batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l9516-l9643
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label: THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND
HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST / ENDNOTES; lines 9516-9643
start: '9516'
end: '9643'
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 is a series of endnotes explaining fragmentary Greek mythological
material and later references. It mentions proxy wooing, destruction of humans
by storms, a spring-bearing snake, Artemis carrying Iphigeneia to the Tauric Chersonnese,
Minos demanding a tribute of youths to the Minotaur, Deucalion and Pyrrha transforming
stones into people after the Flood, Apollo transforming a crow, Zeus killing Asclepius
and Apollo taking revenge on the Cyclopes, Dodona’s oak oracle after the Flood,
Meleager’s life depending on a burned brand, the Sphinx-associated mountain near
Thebes, a shield organized around Fear and Oceanus, and a cap of darkness that
gives invisibility.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The notes state that wooing could be conducted by proxy, with Agamemnon wooing
Helen for Menelaus and Idomeneus noted as an exception because he came in person.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A fragmentary passage is said to lead toward an account of the Trojan and
possibly Theban war in which the Race of Heroes perished.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The same note describes the destruction of humans by storms that spoil crops.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The note says a snake bears its young in the spring season.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Iphigeneia is described as carried by Artemis to the Tauric Chersonnese, and
the Tauri are said to have identified their maiden-goddess with Iphigeneia.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Minos is said to have exacted a yearly tribute of boys and girls from the
Athenians, to be devoured by the Minotaur.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Deucalion and Pyrrha are said to have transformed stones into men and women
after the Flood.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Maron is described as a priest of Apollo and, according to Homer, the discoverer
of wine.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: The crow is said to have been originally white and turned black by Apollo
in anger at news brought by the bird.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: Zeus is said to have slain Asclepius because of Asclepius’ success as a healer;
Apollo then killed the Cyclopes in revenge and was punished by being made to serve
Admetus as a herdsman.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: The Dodona oracle is said to have been first consulted by Deucalion and Pyrrha
after the Flood, and later writers say the god responded through rustling oak
leaves.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: Meleager is said to have wasted away when his mother Althea burned the brand
on which his life depended.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:13
text: A mountain peak near Thebes is said to have taken its name from the Sphinx.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:14
text: A shield is described as having concentric zones, with the figure of Fear
at the center and Oceanus enclosing the whole.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:15
text: A cap of darkness is described as making its wearer invisible.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Agamemnon
description: Named as wooing Helen on behalf of his brother Menelaus.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Menelaus
description: Agamemnon’s brother, for whom Helen is wooed by proxy.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Helen
description: Named as the woman wooed for Menelaus by Agamemnon.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Idomeneus
description: Named as an exception who came in person and sent no deputy.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Artemis
description: Goddess who carries Iphigeneia to the Tauric Chersonnese.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Iphigeneia
description: Woman carried by Artemis to the Tauric Chersonnese and identified by
the Tauri with their maiden-goddess in one account.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Tauri
description: People said to identify their maiden-goddess with Iphigeneia.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Minos
description: Ruler who exacted a yearly tribute of boys and girls from the Athenians.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Minotaur
description: Monster to whom the tribute of Athenian boys and girls was to be given
for devouring.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Athenians
description: People from whom Minos exacted the yearly tribute.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Deucalion
description: With Pyrrha, transformed stones into humans after the Flood and consulted
Dodona after the Flood.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Pyrrha
description: With Deucalion, transformed stones into humans after the Flood and
consulted Dodona after the Flood.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Maron
description: Priest of Apollo and discoverer of wine according to Homer.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Apollo
description: God associated with Maron, with changing the crow’s color, with avenging
Asclepius by killing the Cyclopes, and with punishment as Admetus’ herdsman.
role_refs:
- role:13
- role:14
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Crow
description: Bird said to have been originally white and turned black by Apollo.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Zeus
description: God said to have slain Asclepius because of his success as a healer.
role_refs:
- role:17
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:17
name_or_label: Asclepius
description: Healer slain by Zeus because of his success as a healer.
role_refs:
- role:18
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:18
name_or_label: Cyclopes
description: Beings killed by Apollo in revenge for Zeus’ slaying of Asclepius.
role_refs:
- role:19
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:19
name_or_label: Admetus
description: Person whom Apollo was forced to serve as herdsman.
role_refs:
- role:20
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:20
name_or_label: Unnamed god at Dodona
description: God said by later writers to respond through the rustling of oak leaves.
role_refs:
- role:21
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:21
name_or_label: Meleager
description: Hero whose life depended on a brand and who wasted away when it was
burned.
role_refs:
- role:22
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:22
name_or_label: Althea
description: Mother of Meleager who burned the brand on which his life depended.
role_refs:
- role:23
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:23
name_or_label: Sphinx
description: Being from whom a mountain peak near Thebes took its name.
role_refs:
- role:24
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:24
name_or_label: Fear
description: Personified figure occupying the center of the described shield.
role_refs:
- role:25
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: fig:25
name_or_label: Oceanus
description: Figure or boundary enclosing the whole shield.
role_refs:
- role:26
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
roles:
- id: role:1
label: proxy wooer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Agamemnon wooed Helen for Menelaus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: absent bridegroom represented by proxy
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Menelaus is the brother for whom Agamemnon wooed Helen.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: wooed woman
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Helen is named as the woman wooed for Menelaus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: in-person suitor
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Idomeneus came in person and sent no deputy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: divine transporter
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Artemis carried Iphigeneia to the Tauric Chersonnese.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: carried maiden or priestess figure
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Iphigeneia was carried by Artemis; Euripides makes her priestess of the goddess.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: local identifiers of goddess and heroine
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The Tauri identified their maiden-goddess with Iphigeneia.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:8
label: tribute exactor
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Minos exacted a yearly tribute from the Athenians.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:9
label: devouring monster
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The tribute was to be devoured by the Minotaur.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:10
label: tribute-paying people
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The Athenians supplied boys and girls as tribute.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:11
label: post-flood human renewers
assigned_to:
- fig:11
- fig:12
basis: Deucalion and Pyrrha transformed stones into men and women after the Flood.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:12
label: priest and culture discoverer
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: Maron is called priest of Apollo and discoverer of wine.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:13
label: patron deity
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: Maron is described as priest of Apollo.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:14
label: divine transformer
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: Apollo turned the crow from white to black.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:15
label: avenger punished with service
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: Apollo killed the Cyclopes in revenge and was punished by service as herdsman.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:16
label: transformed messenger bird
assigned_to:
- fig:15
basis: The crow brought news and was turned black by Apollo.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:17
label: divine slayer of healer
assigned_to:
- fig:16
basis: Zeus slew Asclepius because of his success as a healer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:18
label: successful healer slain by god
assigned_to:
- fig:17
basis: Asclepius was slain because of his success as a healer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:19
label: revenge victims
assigned_to:
- fig:18
basis: Apollo killed the Cyclopes in revenge.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:20
label: master served by punished god
assigned_to:
- fig:19
basis: Apollo was forced to serve Admetus as herdsman.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:21
label: oracular responder
assigned_to:
- fig:20
basis: Later writers say the god responded through rustling oak leaves.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:22
label: life-token bound hero
assigned_to:
- fig:21
basis: Meleager’s life depended on a brand and he wasted away when it was burned.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:23
label: mother who destroys life-token
assigned_to:
- fig:22
basis: Althea burned the brand on which Meleager’s life depended.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:24
label: eponymous monster or being
assigned_to:
- fig:23
basis: The mountain peak near Thebes took its name from the Sphinx.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:25
label: central shield figure
assigned_to:
- fig:24
basis: Fear occupied the center of the shield.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:26
label: encircling shield boundary
assigned_to:
- fig:25
basis: Oceanus enclosed the whole shield.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: spring-bearing snake
literal_form: Snake that bears its young in the spring season.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: destructive storms
literal_form: Storms that spoil crops and destroy humans.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: Tauric Chersonnese
literal_form: Distant land to which Artemis carries Iphigeneia.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: yearly tribute of boys and girls
literal_form: Athenian youths given to be devoured by the Minotaur.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: post-flood stones
literal_form: Stones transformed into men and women after the Flood.
associated_figures:
- fig:11
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: Flood
literal_form: The Flood after which Deucalion and Pyrrha renew humans and consult
Dodona.
associated_figures:
- fig:11
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
- id: sym:7
label: wine
literal_form: Wine discovered by Maron according to Homer.
associated_figures:
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:8
label: blackened crow
literal_form: A crow changed from white to black by Apollo.
associated_figures:
- fig:14
- fig:15
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:9
label: oak leaves of Dodona
literal_form: Oak leaves whose rustling communicates the god’s response.
associated_figures:
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:20
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:10
label: burned life-brand
literal_form: Brand on which Meleager’s life depended, burned by Althea.
associated_figures:
- fig:21
- fig:22
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:11
label: Sphinx mountain peak
literal_form: Mountain peak near Thebes named from the Sphinx.
associated_figures:
- fig:23
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:12
label: concentric shield
literal_form: Shield with concentric zones, Fear in the center, and Oceanus enclosing
the whole.
associated_figures:
- fig:24
- fig:25
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:13
label: cap of darkness
literal_form: Cap that makes its wearer invisible.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Proxy wooing and exception
summary: Agamemnon woos Helen on behalf of Menelaus, while Idomeneus is distinguished
as coming in person rather than sending a deputy.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Destruction and seasonal serpent note
summary: The fragmentary material is said to move toward the wars in which the Race
of Heroes perished, the destruction of humans by crop-spoiling storms, and a parenthetical
description of a snake bearing young in spring.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Iphigeneia carried to the Tauric land
summary: Artemis carries Iphigeneia to the Tauric Chersonnese, where a local maiden-goddess
is identified with her in one account.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Athenian tribute to the Minotaur
summary: Minos imposes a yearly tribute of Athenian boys and girls, who are to be
devoured by the Minotaur.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Human renewal after the Flood
summary: After the Flood, Deucalion and Pyrrha transform stones into men and women.
figure_refs:
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Apollo, the crow, Asclepius, and punishment
summary: Apollo changes the crow’s color in anger; in a separate sequence Zeus kills
Asclepius, Apollo kills the Cyclopes in revenge, and Apollo is punished with herdsman
service to Admetus.
figure_refs:
- fig:14
- fig:15
- fig:16
- fig:17
- fig:18
- fig:19
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:7
label: Dodona after the Flood
summary: Deucalion and Pyrrha consult Dodona after the Flood, and later writers
say the god’s response comes through rustling oak leaves.
figure_refs:
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:20
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:8
label: Meleager’s life-brand
summary: Meleager wastes away when Althea burns the brand on which his life depends.
figure_refs:
- fig:21
- fig:22
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: scene:9
label: Shield with Fear and Oceanus
summary: A shield is described with concentric zones, Fear in the center, and Oceanus
around the whole.
figure_refs:
- fig:24
- fig:25
symbol_refs:
- sym:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: scene:10
label: Cap of darkness
summary: A cap of darkness makes its wearer invisible.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Proxy wooing for marriage
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The note explicitly describes wooing by proxy and gives Agamemnon’s wooing
of Helen for Menelaus as an example.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is an explanatory endnote rather than a narrative episode.
- id: motif:2
label: Human destruction by crop-spoiling storms
taxonomy_refs:
- chaos
basis: A fragmentary passage is summarized as beginning the destruction of humans
by storms that spoil crops.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The note does not identify a divine agent or give full narrative context.
- id: motif:3
label: Serpent linked to spring birth
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
- seasonal_cycle
basis: The note describes a snake bearing its young in the spring season.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: This is a naturalizing or explanatory note, not a full mythic scene.
- id: motif:4
label: Divine removal of Iphigeneia to a distant land
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Iphigeneia is said to be carried by Artemis to the Tauric Chersonnese.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The note does not describe the circumstances of the carrying beyond the
destination and agent.
- id: motif:5
label: Youth tribute to a devouring monster
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: Minos exacts a yearly tribute of Athenian boys and girls to be devoured by
the Minotaur.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The sacrifice taxonomy is approximate; the note frames the youths as tribute
rather than ritual offering.
- id: motif:6
label: Post-flood renewal of humanity from stones
taxonomy_refs:
- flood_and_renewal
basis: Deucalion and Pyrrha transform stones into men and women after the Flood.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The note gives the motif in compressed explanatory form.
- id: motif:7
label: Culture discovery of wine by priestly figure
taxonomy_refs:
- culture_hero
basis: Maron is described as priest of Apollo and discoverer of wine according to
Homer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not narrate the discovery itself.
- id: motif:8
label: Bird transformed as divine punishment for news
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Apollo turns the crow from white to black in anger at the news brought by
the bird.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference precisely matches color-change punishment.
- id: motif:9
label: Divine punishment of transgressive healing and retaliatory vengeance
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Zeus slays Asclepius because of his success as a healer; Apollo retaliates
against the Cyclopes and is then punished with servitude.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: high
cautions: The note is a summary of a mythic sequence and does not specify the exact
transgression beyond healing success.
- id: motif:10
label: Oak-leaf oracle after the Flood
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
- sacred_tree_axis
- flood_and_renewal
basis: Deucalion and Pyrrha first consult Dodona after the Flood, and the god responds
through rustling oak leaves.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy links are interpretive; the passage explicitly states oracle
consultation and oak-leaf response.
- id: motif:11
label: Life bound to an external burning brand
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
basis: Meleager’s life depends on a brand, and he wastes away when Althea burns
it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied motif-family taxonomy exactly captures the external-life-token
pattern.
- id: motif:12
label: Invisibility-granting dark cap
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The cap of darkness makes its wearer invisible.
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
confidence: high
cautions: The note does not name the wearer or narrate a use of the object.
- id: motif:13
label: Shield image with center and encircling boundary
taxonomy_refs:
- world_center
basis: The shield is described as having Fear at the center and Oceanus enclosing
the whole.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
confidence: low
cautions: The passage describes shield composition; interpreting it as a world-center
or cosmic-order motif requires caution.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The note explicitly compares the fragment’s opening movement toward the Trojan
and possibly Theban war with the opening of the Cypria as somewhat similar.
claim_level: same_function
target: Opening of the Cypria
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The note says only that the opening is somewhat similar and does not
quote the Cypria.
- id: claim:2
claim: The Taurian maiden-goddess and Iphigeneia are presented as identified by
the Tauri, while Euripides’ version makes Iphigeneia priestess rather than the
goddess herself.
claim_level: same_function
target: Taurian maiden-goddess and Euripides’ Iphigeneia in Tauris
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage reports different ancient identifications but does not
adjudicate between them.
- id: claim:3
claim: The Deucalion and Pyrrha episode matches a flood-and-renewal pattern in which
humans are recreated after a Flood.
claim_level: same_motif
target: flood_and_renewal
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The passage gives only the stone transformation detail and does not
narrate the Flood itself.
- id: claim:4
claim: The Apollo-Admetus punishment sequence is linked by the note to Euripides’
Alcestis.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Euripides, Alcestis 1-8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage provides only a parenthetical cross-reference, not a full
comparison.
- id: claim:5
claim: The Meleager life-brand episode is stated to occur in Homer and later writers,
and is cross-referenced to Bacchylides.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Homer, later writers, and Bacchylides Ode 5
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage summarizes the tradition without quoting the parallel texts.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: note 1744 within lines 9516-9643
quote_or_summary: Wooing was by proxy; Agamemnon wooed Helen for Menelaus, and Idomeneus
is noted as coming in person rather than sending a deputy.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary supplied rather than extended quotation.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: note 1745 within lines 9516-9643
quote_or_summary: The passage probably led to the Trojan and possibly Theban war
in which the Race of Heroes perished; destruction of humans by crop-spoiling storms
begins; remaining verses describe a snake bearing young in spring.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary supplied rather than extended quotation.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: note 1748 within lines 9516-9643
quote_or_summary: Iphigeneia was carried by Artemis to the Tauric Chersonnese; the
Tauri identified their maiden-goddess with Iphigeneia; Euripides makes her priestess
of the goddess.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary supplied rather than extended quotation.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: note 1750 within lines 9516-9643
quote_or_summary: For a murder, Minos exacted from the Athenians a yearly tribute
of boys and girls to be devoured by the Minotaur.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary supplied rather than extended quotation.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: note 1752 within lines 9516-9643
quote_or_summary: The note refers to the stones that Deucalion and Pyrrha transformed
into men and women after the Flood.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary supplied rather than extended quotation.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: note 1756 within lines 9516-9643
quote_or_summary: Maron is called priest of Apollo and, according to Homer, discoverer
of wine; Maronea in Thrace is said to be named after him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary supplied rather than extended quotation.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: note 1757 within lines 9516-9643
quote_or_summary: The crow was originally white but was turned black by Apollo in
anger at the news the bird brought.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary supplied rather than extended quotation.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: note 1759 within lines 9516-9643
quote_or_summary: Zeus slew Asclepius because of his success as a healer; Apollo
killed the Cyclopes in revenge and was punished by being forced to serve Admetus
as herdsman.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary supplied rather than extended quotation.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: note 1762 within lines 9516-9643
quote_or_summary: The Dodona oracle was first consulted by Deucalion and Pyrrha
after the Flood; later writers say the god responded through rustling oak leaves.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary supplied rather than extended quotation.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: note 1764 within lines 9516-9643
quote_or_summary: Meleager wasted away when his mother Althea burned the brand on
which his life depended, after he had slain her brothers in the dispute over the
Calydonian boar’s hide.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary supplied rather than extended quotation.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: note 1801 within lines 9516-9643
quote_or_summary: A mountain peak near Thebes took its name from the Sphinx.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary supplied rather than extended quotation.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: note 1802 within lines 9516-9643
quote_or_summary: Cyanus is explained as deep blue glass-paste; the shield had concentric
zones, Fear at the center, and Oceanus enclosing the whole.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary supplied rather than extended quotation.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: note 1804 within lines 9516-9643
quote_or_summary: The cap of darkness made its wearer invisible.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary supplied rather than extended quotation.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The passage is composed of endnotes rather than continuous narrative. Many
motifs are compressed references to myths explained elsewhere, so extraction is
reliable for named details but more cautious for motif-family classification.
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. Taxonomy references are limited to supplied motif families and symbols; unsupported or approximate classifications are noted with cautions.
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