batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l4266-l4319
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l4266-l4319
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
passage_locator:
label: THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY / THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN AND EOIAE1701
/ II. 1745; lines 4266-4319
start: '4266'
end: '4319'
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: 'Fragmentary genealogical and heroic material: Electryon marries a daughter
of Pelops and has sons later killed by Taphians, leaving Alcmena; a lacunose line
links a woman with Zeus and the birth of Heracles; Teuthras receives and raises
Auge, who bears Telephus by Heracles; Heracles campaigns for Laomedon''s horses
and against Amazons; Telephus fights Achaeans; Electra bears Dardanus and Eetion
to Zeus, Zeus kills Eetion with a flaming thunderbolt for trying to seize Demeter,
and Dardanus sails from Samothrace; an eagle takes Ganymede for Zeus because of
his beauty, and Apollo accidentally kills Hyacinthus with a disk.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Electryon marries the all-beauteous daughter of Pelops and begets multiple
sons.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The Taphians, described as famous shipmen, kill Electryon's sons in a fight
connected with oxen.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Alcmena alone is left to delight her parents after the killing of the sons.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: A lacunose line says a woman was subject in love to Zeus and bore Heracles.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Teuthras receives Auge, raises her well, and honors her like his own daughters.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Auge bears Telephus after being joined in love with Heracles.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Heracles journeys in quest of Laomedon's horses and destroys or drives out
Amazons from the land.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: Telephus routs the bronze-clad Achaeans to their black ships, but his own
might is later brought low.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: Electra is joined with Zeus and bears Dardanus and Eetion.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: Zeus strikes Eetion down with a flaming thunderbolt because Eetion sought
to lay hands on Demeter.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:11
text: Dardanus leaves holy Samothrace in a many-benched ship and comes to the mainland
coast.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:12
text: An eagle catches up Ganymede for Zeus because Ganymede rivaled the immortals
in beauty.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:13
text: Diomede bears Hyacinthus, and Phoebus kills Hyacinthus unwittingly with a
disk.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Electryon
description: Husband of the daughter of Pelops and father of the sons killed by
the Taphians; Alcmena is left to delight her parents in the same fragment.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Daughter of Pelops
description: All-beauteous woman married by Electryon and mother of his children
in the fragment.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Sons of Electryon
description: Named and lacunose sons begotten by Electryon, killed by the Taphians
in a fight for oxen.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Taphians
description: Famous shipmen who kill Electryon's sons in battle.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Alcmena
description: The one left alone to delight her parents after the deaths of the sons.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Woman in lacunose Heracles birth line
description: A woman, not securely named in the supplied line, who is subject in
love to Zeus and bears Heracles.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Zeus / dark-clouded son of Cronos / cloud-gathering Zeus
description: God who fathers Heracles in a lacunose line, fathers Dardanus and Eetion
with Electra, punishes Eetion, and is the recipient for whom Ganymede is caught
up.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Heracles
description: Famous child born from the woman and Zeus; later joined with Auge,
journeys after Laomedon's horses, and fights Amazons.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Teuthras
description: Receiver and foster guardian of Auge, whom he cherishes in his palace.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Auge
description: Woman received and raised by Teuthras; mother of Telephus by Heracles.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Telephus
description: Son of Auge and Heracles; routs Achaean spearmen but is later brought
low.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Laomedon
description: Owner of the fleet-footed horses sought by Heracles.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Amazons
description: Dauntless tribe destroyed in battle and driven out by Heracles.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Achaeans
description: Bronze-clad spearmen routed by Telephus to their black ships.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Electra
description: Woman subject to Zeus who bears Dardanus and Eetion.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Dardanus
description: Child of Electra and Zeus who sails from Samothrace to the mainland;
later figures are said to spring from him.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:17
name_or_label: Eetion
description: Child of Electra and Zeus who loved Demeter and is struck down by Zeus
for trying to lay hands on her.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:18
name_or_label: Demeter
description: Rich-haired goddess whom Eetion loved and sought to lay hands upon.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:19
name_or_label: Ganymede
description: Youth caught up by an eagle for Zeus because he rivaled the immortals
in beauty.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:20
name_or_label: Eagle
description: Bird that catches up Ganymede for Zeus.
role_refs:
- role:17
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:21
name_or_label: Diomede
description: Rich-tressed woman who bears Hyacinthus.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:22
name_or_label: Hyacinthus
description: Blameless and strong child of Diomede who is killed unwittingly by
Phoebus with a disk.
role_refs:
- role:18
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:23
name_or_label: Phoebus
description: God who unwittingly kills Hyacinthus with a disk.
role_refs:
- role:19
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: married parents
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
basis: The passage states that Electryon married the daughter of Pelops and begat
children with her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: slain sons
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The sons are killed by the Taphians in battle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: shipmen killers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The Taphians are called famous shipmen and are said to have slain the sons.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: sole remaining daughter
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Alcmena alone is left to delight her parents after the sons' deaths.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: mother in divine or heroic union
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:10
- fig:15
- fig:21
basis: Each woman bears a named child after union with Zeus, Heracles, or in a fragmentary
birth notice.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: divine father or desired recipient
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Zeus fathers children in the fragments and Ganymede is taken for him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: notable offspring
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:11
- fig:16
- fig:17
basis: Heracles, Telephus, Dardanus, and Eetion are presented as children of named
divine or heroic unions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: foster guardian
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Teuthras receives Auge, brings her up well, and honors her like his own daughters.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:9
label: fostered woman
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Auge is received and raised in Teuthras' palace.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:10
label: combatant
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:11
- fig:13
- fig:14
basis: Heracles fights Amazons, Telephus routes the Achaeans, and the Amazons and
Achaeans appear as opposing martial groups.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:11
label: punishing deity
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Zeus smites Eetion with a flaming thunderbolt.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:12
label: owner of quested horses
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Heracles journeys in quest of Laomedon's horses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:13
label: voyaging ancestor
assigned_to:
- fig:16
basis: Dardanus leaves Samothrace by ship and later descendants are said to spring
from him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:14
label: transgressor punished by Zeus
assigned_to:
- fig:17
basis: Eetion is struck down because he sought to lay hands on Demeter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:15
label: goddess targeted by attempted seizure
assigned_to:
- fig:18
basis: Eetion sought to lay hands upon rich-haired Demeter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:16
label: beautiful youth taken for Zeus
assigned_to:
- fig:19
basis: Ganymede is caught up for Zeus because he rivaled the immortals in beauty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:17
label: abduction agent
assigned_to:
- fig:20
basis: The eagle catches up Ganymede.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:18
label: accidentally killed youth
assigned_to:
- fig:22
basis: Hyacinthus is killed unwittingly by Phoebus with a disk.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:19
label: unwitting killer
assigned_to:
- fig:23
basis: Phoebus himself kills Hyacinthus unwittingly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: oxen of conflict
literal_form: oxen with shambling hoofs
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: ships and sea crossing
literal_form: ships across the sea; many-benched ship; black ships
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:11
- fig:14
- fig:16
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: Laomedon's horses
literal_form: fleet-footed horses of proud Laomedon
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: flaming thunderbolt
literal_form: flaming thunderbolt used by Zeus against Eetion
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:17
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: eagle carrier
literal_form: eagle that catches up Ganymede for Zeus
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:19
- fig:20
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: ruthless disk
literal_form: disk with which Phoebus unwittingly kills Hyacinthus
associated_figures:
- fig:22
- fig:23
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Electryon's household and the Taphian killing
summary: Electryon marries a daughter of Pelops and has sons; the Taphians kill
the sons in a fight over oxen, leaving Alcmena alone with her parents.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Lacunose birth of Heracles
summary: A fragmentary line says a woman was subject in love to Zeus and bore Heracles.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Auge, Telephus, Heracles, and the wars
summary: Teuthras receives and raises Auge; Auge bears Telephus by Heracles; Heracles
seeks Laomedon's horses and fights Amazons; Telephus later routes Achaeans before
being brought low.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:14
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Electra's children and Zeus' punishment of Eetion
summary: Electra bears Dardanus and Eetion to Zeus; Eetion loves Demeter and is
struck down by Zeus with a flaming thunderbolt; Dardanus sails from Samothrace
to the mainland and is linked to later descendants.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:15
- fig:16
- fig:17
- fig:18
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Ganymede taken and Hyacinthus killed
summary: An eagle catches up Ganymede for Zeus because of his beauty; Diomede bears
Hyacinthus, who is unwittingly killed by Phoebus with a disk.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:19
- fig:20
- fig:21
- fig:22
- fig:23
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine or heroic union producing a notable child
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
- sacred_birth
basis: 'The fragments repeatedly present births of notable figures from unions involving
Zeus or Heracles: Heracles, Telephus, Dardanus, and Eetion.'
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: Several lines are fragmentary; the identity of the woman in the Heracles
birth line is not secure from the supplied text alone.
- id: motif:2
label: woman beloved or taken in love by a deity or hero
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: Women are described as subject in love to Zeus, joined in love with Heracles,
or subject to Zeus and bearing children.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The motif is identified only from brief genealogical notices, not from
a full narrative of courtship or consent.
- id: motif:3
label: divine punishment by thunderbolt
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Zeus is angered and smites Eetion with a flaming thunderbolt because Eetion
sought to lay hands on Demeter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The exact circumstances of Eetion's action are compressed in a fragmentary
passage.
- id: motif:4
label: beautiful youth carried off for a god
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
- divine_beloved
- ascent
basis: An eagle catches up Ganymede for Zeus because Ganymede rivals the immortals
in beauty.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage states the carrying off but gives only a short fragmentary
account; 'ascent' is inferred from being caught up rather than explicitly described
as a heavenly ascent.
- id: motif:5
label: quest for exceptional animals
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
basis: Heracles journeys in quest of Laomedon's fleet-footed horses, which are singled
out as the fastest nourished in Asian land.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage names the quest object but does not narrate the full quest
outcome in the supplied excerpt.
- id: motif:6
label: unwitting killing with a thrown disk
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Phoebus unwittingly kills Hyacinthus with a ruthless disk.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: No resurrection, transformation, or later cultic consequence is stated
in this excerpt.
- id: motif:7
label: genealogical sea migration from sacred island to mainland
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Dardanus leaves holy Samothrace in a many-benched ship and comes to the mainland,
after which later descendants are named.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The fragment gives a brief genealogical migration notice; broader royal-legitimacy
implications are not stated directly.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 4266-4274; ll. 11-20
quote_or_summary: Electryon marries the daughter of Pelops, begets sons, and the
Taphians kill them in a fight for oxen; Alcmena alone remains to delight her parents.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 4278-4280; l. 21
quote_or_summary: After a lacuna, a woman is said to be subject in love to the dark-clouded
son of Cronos and to bear famous Heracles.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 'lines 4285-4301; Fragment #101, ll. 4-17'
quote_or_summary: Teuthras receives and raises Auge; Auge bears Telephus by Heracles;
Heracles quests for Laomedon's swift horses and fights Amazons; Telephus routes
Achaeans but is later brought low.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; concise summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 'lines 4304-4314; Fragment #102, ll. 5-16'
quote_or_summary: Electra bears Dardanus and Eetion to Zeus; Zeus strikes Eetion
with a flaming thunderbolt for trying to lay hands on Demeter; Dardanus sails
from Samothrace to the mainland and later descendants are named.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; concise summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 4317-4319; Oxyrhynchus Papyri 1359 fr. 3, ll. 17-24
quote_or_summary: An eagle catches up Ganymede for Zeus because of his beauty; Diomede
bears Hyacinthus, whom Phoebus unwittingly kills with a disk.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; concise summary used.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is limited by multiple lacunae and fragmentary context. Motif
candidates are based only on the supplied passage and available taxonomy list;
no cross-text comparison claims are 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'
notes: |-
No external sources used. Names and relationships are recorded only where present in the supplied passage.
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