batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l9935-l9961
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-hesiod-homeric-hymns-evelyn-white-gutenberg-l9935-l9961
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
passage_locator:
label: THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND
HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST / ENDNOTES; lines 9935-9961
start: '9935'
end: '9961'
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 consists of editorial endnotes glossing terms, identifying
intrusive lines, explaining references in The Battle of Frogs and Mice and the
Homer-Hesiod contest, noting a possible parody of Orion's threat in a Hesiodic
fragment, and giving citations or verse counts for Greek epic texts.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: An endnote glosses a referenced group as monkey-men.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: An endnote states that lines 42-52 are intrusive and that a list of vegetables
the Mouse cannot eat should follow immediately after the dishes he does eat.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: An endnote glosses a phrase as literally meaning those unable to swim.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: An endnote says a passage may be a parody of Orion's threat in Hesiod's Astronomy,
fragment 4.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: An endnote identifies a referenced riddle as the riddle of the fisher-boys
at the end of the work.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: An endnote says verses of Hesiod are called doubtful in meaning because, taken
alone, they are incomplete or absurd.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Endnotes cite passages from Works and Days, the Iliad, and the Homeric Hymns,
and give accepted verse totals for the Iliad and Odyssey.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: monkey-men
description: A group glossed by the editor as monkey-men.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Mouse
description: A Mouse whose edible and inedible foods are discussed in an editorial
note.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Orion
description: A figure whose threat in a Hesiodic fragment is mentioned as a possible
model for parody.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Hesiod
description: Named in notes referring to Hesiod's Astronomy, Hesiodic verses, and
Works and Days.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: fisher-boys
description: A group associated with a riddle at the end of the work.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: glossed group
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The note defines the referenced group as monkey-men.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: dietary subject
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The note discusses what the Mouse cannot eat and what he does eat.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: threatening figure in possible source passage
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The note refers to Orion's threat in a Hesiodic fragment as a possible parody
target.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: cited poet or attributed source
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The notes cite Hesiod's Astronomy, verses of Hesiod, and Works and Days.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: riddle-associated group
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The note identifies the riddle as that of the fisher-boys.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols: []
scenes: []
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: parodic reuse of a threat
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The editor notes that a passage may parody Orion's threat in Hesiod's Astronomy,
fragment 4.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: uncertain
cautions: The passage is an editorial note and does not quote the threatened speech
or the proposed parody; the motif label is limited to the note's stated relationship.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage contains an editorial suggestion that a line or episode may parody
Orion's threat in Hesiod's Astronomy, fragment 4.
claim_level: same_function
target: Orion's threat in Hesiod, Astronomy, fragment 4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: uncertain
limitations: The note uses cautious language, and the passage provides no quoted
wording from either the parody or the proposed source.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 9935-9935
quote_or_summary: "“i.e. monkey-men.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 9937-9939
quote_or_summary: The note says lines 42-52 are intrusive and that the list of vegetables
the Mouse cannot eat should follow the dishes he does eat.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: line 9941
quote_or_summary: "“lit. those unable to swim.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used for extraction evidence.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 9943-9944
quote_or_summary: The note says the passage may be a parody of Orion's threat in
Hesiod, Astronomy, fragment 4.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 9946-9947
quote_or_summary: The note identifies the reference as the riddle of the fisher-boys
at the end of the work.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 9949-9950
quote_or_summary: The note explains that Hesiod's verses are called doubtful in
meaning because taken alone they are incomplete or absurd.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:7
type: citation
locator: line 9952
quote_or_summary: Works and Days, lines 383-392, is cited.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; citation evidence.
- id: ev:8
type: citation
locator: line 9954
quote_or_summary: Iliad xiii, lines 126-133 and 339-344, is cited.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; citation evidence.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 9956-9957
quote_or_summary: The note gives the accepted text verse counts for the Iliad and
Odyssey.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized evidence.
- id: ev:10
type: citation
locator: line 9959
quote_or_summary: Iliad ii, lines 559-568, with two additional verses, is cited.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; citation evidence.
- id: ev:11
type: citation
locator: line 9961
quote_or_summary: Homeric Hymns iii is cited.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/hesiod-homeric-hymns-homerica.md
rights_note: Public domain source; citation evidence.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: low
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is chiefly editorial endnotes, so extraction of figures and motifs
is limited. The only explicit comparative statement is the note about a possible
parody of Orion's threat.
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 taxonomy references were assigned because the passage does not provide enough narrative content to support the listed motif-family or symbol categories.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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