batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l7106-l7130
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l7106-l7130
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
passage_locator:
label: XI. TO ATHENA / XII. TO HERA / XIII. TO DEMETER / XIV. TO THE MOTHER OF THE
GODS; lines 7106-7130
start: '7106'
end: '7130'
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 short hymnic invocations to Hera, Demeter, and the
Mother of the Gods. Hera is described as Rhea's daughter, queen of the immortals,
sister and wife of Zeus, beautiful, and honored on Olympus. Demeter is invoked
with her daughter Persephone and asked to protect the city and govern the singer's
song. The Muse is asked to sing of the mother of all gods and men, who delights
in musical instruments, animal cries, and wild landscapes.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Hera is sung as golden-throned and as a daughter borne by Rhea.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Hera is described as queen of the immortals and surpassing all in beauty.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Hera is identified as both sister and wife of Zeus.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The blessed ones throughout high Olympus reverence and honor Hera as they
do Zeus.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:5
text: Demeter is described as rich-haired and awful, and she is named together with
her daughter Persephone.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: The speaker asks Demeter to keep the city safe and govern the song.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:7
text: The Muse, daughter of mighty Zeus, is asked to sing of the mother of all gods
and men.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The mother of all gods and men is pleased by rattles, timbrels, flutes, wolves,
lions, echoing hills, and wooded coombes.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Hera
description: Golden-throned goddess, daughter of Rhea, queen of the immortals, sister
and wife of Zeus.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Rhea
description: Named as the one who bore Hera.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Zeus
description: Loud-thundering Zeus, brother and husband of Hera, honored by the blessed
on Olympus.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: The blessed throughout high Olympus
description: Collective divine group that reverences and honors Hera and Zeus.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Demeter
description: Rich-haired, awful goddess invoked by the singer.
role_refs:
- role:8
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Persephone
description: Lovely daughter of Demeter.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Muse
description: Clear-voiced daughter of mighty Zeus, invoked to sing.
role_refs:
- role:11
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Mother of all gods and men
description: A divine mother figure pleased by instruments, animal outcries, hills,
and wooded coombes.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Wolves and bright-eyed lions
description: Animals whose outcry is pleasing to the mother of all gods and men.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: queen of the immortals
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Hera is explicitly called queen of the immortals.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: sister and wife of Zeus
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Hera is named as the sister and wife of loud-thundering Zeus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: honored Olympian goddess
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The blessed throughout high Olympus reverence and honor her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: divine mother of Hera
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Rhea is said to have borne Hera.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: thundering god
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Zeus is described as loud-thundering and as delighting in thunder.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: brother and husband of Hera
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Zeus is identified through his sibling and marital relationship to Hera.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:7
label: divine worshippers or honorers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The blessed ones on Olympus are said to reverence and honor Hera and Zeus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:8
label: goddess invoked in song
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The speaker begins to sing of Demeter and addresses her with a hail.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:9
label: mother of Persephone
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Persephone is named as Demeter's daughter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:10
label: daughter of Demeter
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The passage calls Persephone Demeter's daughter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:11
label: daughter of Zeus
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The Muse is addressed as daughter of mighty Zeus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:12
label: inspired singer invoked
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The speaker asks the Muse to sing of the mother of all gods and men.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:13
label: universal mother figure
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: She is called the mother of all gods and men.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: golden throne
literal_form: Golden-throned epithet of Hera.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: high Olympus
literal_form: High Olympus, where the blessed reverence and honor Hera and Zeus.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: city under divine protection
literal_form: The city that Demeter is asked to keep safe.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: rattles and timbrels
literal_form: Percussive instruments pleasing to the mother of all gods and men.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: flutes
literal_form: Flutes whose voice pleases the mother of all gods and men.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: wolves and bright-eyed lions
literal_form: Wild animals whose outcry pleases the mother of all gods and men.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:7
label: echoing hills and wooded coombes
literal_form: Wild landscape pleasing to the mother of all gods and men.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Hymnic praise of Hera
summary: The speaker sings of Hera, naming her lineage, rank, beauty, relationship
to Zeus, and honor among the blessed on Olympus.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Hymnic invocation of Demeter and Persephone
summary: The speaker begins to sing of Demeter and her daughter Persephone, then
asks the goddess to protect the city and govern the song.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Invocation to the Mother of the Gods
summary: The speaker asks the Muse to sing of the mother of all gods and men and
lists sounds, animals, and landscapes that please her.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: mother goddess
taxonomy_refs:
- mother_goddess
basis: The passage names Demeter with her daughter Persephone and separately invokes
the mother of all gods and men.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is hymnic and descriptive; it does not narrate a full mythic
episode.
- id: motif:2
label: divine parent and child
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: Rhea bears Hera; Demeter is linked with her daughter Persephone; the Muse
is called daughter of Zeus; and the mother of all gods and men is invoked.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The parent-child relations are stated briefly without narrative development.
- id: motif:3
label: divine sibling pair
taxonomy_refs:
- sibling_pair
basis: Hera and Zeus are explicitly identified as sister and brother through the
phrase that Hera is Zeus's sister and wife.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The sibling relation is mentioned only as part of Hera's epithet and is
combined with a marital relationship.
- id: motif:4
label: sacred marriage of deities
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_marriage
basis: Hera is identified as the wife of Zeus, and both are honored by the blessed
throughout high Olympus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: No marriage ritual or narrative is described; the motif is inferred only
from the divine spousal relationship.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 7106-7112; XII. To Hera, ll. 1-5
quote_or_summary: Hera is sung as golden-throned, daughter of Rhea, queen of the
immortals, sister and wife of loud-thundering Zeus, and honored throughout high
Olympus.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 7114-7119; XIII. To Demeter, ll. 1-3
quote_or_summary: The speaker sings of rich-haired Demeter and her daughter Persephone,
then asks the goddess to keep the city safe and govern the song.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 7121-7130; XIV. To the Mother of the Gods, ll. 1-6
quote_or_summary: The speaker asks the clear-voiced Muse, daughter of Zeus, to sing
of the mother of all gods and men, who is pleased by rattles, timbrels, flutes,
wolves, lions, echoing hills, and wooded coombes.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary only.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is short and primarily descriptive, so figures and relationships
are clear, while motif identification is limited by the absence of extended narrative
action.
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: |-
Only provided passage text and metadata were used. Comparison claims are omitted because the passage itself does not support a specific cross-text comparison.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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