batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l7308-l7327
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l7308-l7327
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
passage_locator:
label: XXIV. TO HESTIA / XXV. TO THE MUSES AND APOLLO / XXVI. TO DIONYSUS / XXVII.
TO ARTEMIS; lines 7308-7327
start: '7308'
end: '7327'
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 hymn praises Artemis as a golden-shafted maiden huntress, sister of
Apollo. She hunts over hills, mountains, and woods, terrifying and destroying
wild beasts, then goes to Apollo's house at Delphi, hangs up her bow and arrows,
leads dances of the Muses and Graces, and is praised with Apollo as a child of
Zeus and Leto.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Artemis is introduced as a maiden huntress with golden shafts, associated
with hounds, stag-shooting, archery, and Apollo as her brother.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Artemis moves over shadowy hills and windy peaks, draws a golden bow, rejoices
in the chase, and sends out harmful shafts.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: High mountain tops tremble, tangled woods echo with the cries of beasts, and
earthquakes and the sea are mentioned in the disturbance around the hunt.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Artemis turns in every direction destroying wild beasts until she is satisfied
and has cheered her heart.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: After the hunt, Artemis slackens her bow and goes to the house of Phoebus
Apollo in Delphi.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: At Delphi, Artemis hangs up her bow and arrows, leads the dances, and the
Muses and Graces sing with heavenly voices about Leto bearing two outstanding
immortal children.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The closing salutation addresses the children of Zeus and rich-haired Leto.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Artemis
description: Goddess praised as golden-shafted maiden huntress, archer, sister of
Apollo, and leader of dances at Delphi.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Phoebus Apollo
description: Artemis's dear brother, associated with the great house at Delphi and
named as one of Leto's children.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Muses
description: Divine singers and dancers at Delphi whose heavenly voice joins the
praise of Leto's children.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Graces
description: Divine figures participating in the lovely dance at Delphi.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Leto
description: Rich-haired mother who bore children supreme among the immortals.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Zeus
description: Named as father in the salutation to the children of Zeus and Leto.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Hounds
description: Hounds cheered on by Artemis in her hunting role.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Wild beasts
description: Beasts pursued and destroyed during Artemis's hunt.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: huntress archer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Artemis is described as delighting in archery, drawing a golden bow, sending
shafts, and destroying wild beasts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: divine sister
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The hymn identifies Artemis as Apollo's own sister.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: dance leader
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: At Delphi she heads and leads the dances after hanging up her bow and arrows.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: divine brother
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Apollo is named as Artemis's dear brother.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: Delphi-associated deity
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Artemis goes to the great house of Phoebus Apollo in the rich land of Delphi.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: divine dance and song participants
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
basis: The Muses and Graces participate in the dance and utter a heavenly voice.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: divine mother
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The song says Leto bore children supreme among the immortals.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:8
label: divine father
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The closing salutation names the praised figures as children of Zeus and
Leto.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:9
label: hunting companions
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Artemis is said to cheer on the hounds.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:10
label: hunted animals
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The beasts cry out and are destroyed during Artemis's chase.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: golden bow and arrows
literal_form: Artemis's golden bow, curved bow, arrows, and shafts
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: mountains and peaks
literal_form: shadowy hills, windy peaks, and high mountains that tremble
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: Delphi
literal_form: the rich land of Delphi and the great house of Phoebus Apollo
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: dance and heavenly song
literal_form: the dances of the Muses and Graces and their heavenly voice
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Artemis in the hunt
summary: Artemis is praised as an archer and huntress who moves across hills, peaks,
mountains, and woods with hounds and sends shafts against wild beasts.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:2
label: Transition from hunt to Delphi
summary: When satisfied with the hunt, Artemis slackens her bow and goes to Apollo's
house in Delphi.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Dance and praise at Delphi
summary: Artemis hangs up her bow and arrows, leads the dances of the Muses and
Graces, and the singers praise Leto for bearing Artemis and Apollo.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Closing salutation
summary: The hymn hails the children of Zeus and Leto and announces another song.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine sibling pair
taxonomy_refs:
- sibling_pair
basis: Artemis is explicitly identified as Apollo's sister, and the hymn later praises
the two as children born to Leto and addressed as children of Zeus and Leto.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage praises the sibling relationship but does not narrate a joint
adventure or conflict.
- id: motif:2
label: divine parent and child lineage
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: The hymn states that Leto bore children supreme among the immortals and closes
by hailing the children of Zeus and Leto.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives only a brief genealogical praise, not a birth narrative.
- id: motif:3
label: divine huntress in wild mountain landscape
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Artemis is portrayed as a goddess ranging over hills, peaks, mountains, and
woods, armed with bow and arrows and destroying wild beasts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy family directly names the divine huntress pattern.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: 7308-7311
quote_or_summary: "“I sing of Artemis, whose shafts are of gold, who cheers on the
hounds, the pure maiden, shooter of stags, who delights in archery, own sister
to Apollo with the golden sword.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short excerpt used for evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 7311-7314
quote_or_summary: Artemis ranges over shadowy hills and windy peaks, draws her golden
bow, rejoices in the chase, and sends out grievous shafts.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 7314-7316
quote_or_summary: The tops of high mountains tremble; the tangled wood echoes with
beasts' cries; earthquakes and the fish-filled sea are also mentioned.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 7316-7318
quote_or_summary: The goddess turns every way with a bold heart, destroying wild
beasts until she is satisfied and has cheered her heart.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 7318-7321
quote_or_summary: The huntress slackens her bow and goes to the great house of Phoebus
Apollo in Delphi.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 7321-7325
quote_or_summary: At Delphi, Artemis hangs up her bow and arrows, leads the dances,
and the Muses and Graces sing that Leto bore children supreme among immortals.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: 7326-7327
quote_or_summary: "“Hail to you, children of Zeus and rich-haired Leto! And now
I will remember you and another song also.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; short excerpt used for evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif labels are limited
to explicit sibling, parent-child, hunt, mountain, and ritual dance elements in
the hymn; no 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: |-
The source locator label lists several hymns, but the provided passage text is Hymn XXVII to Artemis only; extraction follows the provided passage text.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg__l7308-l7327
passage_sha256=eb2a79691e823b2ecb04d907981051385e40190fae4b9668d57965d34397becf