batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l7624-l7636
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l7624-l7636
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
passage_locator:
label: HOMERS EPIGRAMS2601 / FRAGMENTS OF THE EPIC CYCLE / THE WAR OF THE TITANS
/ THE STORY OF OEDIPUS; lines 7624-7636
start: '7624'
end: '7636'
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: 'Three fragments concerning the Epic Cycle work called the Story of Oedipus:
one attributes a six-thousand-six-hundred-verse poem to Cinaethon; one reports
that Oedipus'' sons were born from Euryganeia rather than Iocasta; and one says
that the Sphinx killed Haemon, son of Creon.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A work called the Story of Oedipus is attributed to Cinaethon and described
as having six thousand six hundred verses.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Pausanias reports a judgment that Oedipus did not have children by Iocasta.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The same report says Oedipus' sons were born of Euryganeia, according to the
Epic called the Story of Oedipus.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The authors of the Story of Oedipus are reported to say that the Sphinx killed
Haemon.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Haemon is described as the dear son of blameless Creon and as the comeliest
and loveliest of boys.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Cinaethon
description: Named as the author of the Story of Oedipus in the cited fragment.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Oedipus
description: Named figure whose children and sons are discussed.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Iocasta
description: Named as the woman by whom Pausanias says Oedipus did not have children.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Euryganeia
description: Named as the mother of Oedipus' sons in the Story of Oedipus according
to Pausanias.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Sphinx
description: Being said by the authors of the Story of Oedipus to have killed Haemon.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Haemon
description: Noble boy killed by the Sphinx; described as the dear son of Creon.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Creon
description: Named as the blameless father of Haemon.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Pausanias
description: Cited source who judges that Oedipus did not have children by Iocasta.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Homer
description: Named as the basis by which Pausanias judges the parentage claim.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
roles:
- id: role:1
label: attributed poet
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The fragment names the Story of Oedipus as by Cinaethon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: father whose children's mother is disputed
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage discusses whether Oedipus' children were by Iocasta and says
his sons were born of Euryganeia.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: rejected mother of Oedipus' children
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Pausanias says he does not believe Oedipus had children by Iocasta.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: mother of Oedipus' sons
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The passage says Oedipus' sons were born of Euryganeia.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: killer
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The Sphinx is said to have killed Haemon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: victim
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Haemon is said to have been killed by the Sphinx.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: beloved noble youth
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Haemon is called noble, dear, comely, and lovely.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:8
label: father of the victim
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Haemon is called the dear son of Creon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:9
label: citing authority
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The fragment is introduced as Pausanias' judgment about the parentage claim.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:10
label: authority invoked for judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Pausanias says he judges by Homer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Sphinx
literal_form: Sphinx
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Attribution of the Story of Oedipus
summary: A fragment identifies the Story of Oedipus as a poem by Cinaethon with
six thousand six hundred verses.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Alternative parentage for Oedipus' sons
summary: Pausanias, judging by Homer, rejects Iocasta as the mother of Oedipus'
children and states that Euryganeia bore Oedipus' sons according to the Story
of Oedipus.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Sphinx kills Haemon
summary: The authors of the Story of Oedipus are reported to say that the Sphinx
killed noble Haemon, the dear son of Creon.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: disputed or alternative heroic genealogy
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage presents a disagreement over whether Oedipus' children were by
Iocasta and gives Euryganeia as the mother of his sons in the epic tradition cited.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is a fragmentary scholarly report rather than a continuous
narrative episode.
- id: motif:2
label: monstrous being kills noble youth
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The Sphinx is said to have killed Haemon, who is described as noble, dear,
comely, and lovely.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives only a brief report of the killing and does not describe
circumstances or symbolic meaning.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 7624-7627
quote_or_summary: Fragment 1 reports the Story of Oedipus by Cinaethon in six thousand
six hundred verses.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; brief summary.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 7628-7632
quote_or_summary: Pausanias says, judging by Homer, that Oedipus did not have children
by Iocasta; his sons were born of Euryganeia according to the Epic called the
Story of Oedipus.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; brief summary.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 7633-7636
quote_or_summary: A scholion reports that the authors of the Story of Oedipus said
the Sphinx killed noble Haemon, dear son of blameless Creon, described as very
comely and lovely.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; brief summary.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Extraction is based on a short public-domain English passage. Motif identification
is cautious because the source consists of fragmentary reports rather than extended
narrative.
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 comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not explicitly support a comparison beyond the cited internal epic and scholastic traditions.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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