batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l9645-l9787
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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 9645-9787
start: '9645'
end: '9787'
translation: Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
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summary: Endnotes explaining variants, mythic references, ritual details, and scholarly
comparisons, including Heracles' prayer for Aias, Oenomaus' fatal oracle and chariot
contest, Hermes' cattle theft, the golden fleece, Dionysus' birth from Zeus' thigh,
Demeter's mourning and Eleusinian potion, Apollo as dolphin, protective tortoise
charms, fire-making implements, cave relics, sacrifice, and Hades.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Heracles prays for a son to be born to Telamon and Eriboea, and Zeus sends
an eagle as a token that the prayer will be granted.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Heracles instructs the parents to name the child Aias after the eagle.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Oenomaus, warned by an oracle that he will be killed by his son-in-law, offers
Hippodamia to whoever defeats him in a chariot race and kills defeated suitors.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Pelops ultimately wins the contest through the treachery of Oenomaus' charioteer.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The note states that the Homeric Hymn to Hermes gives a somewhat different
account of the stealing of the cattle and that Battus almost disappears from that
story.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The golden fleece is identified as the fleece of the ram that carried Phrixus
and Helle away from Athamas and Ino.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: After reaching Colchis, Phrixus sacrifices the ram to Zeus.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Dionysus, after his untimely birth from Semele, is sewn into the thigh of
Zeus.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: The note says the Greeks feared to name Pluto directly and used descriptive
titles instead.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: Demeter chooses a lowlier seat because, in her sorrow, she refuses comforts.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: Drinking the described potion is identified as an Eleusinian ritual act commemorating
the sorrows of the goddess.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: The note identifies a dolphin in the hymn as really Apollo and also mentions
Apollo Delphinius at Cnossus.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:13
text: The living tortoise is described in cited sources as a charm to preserve vineyards
from hail, and tortoise flesh is noticed as effective against witchcraft.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:14
text: Hermes makes cattle walk backwards so they seem to be going toward the meadow
rather than leaving it, while he relies on sandals as a disguise.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:15
text: A note explains a lacuna in the fire-making description involving a borer
and a fireblock.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:16
text: A note reports interpretations of hides as either a stalactite formation in
the Cave of Nestor or actual skins shown as relics near a cave.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:17
text: Hermes offers all the meat as sacrifice to the Twelve Gods and is left with
the savour rather than the substance of the sacrifice.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: obs:18
text: If Hermes is cast into Hades, he would lead babies like himself, since the
dead retain the age at which they leave the upper world.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Heracles
description: Prays that Telamon and Eriboea may have a son and gives naming instructions
after Zeus' eagle token.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Zeus
description: Sends an eagle as a token; receives the sacrificed ram; carries Dionysus
sewn into his thigh.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Telamon and Eriboea
description: Parents for whom Heracles prays that a son be born.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Aias
description: Child to be named after the eagle sent by Zeus.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Oenomaus
description: King of Pisa in Elis warned by an oracle that he will be killed by
his son-in-law.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Hippodamia
description: Daughter offered by Oenomaus to the man who can defeat him in a chariot
race.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Pelops
description: Victorious suitor who defeats Oenomaus through the charioteer's treachery.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Hermes
description: Associated with the stealing of cattle, deceptive cattle tracks, sandals
as disguise, sacrifice to the Twelve Gods, and a possible threat of being cast
into Hades.
role_refs:
- role:9
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:11
- ev:14
- ev:15
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Phrixus
description: Carried by the ram to Colchis and sacrifices the ram to Zeus.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Helle
description: Carried away by the ram with Phrixus.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Dionysus
description: Born untimely from Semele and sewn into Zeus' thigh.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Semele
description: Mother from whom Dionysus has an untimely birth.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Demeter
description: In sorrow, chooses a lowlier seat and is associated with a ritual potion
commemorating her sorrows.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Apollo
description: Identified as the dolphin and connected with Apollo Delphinius at Cnossus.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Pluto
description: A god whom the Greeks feared to name directly, using descriptive titles
instead.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: intercessory hero
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Heracles prays for a son to be born to Telamon and Eriboea.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: divine omen-giver
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Zeus sends an eagle token that Heracles' prayer will be granted.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: recipient parents
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Telamon and Eriboea are the parents for whom a child is requested.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: omen-named child
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Aias is to be named after the eagle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: oracle-warned king
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Oenomaus is warned by an oracle that his son-in-law will kill him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: bride offered as contest prize
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Hippodamia is offered to the man who defeats Oenomaus in a chariot race.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: victorious suitor
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Pelops becomes victorious through the charioteer's treachery.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:8
label: divine gestational host
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Dionysus is sewn into Zeus' thigh after his untimely birth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: cattle thief
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The note concerns Hermes and the stealing of cattle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:11
- id: role:10
label: deceptive trickster
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Hermes reverses the cattle's tracks and relies on sandals as a disguise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:11
label: ram-borne escapee
assigned_to:
- fig:9
- fig:10
basis: Phrixus and Helle are carried away by the ram.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:12
label: miraculously transferred infant
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Dionysus is born untimely and sewn into Zeus' thigh.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:13
label: birth mother
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Semele is the mother from whom Dionysus is untimely born.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:14
label: mourning goddess
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: Demeter refuses comforts in sorrow and her sorrows are ritually commemorated.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:15
label: god in dolphin form
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: The note states that the dolphin was really Apollo.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:16
label: avoidance-named underworld god
assigned_to:
- fig:15
basis: The Greeks feared naming Pluto directly and used descriptive titles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: eagle omen
literal_form: eagle sent by Zeus
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: chariot race
literal_form: contest for Hippodamia with death for defeated suitors
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: golden fleece
literal_form: fleece of the ram that carried Phrixus and Helle
associated_figures:
- fig:9
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: sacrificial ram
literal_form: ram sacrificed by Phrixus to Zeus
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: Zeus' thigh
literal_form: thigh into which Dionysus is sewn
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: lowly seat
literal_form: seat chosen by Demeter in sorrow
associated_figures:
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:7
label: ritual potion
literal_form: potion drunk as Eleusinian ritual communion
associated_figures:
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:8
label: dolphin form
literal_form: dolphin identified as Apollo
associated_figures:
- fig:14
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:9
label: tortoise charm
literal_form: living tortoise or tortoise flesh used protectively
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:10
label: backward cattle tracks
literal_form: cattle made to walk backwards
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:11
label: disguising sandals
literal_form: sandals used by Hermes as disguise
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:12
label: fire-making implements
literal_form: borer and fireblock
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: sym:13
label: cave relics
literal_form: hides interpreted as cave stalactite formation or actual skins shown
as relics
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- cave
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: sym:14
label: Hades
literal_form: underworld setting where the dead retain the age at death
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Eagle token and naming of Aias
summary: Heracles prays for a child; Zeus sends an eagle as the confirming sign;
Heracles tells the parents to name the child Aias after the eagle.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Oenomaus' oracle and chariot contest
summary: Oenomaus responds to an oracle about death by a son-in-law by setting a
deadly chariot-race condition for Hippodamia's suitors; Pelops wins through treachery.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Ram, golden fleece, and sacrifice
summary: The ram carries Phrixus and Helle away; after arriving at Colchis, Phrixus
sacrifices the ram to Zeus, leaving the golden fleece as the identified object.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Dionysus transferred to Zeus' thigh
summary: After an untimely birth from Semele, Dionysus is sewn into Zeus' thigh.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Demeter's sorrow and ritual commemoration
summary: Demeter chooses a lowly seat because of sorrow, and the drinking of a potion
is described as Eleusinian ritual communion commemorating the goddess' sorrows.
figure_refs:
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:6
label: Apollo as dolphin
summary: The note identifies the dolphin as really Apollo and connects Apollo Delphinius
with Cnossus.
figure_refs:
- fig:14
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:7
label: Hermes conceals the cattle theft
summary: Hermes makes the cattle walk backwards so their tracks seem to lead toward
the meadow and uses sandals as a disguise.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:10
- sym:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: scene:8
label: Hermes' sacrifice and divine claim
summary: Hermes offers all meat as sacrifice to the Twelve Gods and is left with
savour rather than substance.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: scene:9
label: Hermes and Hades
summary: A note says that if Hermes is cast into Hades, he will lead babies like
himself because the dead retain their age at death.
figure_refs:
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:15
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine omen confirms a requested birth
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_birth
basis: A divine eagle token from Zeus confirms Heracles' prayer that a son be born.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is an explanatory note, not a full narrative; the taxonomy
link rests on the birth request and divine sign.
- id: motif:2
label: fatal oracle and bride contest
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Oenomaus receives an oracle of death by son-in-law and sets a deadly chariot
contest for Hippodamia's suitors; Pelops wins.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: Royal succession implications are likely but not fully developed in this
note.
- id: motif:3
label: trickster cattle theft with deceptive tracks
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_theft
- trickster_boundary
basis: Hermes' cattle theft is connected with backwards-walking cattle and sandals
used as disguise.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is commentary on the hymn rather than the narrative itself.
- id: motif:4
label: animal-borne escape and sacrificial ram
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: The ram carries Phrixus and Helle away, and Phrixus sacrifices the ram to
Zeus at Colchis.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: Only the explanatory summary is present; the note does not narrate the
full episode.
- id: motif:5
label: miraculous second gestation of Dionysus
taxonomy_refs:
- miraculous_child
- sacred_birth
- divine_parent_child
basis: Dionysus is born untimely from Semele and then sewn into Zeus' thigh.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The note gives a compressed summary of the birth motif.
- id: motif:6
label: avoidance naming of feared underworld deity
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The Greeks are said to fear naming Pluto directly and to use descriptive
titles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference directly matches naming taboo.
- id: motif:7
label: mourning goddess and ritual communion
taxonomy_refs:
- initiation
- sacred_exchange
basis: Demeter's sorrow motivates her lowly seat, and the potion is described as
a central Eleusinian ritual act commemorating her sorrows.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The ritual context is stated, but initiation details are not described
in this passage.
- id: motif:8
label: god appearing as dolphin
taxonomy_refs:
- shapeshifter
basis: The note states that the dolphin was really Apollo.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage identifies the dolphin as Apollo but does not describe the
transformation process.
- id: motif:9
label: animal charm for protection
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Tortoise flesh is noticed against witchcraft, and a living tortoise is prescribed
to protect vineyards from hail.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a folkloric or ritual-protective note rather than a mythic narrative
episode.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The vineyard scene's conception is said to be similar to a sculptured group
at Athens of two lions devouring a bull.
claim_level: visual_similarity
target: sculptured group at Athens of Two Lions devouring a Bull
evidence_refs:
- ev:16
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The note asserts similarity but the excerpt does not describe the full
vineyard scene.
- id: claim:2
claim: The Homeric Hymn to Hermes is said to preserve a somewhat different account
of the stealing of the cattle, with Battus nearly disappearing from the story.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Homeric Hymn to Hermes cattle-theft account
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The specific differences are not listed in this note.
- id: claim:3
claim: The note suggests another version of the death of Teiresias at Colophon may
be indicated by Proclus' abstract of the Returns.
claim_level: same_motif
target: Proclus' abstract of the Returns on the death of Teiresias at Colophon
evidence_refs:
- ev:17
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The note says 'perhaps,' so the comparison is explicitly tentative.
- id: claim:4
claim: The tortoise is compared across cited sources as an object with protective
or apotropaic function against witchcraft or hail.
claim_level: same_function
target: Pliny and Geoponica tortoise charms
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The sources are named only in summary, and the passage does not provide
the full contexts.
- id: claim:5
claim: The note compares possible explanations of Hermes' hides as either cave stalactite
formations or actual skins shown as relics.
claim_level: same_function
target: Cave of Nestor stalactites and relic skins near a cave
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: low
limitations: This is an antiquarian explanation of material remains rather than
a comparison between narrative motifs.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 9654-9658 / note 2001
quote_or_summary: Heracles prays for a son for Telamon and Eriboea; Zeus sends an
eagle token; Heracles directs that the son be named Aias after the eagle.
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: lines 9660-9666 / note 2002
quote_or_summary: Oenomaus is warned by an oracle about death by his son-in-law,
sets a deadly chariot-race condition for Hippodamia's suitors, and Pelops wins
through the charioteer's treachery.
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: lines 9670-9673 / note 2004
quote_or_summary: In the Homeric Hymn to Hermes, Battus nearly disappears and a
somewhat different account of the stealing of the cattle is given.
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: lines 9688-9691 / note 2201
quote_or_summary: The golden fleece is the fleece of the ram that carried Phrixus
and Helle away; at Colchis Phrixus sacrifices the ram to Zeus.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 9711-9713 / note 2502
quote_or_summary: Dionysus, after untimely birth from Semele, is sewn into Zeus'
thigh.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 9718-9721 / note 2505
quote_or_summary: The Greeks feared to name Pluto directly and used descriptive
titles such as Host of Many.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 9722-9725 / note 2506
quote_or_summary: Demeter chooses a lowlier seat because in sorrow she refuses comforts.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 9726-9730 / note 2507
quote_or_summary: Drinking the described potion is identified as an important Eleusinian
ritual act commemorating the sorrows of the goddess.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 9738-9744 / notes 2510-2511
quote_or_summary: A temple and month of Apollo Delphinius are noted at Cnossus,
and the dolphin is identified as really Apollo.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 9748-9751 / note 2513
quote_or_summary: Pliny notices tortoise flesh against witchcraft; Geoponica prescribes
a living tortoise as a charm to protect vineyards from hail.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 9752-9755 / note 2514
quote_or_summary: Hermes makes cattle walk backwards so they seem to be going toward
the meadow, while he walks normally and relies on sandals as disguise.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: lines 9760-9764 / note 2516
quote_or_summary: A lacuna is noted in the fire-making description involving the
borer and the fireblock.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: lines 9768-9772 / note 2518
quote_or_summary: Hermes' hides are interpreted either as stalactite formation in
the Cave of Nestor or as actual skins shown as relics near a cave.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: lines 9773-9778 / note 2519
quote_or_summary: Hermes offers all the meat as sacrifice to the Twelve Gods and
must be content with the savour rather than the substance.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:15
type: summary
locator: lines 9781-9786 / note 2521
quote_or_summary: If Hermes is cast into Hades he will lead babies, because those
in Hades retain the age at which they leave the upper world.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:16
type: summary
locator: lines 9648-9651 / note 1806
quote_or_summary: The conception is described as similar to an Athenian sculptured
group of two lions devouring a bull.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:17
type: summary
locator: lines 9674-9678 / note 2101
quote_or_summary: Proclus' abstract of the Returns says Calchas and his party were
present at the death of Teiresias at Colophon, perhaps indicating another version.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The passage consists of endnotes rather than continuous mythic narrative.
Motif candidates are based on compressed summaries and explicit scholarly notes,
so several require human review.
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: |-
Only the provided passage text and metadata were used. Taxonomy references were limited to supplied motif families and symbols.
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