batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l7146-l7162
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l7146-l7162
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
passage_locator:
label: XIV. TO THE MOTHER OF THE GODS / XV. TO HERACLES THE LION-HEARTED / XVI.
TO ASCLEPIUS / XVII. TO THE DIOSCURI; lines 7146-7162
start: '7146'
end: '7162'
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: Two short Homeric Hymns invoke Asclepius as Apollo's son, born from Coronis
in the Dotian plain and known as a healer and comfort to men, and invoke the Dioscuri,
Castor and Polydeuces, as sons associated with Zeus, Leda, Tyndareus, Taygetus,
and swift horses.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The speaker begins to sing of Asclepius.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Asclepius is described as the son of Apollo and as a healer of sicknesses.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Coronis, daughter of King Phlegyas, bore Asclepius in the Dotian plain.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Asclepius is called a joy to men and a soother of cruel pangs.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:5
text: The hymn addresses Asclepius with hail and makes a prayer to him in song.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: The speaker asks the clear-voiced Muse to sing of Castor and Polydeuces.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Castor and Polydeuces are called the Tyndaridae and are said to have sprung
from Olympian Zeus.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: Leda bore Castor and Polydeuces beneath the heights of Taygetus.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: The dark-clouded Son of Cronos is said to have privately bent Leda to his
will.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:10
text: Castor and Polydeuces are hailed as children of Tyndareus and riders upon
swift horses.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Asclepius
description: Son of Apollo; healer of sicknesses; born from Coronis in the Dotian
plain; called a joy to men and soother of cruel pangs.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Apollo
description: Named as father of Asclepius.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Coronis
description: Daughter of King Phlegyas; bore Asclepius in the Dotian plain.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: King Phlegyas
description: Named as father of Coronis.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Castor
description: One of the Dioscuri; named with Polydeuces; associated with Zeus, Leda,
Tyndareus, and swift horses.
role_refs:
- role:8
- role:9
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Polydeuces
description: One of the Dioscuri; named with Castor; associated with Zeus, Leda,
Tyndareus, and swift horses.
role_refs:
- role:8
- role:9
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Clear-voiced Muse
description: Invoked to sing of Castor and Polydeuces.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Olympian Zeus / dark-clouded Son of Cronos
description: Said to be the source from whom Castor and Polydeuces sprang; also
described as privately bending Leda to his will.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Leda
description: Stately woman who bore Castor and Polydeuces beneath the heights of
Taygetus.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Tyndareus
description: Named through the designation of Castor and Polydeuces as Tyndaridae
and children of Tyndareus.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: healer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Asclepius is called healer of sicknesses and soother of cruel pangs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: divine or heroic son
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Asclepius is identified as son of Apollo.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: recipient of hymn and prayer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The hymn hails Asclepius and makes a prayer to him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: divine father
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:8
basis: Apollo is father of Asclepius; Zeus is named as the source from whom the
Dioscuri sprang.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: mother
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:9
basis: Coronis bore Asclepius; Leda bore Castor and Polydeuces.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: king's daughter
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Coronis is called daughter of King Phlegyas.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:7
label: king and father
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Phlegyas is named as king and father of Coronis.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:8
label: paired Dioscuri
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: Castor and Polydeuces are invoked together under the title to the Dioscuri.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:9
label: children of Tyndareus
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: They are called Tyndaridae and children of Tyndareus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:10
label: horse riders
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: They are hailed as riders upon swift horses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:11
label: invoked singer
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The Muse is addressed to sing of Castor and Polydeuces.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:12
label: eponymous or social father
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Tyndareus appears in the labels Tyndaridae and children of Tyndareus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Dotian plain
literal_form: plain
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: healing of sicknesses and pangs
literal_form: healing/soothing of pain
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: heights of Taygetus
literal_form: mountain heights
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: swift horses
literal_form: horses
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: song-prayer salutation
literal_form: hymnic hail and prayer
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Invocation of Asclepius
summary: The speaker sings of Asclepius, identifies his parentage and birth, characterizes
him as a healer and comfort to men, and hails him in prayer.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Invocation of the Dioscuri
summary: The speaker asks the Muse to sing of Castor and Polydeuces, recounts their
divine and maternal associations, locates their birth beneath Taygetus, and hails
them as children of Tyndareus and horse riders.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine healer
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Asclepius is explicitly called son of Apollo, healer of sicknesses, and soother
of cruel pangs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: No broader healing narrative or miracle is narrated in this short hymn.
- id: motif:2
label: divine parent and child
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: Asclepius is identified as son of Apollo, and Castor and Polydeuces are said
to have sprung from Olympian Zeus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives genealogical statements but little narrative development.
- id: motif:3
label: sacred or notable birth
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_birth
basis: 'Both hymns emphasize birth: Coronis bore Asclepius, and Leda bore Castor
and Polydeuces after Zeus privately bent her to his will.'
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage reports birth circumstances briefly and does not explicitly
label them sacred.
- id: motif:4
label: paired divine brothers
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_twins
- sibling_pair
basis: Castor and Polydeuces are invoked together as the Dioscuri and Tyndaridae,
with shared parentage and shared identity as horse riders.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The supplied lines present a paired brotherly figure but do not explicitly
use the word twins.
- id: motif:5
label: horse-riding heroic pair
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Castor and Polydeuces are jointly hailed as riders upon swift horses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: Only an epithet is provided; no horse-related episode is narrated.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: XVI. To Asclepius, ll. 1-4
quote_or_summary: The hymn begins with Asclepius, son of Apollo and healer of sicknesses;
Coronis, daughter of King Phlegyas, bore him in the Dotian plain, and he is called
a joy to men and soother of cruel pangs.
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: XVI. To Asclepius, l. 5
quote_or_summary: The speaker hails Asclepius as lord and makes a prayer to him
in 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: XVII. To the Dioscuri, ll. 1-4
quote_or_summary: The Muse is asked to sing of Castor and Polydeuces, the Tyndaridae,
who sprang from Olympian Zeus; Leda bore them beneath Taygetus after the Son of
Cronos privately bent her to his will.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: XVII. To the Dioscuri, l. 5
quote_or_summary: Castor and Polydeuces are hailed as children of Tyndareus and
riders upon swift horses.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward. Motif assignment is limited by the
brevity of the hymnic excerpts. No passage-supported cross-text comparison claims
were added.
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. Comparison claims left empty because the passage itself does not make or support a specific comparative claim beyond motif-family tagging.
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