batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l7349-l7365
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l7349-l7365
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
passage_locator:
label: XXVI. TO DIONYSUS / XXVII. TO ARTEMIS / XXVIII. TO ATHENA / XXIX. TO HESTIA;
lines 7349-7365
start: '7349'
end: '7365'
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 Hestia as honored in the dwellings of gods and humans,
states that mortals pour sweet wine to her first and last at banquets, invokes
Hermes with his divine titles, asks Hermes and Hestia to dwell in the house as
friendly helpers, and closes with a hail to Hestia and Hermes.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Hestia is addressed as having an everlasting abode and highest honour in the
dwellings of gods and humans.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Mortals are said not to hold a banquet without pouring sweet wine in offering
to Hestia first and last.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Hermes is addressed as slayer of Argus, son of Zeus and Maia, messenger of
the blessed gods, bearer of the golden rod, and giver of good.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The speaker asks Hermes and Hestia to be favourable, help, and dwell together
in the glorious house in friendship.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Hermes and Hestia are said to know the noble actions of men and to aid their
wisdom and strength.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: The hymn closes by hailing the Daughter of Cronos and Hermes, bearer of the
golden rod.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Hestia
description: A divine figure addressed as possessing highest honour and receiving
first-and-last wine offerings; also called Daughter of Cronos.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Hermes
description: A divine figure addressed as slayer of Argus, son of Zeus and Maia,
messenger of the blessed gods, bearer of the golden rod, and giver of good.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Mortals / men who walk on earth
description: Humans who hold banquets, pour wine offerings to Hestia, and are aided
in wisdom and strength.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Deathless gods / blessed gods
description: Divine beings whose high dwellings are mentioned and among whom Hermes
serves as messenger.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: honored household deity
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Hestia is said to have an everlasting abode, highest honour, portion, and
right in the high dwellings of gods and humans.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: recipient of banquet offering
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Mortals pour sweet wine to Hestia first and last at banquets.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: divine messenger
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Hermes is called messenger of the blessed gods.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: bearer of the golden rod
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Hermes is twice called bearer of the golden rod.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: divine helper
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
basis: The speaker asks Hermes and Hestia to be favourable and help, and says they
aid human wisdom and strength.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: human worshippers
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Mortals pour wine offerings to Hestia at banquets and are described as receiving
aid in wisdom and strength.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: divine community
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The passage mentions deathless gods in high dwellings and blessed gods for
whom Hermes is messenger.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: sweet wine offering
literal_form: Sweet wine poured in offering to Hestia first and last at banquets.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: golden rod
literal_form: The golden rod borne by Hermes.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: glorious house
literal_form: A house in which Hermes and Hestia are invited to dwell together in
friendship.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: first and last offering order
literal_form: The repeated ritual position of Hestia receiving wine first and last.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Praise and offering to Hestia
summary: Hestia is praised for her honoured place in divine and human dwellings,
and the hymn states that mortals pour wine to her first and last at banquets.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Invocation of Hermes and Hestia as household helpers
summary: Hermes is invoked by titles and asked, together with Hestia, to dwell in
the house in friendship and aid human wisdom and strength.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Closing hail
summary: The hymn hails Hestia as Daughter of Cronos and Hermes as bearer of the
golden rod before announcing another song.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: ritual first-and-last offering at banquet
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The passage describes mortals pouring sweet wine to Hestia first and last
at banquets, presenting a ritual offering to a deity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy label is approximate; the passage states the offering but
does not explicitly frame it as an exchange.
- id: motif:2
label: divine household indwelling and aid
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Hermes and Hestia are invited to dwell in the house in friendship and are
said to aid human wisdom and strength.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The wisdom motif is limited to a brief statement of divine aid; no extended
teaching or wisdom quest appears.
- id: motif:3
label: divine genealogy by epithet
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: Hermes is named son of Zeus and Maia, and Hestia is hailed as Daughter of
Cronos.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: low
cautions: The passage uses genealogical epithets but does not narrate a parent-child
episode.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The description of wine poured to Hestia at every banquet, first and last,
can be cautiously compared to a sacred-exchange pattern in which human ritual
offering establishes proper divine honour.
claim_level: same_function
target: sacred_exchange motif family
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage emphasizes honour and ritual order more than reciprocal
bargaining; comparison is functional rather than historical.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 7349-7355; Hymn XXIX, ll. 1-6
quote_or_summary: Hestia is praised as honoured in the dwellings of gods and humans;
mortals pour sweet wine to her first and last at banquets.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 7356-7363; Hymn XXIX, ll. 7-10
quote_or_summary: Hermes is invoked with titles including son of Zeus and Maia,
messenger, bearer of the golden rod, and giver of good; Hermes and Hestia are
asked to dwell in the house and aid wisdom and strength.
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: lines 7364-7365; Hymn XXIX, ll. 12-13
quote_or_summary: The closing hails the Daughter of Cronos and Hermes, bearer of
the golden rod, before turning to another song.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied English passage. Motif taxonomy
assignments are cautious because the hymn is brief and mostly invocatory.
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: |-
No external information about Hestia as hearth goddess or Hermes outside the supplied passage was used.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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