batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l3895-l4021
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l3895-l4021
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 3895-4021
start: '3895'
end: '4021'
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 fragments and scholia concerning genealogies and
marriage narratives: Arsinoe and Apollo are said to be parents of Asclepius and
Eriopis; Apollo is said to have destroyed the Cyclopes in one catalogue; Aphrodite,
angered or jealous, causes Tyndareus'' daughters to desert their husbands; Helen''s
parentage is variously described, and many Greek heroes seek Helen as wife with
gifts, messages, personal journeys, or claims of prowess, while Menelaus is expected
to win because of wealth and alliances.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Arsinoe is described as joined with Apollo, the son of Zeus and Leto, and
as bearing Asclepius and Eriopis.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Asclepius is called a leader of men, blameless, and strong.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Eriopis is described as having lovely hair.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: A scholiastic notice reports that in the Catalogue of the Daughters of Leucippus
the Cyclopes are represented as destroyed by Apollo.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: A notice says that Hesiod makes Castor and Polydeuces both sons of Zeus.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: A notice says that Hesiod makes Helen the daughter of Ocean and Zeus, not
the child of Leda or Nemesis.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Aphrodite is described as jealous or angry and as casting Tyndareus' daughters
into evil report.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Timandra deserts Echemus and goes to Phyleus.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Clytaemnestra deserts Agamemnon, lies with Aegisthus, and chooses a worse
mate.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: Helen dishonours the couch of Menelaus.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:11
text: Helen is sought in marriage by multiple named heroes from different places,
including Philoctetes, Odysseus, Protesilaus, Menestheus, Lycomedes, Aias, Elephenor,
and Idomeneus.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: obs:12
text: Several suitors offer or propose bridal gifts, including golden bowls, cauldrons,
tripods, treasure, livestock, and deeds.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: obs:13
text: Odysseus seeks Helen but sends no gifts because he knows Menelaus will win
due to possessions and messages to Castor and Polydeuces.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:14
text: Idomeneus comes himself in a black ship across the sea to Tyndareus' home
to see Helen.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Arsinoe
description: Daughter of Leucippus and mother of Asclepius and Eriopis by Apollo
in the cited account.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Apollo / Phoebus
description: Son of Zeus and Leto; joined with Arsinoe; also reported as destroyer
of the Cyclopes in one catalogue notice.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Asclepius
description: Child of Arsinoe and Apollo; described as leader of men, blameless,
and strong.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Eriopis
description: Child of Arsinoe and Apollo; described as having lovely hair.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Cyclopes
description: Beings described in the scholion as like the gods and as destroyed
by Apollo in the Catalogue of the Daughters of Leucippus.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Zeus
description: Named as father of Apollo through Leto, as father of Castor and Polydeuces,
and as father of Helen in Hesiod's genealogy reported here.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Castor and Polydeuces
description: Both made sons of Zeus in one notice; also treated as brothers connected
with Helen's marriage negotiations.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Helen
description: In the passage, a daughter of Ocean and Zeus according to one report
and a renowned bride sought by many suitors.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Aphrodite
description: Laughter-loving goddess who feels jealous or is angered and casts Tyndareus'
daughters into evil report.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Timandra, Clytaemnestra, and Helen as daughters affected by Aphrodite
description: Women described as deserting, dishonouring, or leaving husbands under
the effect of Aphrodite's anger or jealousy.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Helen's suitors
description: Group of men seeking Helen as wife, including Philoctetes, Odysseus,
Protesilaus, Menestheus, Lycomedes, Aias, Elephenor, and Idomeneus.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Tyndareus
description: Guardian or household head at whose city or house suitors seek Helen;
linked as father-in-law to Agamemnon and as recipient of wooing approaches.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Menelaus
description: Golden-haired suitor expected to win Helen because of possessions;
husband whose couch Helen dishonours in the Aphrodite passage.
role_refs:
- role:10
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine parent or divine lover
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
basis: The passage repeatedly frames births through union with a god, including
Apollo with Arsinoe and Zeus as father of several figures.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: mortal or named mother
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Arsinoe bears Asclepius and Eriopis after being joined with Apollo.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: divine destroyer
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Apollo is reported as destroying the Cyclopes in the Catalogue of the Daughters
of Leucippus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: divinely born child
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:7
- fig:8
basis: Asclepius, Eriopis, Castor, Polydeuces, and Helen are all given divine parentage
in notices within the passage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: destroyed beings
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The Cyclopes are described as being destroyed by Apollo.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: brothers involved in marriage negotiations
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Castor and Polydeuces are mentioned in relation to Helen's suitors and Menelaus'
messages.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: renowned bride sought by many suitors
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Multiple heroes seek Helen to wife, and her renown and beauty are repeatedly
cited.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:8
label: offended goddess causing disgrace
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Aphrodite becomes jealous or angry and casts the women into evil report.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:9
label: women who desert or dishonour husbands
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Timandra, Clytaemnestra, and Helen are each described as leaving, lying with
another, or dishonouring a husband.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:10
label: suitor
assigned_to:
- fig:11
- fig:13
basis: The named men seek Helen in marriage and offer gifts or other claims.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:11
label: guardian or household recipient of wooing
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Suitors come or send messages to Tyndareus' city or house for Helen's sake.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: role:12
label: wronged husband
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: Helen is said to dishonour Menelaus' couch.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: bridal gifts
literal_form: Golden bowls, cauldrons, tripods, stored treasures, livestock, and
proposed deeds offered in pursuit of marriage to Helen.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:11
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: sym:2
label: black ship and sea journey
literal_form: Idomeneus' black ship crossing the dark wave and Ogygian sea to Tyndareus'
home.
associated_figures:
- fig:11
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:3
label: marital couch
literal_form: The couch of golden-haired Menelaus that Helen dishonours.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: beauty and renown of Helen
literal_form: Helen's beauty is compared with golden Aphrodite and the Graces, and
her renown spreads over the holy earth.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Births from Arsinoe and Apollo
summary: Arsinoe is joined with Apollo and bears Asclepius and Eriopis; Asclepius
is praised as blameless and strong and Eriopis for lovely hair.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Apollo destroys the Cyclopes
summary: A scholion reports that the Catalogue of the Daughters of Leucippus represented
the Cyclopes as destroyed by Apollo.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Genealogical notices of divine parentage
summary: Hesiod is said to make Castor and Polydeuces both sons of Zeus and Helen
the daughter of Ocean and Zeus.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Aphrodite's anger and marital desertions
summary: Aphrodite's jealousy or anger causes evil report for Tyndareus' daughters,
followed by Timandra's, Clytaemnestra's, and Helen's acts against their marriages.
figure_refs:
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Suitors compete for Helen
summary: Many heroes from different regions seek Helen in marriage with gifts, messages,
personal visits, or claims of prowess; Menelaus is expected to win because of
wealth.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Idomeneus' sea journey to woo Helen
summary: Idomeneus travels in person by black ship over the sea to the house of
Tyndareus to see Helen and prevent another from bringing her back for him.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine parentage and heroic birth
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
- sacred_birth
basis: The passage attributes births of Asclepius, Eriopis, Castor, Polydeuces,
and Helen to unions or parentage involving Apollo or Zeus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is fragmentary and preserves variant genealogical claims rather
than a continuous birth narrative.
- id: motif:2
label: Offended goddess imposes marital disgrace
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Aphrodite's anger or jealousy is followed by descriptions of Tyndareus' daughters
deserting or dishonouring husbands.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The exact causal explanation is partly mediated by scholia and fragmentary
quotation.
- id: motif:3
label: Renowned bride sought by many suitors
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_marriage
basis: Helen is the object of repeated wooing by heroes from many regions, with
gifts, messages, and travel directed to Tyndareus' house.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage emphasizes elite marriage competition and bride-gifts; the
taxonomy label is approximate because the text does not explicitly call the marriage
sacred.
- id: motif:4
label: Marriage exchange through competitive gifts
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Suitors offer or promise bridal gifts, treasures, livestock, and deeds in
order to win Helen.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The exchange is explicitly marital and aristocratic; any broader ritual
or sacred-exchange interpretation requires review.
- id: motif:5
label: Suitor's journey by sea
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Idomeneus departs by black ship across the sea to Tyndareus' home in pursuit
of Helen.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: low
cautions: Only one suitor's travel is described in detail, and the fragment does
not present a full journey pattern.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: 'lines 3895-3908; Fragment preceding #64'
quote_or_summary: Arsinoe is said to bear Asclepius and Eriopis to Apollo; quoted
phrases include “leader of men” and “blameless and strong” for Asclepius.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short quotation used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 'Fragment #64'
quote_or_summary: A scholion asks how the Cyclopes can be called like the gods while
also being represented as destroyed by Apollo in the Catalogue of the Daughters
of Leucippus.
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: 'Fragment #66'
quote_or_summary: Hesiod is reported to make Castor and Polydeuces both sons of
Zeus, and Helen daughter of Ocean and Zeus rather than of Leda or Nemesis.
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: 'Fragment #67, lines 1-7'
quote_or_summary: Aphrodite “cast them into evil report”; Timandra deserts Echemus,
Clytaemnestra deserts Agamemnon for Aegisthus, and Helen dishonours Menelaus'
couch.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short quotation used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 'Fragment #68, Berlin Papyri No. 9739, lines 1-15'
quote_or_summary: Philoctetes seeks Helen; she is described through beauty associated
with Aphrodite and the Graces; women hold golden bowls; Castor and Polydeuces
would have made a suitor their brother, but Agamemnon woos her for Menelaus.
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: 'Fragment #68, lines 21-27 and 31-33'
quote_or_summary: Odysseus seeks Helen but sends no gifts, knowing Menelaus will
win through wealth and messages to Castor and Polydeuces; another suitor seeks
rich-haired Helen after hearing reports 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:7
type: summary
locator: 'Fragment #68, lines 34-49'
quote_or_summary: Podarces, Protesilaus, and Menestheus seek Helen; suitors send
messages to Tyndareus' house and offer many bridal gifts, including gold, cauldrons,
tripods, and stored treasures.
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: 'Fragment #68, lines 50-54'
quote_or_summary: Lycomedes comes by ship from Crete for Helen; after Menelaus another
suitor offers the greatest gifts and desires to be Helen's husband.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 'Fragment #68, lines 55-66'
quote_or_summary: Aias and Elephenor seek Helen; Aias offers fitting gifts or wonderful
deeds, including livestock gathered from many places, and Elephenor offers many
gifts.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 'Fragment #68, lines 67-75'
quote_or_summary: Idomeneus comes himself in a black ship across the sea to Tyndareus'
home to see Helen, whose renown spreads over the holy earth; the action is said
to occur at Zeus' prompting.
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: uncertain
notes: The passage is highly fragmentary and combines scholia, genealogical notices,
and papyrus fragments. Literal extraction is strongest for named relations and
marriage-suitor sequences; motif assignment is more tentative where taxonomy labels
are broad.
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 supplied passage text and metadata. No comparison claims were added because the passage does not itself make cross-traditional comparisons.
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