batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l7052-l7068
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l7052-l7068
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
passage_locator:
label: V. TO APHRODITE / VI. TO APHRODITE / VII. TO DIONYSUS / VIII. TO ARES; lines
7052-7068
start: '7052'
end: '7068'
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 hymn addresses Ares with martial, civic, and celestial epithets, describing
him as strong, armed, a protector of cities and Olympus, associated with Victory
and Themis, and borne through the heavens. The speaker asks Ares for a kindly
ray, martial strength, courage, restraint of inner fury, and the ability to remain
within peaceful laws while avoiding strife, hatred, and deathly violence.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Ares is addressed directly and given epithets of strength, chariot-riding,
a golden helm, a shield, bronze harness, strong arms, and a spear.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Ares is called a saviour of cities and a defence of Olympus.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Ares is identified as father of warlike Victory and ally of Themis.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Ares is described as governing the rebellious, leading righteous men, and
bearing a sceptre as king of manliness.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Ares is described as whirling a fiery sphere among planets in sevenfold courses
through the aether, with blazing steeds bearing him above the third firmament
of heaven.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The speaker asks Ares to hear him and identifies Ares as helper of men and
giver of dauntless youth.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The speaker asks for a kindly ray from above, strength of war, and the ability
to drive away cowardice and crush deceitful impulses of the soul.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: The speaker asks Ares to restrain the keen fury of his heart that provokes
blood-curdling strife.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: The speaker asks for boldness to remain within harmless laws of peace, avoiding
strife, hatred, and violent fiends of death.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Ares
description: The deity addressed in the hymn; described with martial, civic, and
celestial attributes.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Victory
description: Named as warlike Victory and as the child of Ares.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Themis
description: Named as an ally of Ares.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Speaker
description: The unnamed speaker of the hymn who petitions Ares for courage, restraint,
and peace.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Violent fiends of death
description: Collective beings or forces mentioned as something the speaker seeks
to avoid.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: Addressed deity
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Ares is invoked directly at the start and is asked to hear the speaker.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: Martial power
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Ares is described with weapons, armor, strength, and warlike attributes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: Protector
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Ares is called saviour of cities and defence of Olympus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: Celestial rider
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Ares is described as moving a fiery sphere among planets through the aether,
borne by blazing steeds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: Giver of courage and restraint
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker asks Ares for dauntless youth, strength, removal of cowardice,
restraint of fury, and boldness within peace.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: Child of Ares
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage calls Ares father of warlike Victory.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: Ally of Ares
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The passage calls Ares ally of Themis.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:8
label: Petitioner
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The unnamed speaker asks Ares to hear him and grant aid.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: Avoided deathly forces
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The speaker asks to avoid the violent fiends of death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Martial equipment
literal_form: chariot, golden helm, shield, bronze harness, spear, sceptre
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: Fiery celestial motion
literal_form: fiery sphere, planets, sevenfold courses, aether, blazing steeds,
third firmament of heaven
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: Kindly ray from above
literal_form: a kindly ray from above shed upon the speaker's life
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: Laws of peace
literal_form: harmless laws of peace
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: Inner fury and strife
literal_form: keen fury of the heart, blood-curdling strife, strife and hatred
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Invocation of Ares by epithets
summary: The hymn addresses Ares with martial, protective, relational, and rulership
titles.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Celestial description of Ares
summary: Ares is described as moving a fiery sphere through planetary courses in
the aether, carried by blazing steeds above the third firmament.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Petition for courage, restraint, and peace
summary: The speaker asks Ares for aid, strength, removal of cowardice, restraint
of inner fury, and boldness to remain within peaceful laws while avoiding strife
and deathly forces.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Invocation of a martial deity as protector
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Ares is invoked as armed, strong, saviour of cities, and defence of Olympus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is a hymn of praise and petition; no narrative conflict is
described.
- id: motif:2
label: Celestial war god borne through the heavens
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Ares is described as whirling a fiery sphere among planets through the aether,
borne by blazing steeds above the third firmament.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives a compact cosmological image but does not elaborate
a full mythic episode.
- id: motif:3
label: Prayer for courage restrained by peace
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The speaker asks for strength of war and boldness, but also asks Ares to
restrain fury and allow him to remain within the laws of peace.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: This is a petitionary pattern rather than a narrated mythic event.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 7052-7056 / Hymn VIII To Ares ll. 1-5
quote_or_summary: Ares is addressed as “exceeding in strength,” “chariot-rider,”
“golden-helmed,” “shield-bearer,” “Saviour of cities,” armed in bronze, strong,
unwearying, spear-mighty, and “defence of Olympus.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 7056-7059 / Hymn VIII To Ares ll. 5-8
quote_or_summary: Ares is called “father of warlike Victory,” “ally of Themis,”
“stern governor of the rebellious,” “leader of righteous men,” and “sceptred King
of manliness.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 7059-7062 / Hymn VIII To Ares ll. 8-11
quote_or_summary: Ares is described as moving a fiery sphere among planets in sevenfold
courses through the aether, with blazing steeds bearing him above the third firmament
of heaven.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 7062-7065 / Hymn VIII To Ares ll. 11-14
quote_or_summary: The speaker asks Ares to hear him, calls him helper of men and
giver of dauntless youth, and asks for a kindly ray, war-strength, release from
cowardice, and suppression of deceitful impulses.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 7065-7068 / Hymn VIII To Ares ll. 14-17
quote_or_summary: The speaker asks Ares to restrain the heart’s fury that leads
to blood-curdling strife, and instead to grant boldness to stay within peaceful
laws while avoiding strife, hatred, and violent fiends of death.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is clear as a hymn to Ares with petitionary and celestial imagery.
Motif labels are descriptive because the supplied taxonomy contains no exact martial-deity
invocation category. No comparison claims are made because the passage itself
does not establish a comparison.
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. Available symbol taxonomy supports tagging the fiery celestial imagery with fire; no available motif-family taxonomy ref was applied.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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