batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l7085-l7103
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l7085-l7103
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
passage_locator:
label: VIII. TO ARES / IX. TO ARTEMIS / X. TO APHRODITE / XI. TO ATHENA; lines 7085-7103
start: '7085'
end: '7103'
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 contains brief hymnic invocations to Aphrodite and Athena.
Aphrodite is sung as Cytherea, born in Cyprus, giver of kindly gifts to men, and
queen of Salamis and Cyprus. Athena is sung as Pallas Athene, guardian of the
city, associated with Ares and warfare, and savior of people departing for and
returning from war. Both goddesses are hailed and asked for benefits.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The speaker announces a song of Cytherea, who is described as born in Cyprus.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Aphrodite is said to give kindly gifts to men and to have smiles and brightness
on her face.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Aphrodite is hailed as goddess and queen of well-built Salamis and sea-girt
Cyprus, and is asked to grant a cheerful song.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The speaker begins to sing of Pallas Athene, guardian of the city.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Athena is described as dread and as loving deeds of war, the sack of cities,
shouting, and battle together with Ares.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Athena is said to save the people as they go out to war and come back.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Athena is hailed and asked to give good fortune with happiness.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Aphrodite / Cytherea
description: A goddess, born in Cyprus, giver of kindly gifts to men, hailed as
queen of Salamis and Cyprus.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Pallas Athene / Athena
description: A goddess, guardian of the city, dread, associated with Ares and war,
and savior of people going to and returning from war.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Ares
description: Named with Athena in relation to deeds of war.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: men
description: Human recipients of Aphrodite's kindly gifts.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: the people
description: People whom Athena saves as they go out to war and come back.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: goddess
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
basis: Both Aphrodite and Athena are hailed or identified as goddesses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: giver of kindly gifts
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Aphrodite is said to give kindly gifts to men.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: queen of Salamis and Cyprus
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Aphrodite is hailed as queen of well-built Salamis and sea-girt Cyprus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: guardian of the city
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Pallas Athene is explicitly called guardian of the city.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: savior in war
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Athena is said to save the people as they go out to war and come back.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: war-associated deity
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Ares is named with Athena in connection with deeds of war.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: human gift recipients
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Men are described as receiving kindly gifts from Aphrodite.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:8
label: protected people
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The people are saved by Athena in the context of departure to and return
from war.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Cyprus
literal_form: island/place of Aphrodite's birth and rule
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: Salamis
literal_form: well-built city/place over which Aphrodite is hailed as queen
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: city
literal_form: city protected by Athena
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: war and battle
literal_form: deeds of war, sack of cities, shouting, and battle
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Invocation to Aphrodite
summary: The speaker sings of Aphrodite as Cytherea born in Cyprus, giver of kindly
gifts, and queen of Salamis and Cyprus, then asks her for a cheerful song.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Invocation to Athena
summary: The speaker sings of Pallas Athene as city guardian and war-associated
goddess who saves the people going to and returning from war, then asks her for
good fortune and happiness.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: benevolent goddess grants gifts to humans
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Aphrodite is described as giving kindly gifts to men and is asked to grant
a cheerful song.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage names gifts and a requested song but does not describe an
exchange or narrative episode.
- id: motif:2
label: city-guardian war goddess protects people
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Athena is called guardian of the city, associated with warfare, and said
to save people as they depart for and return from war.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: This is a hymnic characterization rather than an extended myth narrative.
- id: motif:3
label: hymnic request for divine favor
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Aphrodite is asked to grant a cheerful song, and Athena is asked to give
good fortune with happiness.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is formal and devotional, not a plotted mythic sequence.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: X. To Aphrodite, ll. 1-3; source lines 7085-7090
quote_or_summary: The speaker will sing of Cytherea, born in Cyprus; she gives kindly
gifts to men and has smiles and brightness on her face.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: X. To Aphrodite, ll. 4-6; source lines 7092-7094
quote_or_summary: Aphrodite is hailed as goddess and queen of well-built Salamis
and sea-girt Cyprus; she is asked to grant a cheerful song.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: XI. To Athena, ll. 1-4; source lines 7098-7102
quote_or_summary: Pallas Athene is described as guardian of the city, dread, linked
with Ares and deeds of war, and as saving people going to and returning from war.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: XI. To Athena, l. 5; source line 7103
quote_or_summary: Hail, goddess, and give us good fortune with happiness!
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; brief quotation.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is short and hymnic, so literal extraction is straightforward;
motif labels are limited to directly supported patterns. No comparison claims
are made because the passage does not itself support cross-textual 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 taxonomy refs were not applied where the passage did not clearly support them.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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