cliff of Olenus by the Peirus.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain English translation; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 'Fragment #53; lines 3829-3838'
quote_or_summary: Aeacus was born and, when grown, chafed at being alone; Zeus made
all the ants on the island into men and women, and they were the first to fit
ships with thwarts and use sails.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain English translation; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 'Fragment #56; lines 3844-3850'
quote_or_summary: Acastus planned to hide the beautiful knife made for Peleus by
the Lame One so that Peleus, searching alone on steep Pelion, might be killed
by mountain-bred Centaurs.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain English translation; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 'Fragment #57; lines 3851-3855'
quote_or_summary: The Cypria says Thetis avoided marriage with Zeus to please Hera,
and Zeus angrily swore she should mate with a mortal; Hesiod is said to have a
like account.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain English translation; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: 'Fragment #58; lines 3856-3868'
quote_or_summary: Peleus arrives at Phthia with possessions and is praised as blessed
because Zeus has given him a Nereid wife and the gods have brought the marriage
to completion, honoring him above other men.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain English translation; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: 'Fragment #59; lines 3869-3871'
quote_or_summary: Banquets and seats are said to have been held in common by deathless
gods and mortal men.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain English translation; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: 'Fragment #61; lines 3874-3878'
quote_or_summary: Hesiod is cited for the genealogy that Menoethius, father of Patroclus,
was a brother of Peleus, making Patroclus and Achilles first cousins.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain English translation; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage consists of fragmentary testimonia and scholia; several motifs
are strong where actions are clear, but broader interpretation is limited by the
fragmentary context.
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: |-
All evidence is drawn only from the supplied passage and metadata. Taxonomy references are limited to available supplied motif families and symbols.
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