batch.motif.greek-iliad-pope-gutenberg-l11029-l11169
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-iliad-pope-gutenberg-l11029-l11169
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
passage_locator:
label: THE NIGHT-ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES. / BOOK XI. / ARGUMENT / THE THIRD
BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON.; lines 11029-11169
start: '11029'
end: '11169'
translation: The Iliad
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Agamemnon kills the young bridegroom Iphidamas and strips his arms. Coon,
Iphidamas's elder brother, wounds Agamemnon and tries to defend and recover the
corpse, but Agamemnon kills him too. Agamemnon withdraws in pain, attributing
his removal to Jove. Hector uses the retreat to rally the Trojans, and his assault
is compared to hunting and storm imagery. Ulysses calls Diomedes to stand with
him against Hector's advance toward the ships.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The speaker invokes the nine celestial Muses to identify who first faced and
fell to Agamemnon.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Iphidamas is described as young, descended from Antenor and Theano, raised
by Cisseus in Thrace, newly married, and having left his bride to join the war
at Troy.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Iphidamas arrives with twelve black ships at Percopes and then marches overland
before confronting Agamemnon.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Agamemnon's thrown spear misses Iphidamas; Iphidamas strikes Agamemnon's belt,
but the belt turns the point aside.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Agamemnon wrenches away Iphidamas's weapon, strikes him on the neck with a
sword, kills him, and carries off his arms.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Coon sees his brother's body, weeps, wounds Agamemnon near the elbow with
a spear, and tries to draw away and shield the corpse.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Agamemnon kills Coon with a spear, Coon falls on his brother's bleeding breast,
and Agamemnon cuts off his head.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The two brothers are described as going together on the same dark journey
to the realms below.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: After raging through the field with lance, sword, and stone, Agamemnon's wound
stiffens with clotted blood and causes severe pain.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: Agamemnon mounts his chariot, commands his driver, and urges the Greeks to
continue, saying angry Jove forbids him to stay.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:11
text: Hector sees Agamemnon retire and exhorts the Dardans, Lycians, and Trojans
to attack, saying Jove declares the conquest theirs.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: Hector's urging of the troops is compared to a hunter encouraging hounds against
a lion or bear.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: Hector's attack on the Greeks is compared to a storm sweeping the ocean and
to a whirlwind scattering storm-clouds and waves.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:14
text: Hector kills a series of named chiefs and scatters the Greek ranks.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:15
text: Ulysses calls on Tydides to join him, warning against inaction until Hector's
force sets the ships aflame.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:16
text: Tydides answers that he does not shun martial toil or danger, but says Jove
crowns the Trojan side with conquest.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: The nine celestial Muses
description: Divine addressees invoked to tell who first faced Agamemnon and fell.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Iphidamas
description: A young warrior descended from Antenor and Theano, raised in Thrace,
newly married, and slain by Agamemnon.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Agamemnon / Atrides
description: The Greek king who kills Iphidamas and Coon, is wounded by Coon, and
withdraws from battle in pain.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Iphidamas's bride
description: The daughter given to Iphidamas in marriage, identified as Theano's
sister, left behind when he goes to war.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Coon
description: Antenor's eldest hope and brother of Iphidamas; he wounds Agamemnon,
defends his brother's corpse, and is killed.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Jove
description: Divine power to whom Agamemnon, Hector, and Tydides attribute the battle's
direction or outcome.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: The Ilythiae
description: Powers named in a comparison for the intensity of Agamemnon's pain,
associated with the throes of childbirth.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Hector
description: Trojan leader who rallies the Trojans after Agamemnon's retreat and
leads a destructive assault.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Trojans, Dardans, and Lycians
description: The forces Hector addresses and urges forward after Agamemnon leaves
the field.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Greeks
description: The opposing force urged by Agamemnon to continue fighting and later
threatened by Hector's advance.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Greek chiefs slain by Hector
description: Assaeus, Dolops, Autonous, Opites, Hipponous, Opheltius, Orus, symnus,
and Agelaus are named among those killed by Hector.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Ulysses
description: Greek warrior who calls Tydides to stand and fight beside him against
Hector's advance.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Tydides / Diomedes
description: Greek warrior addressed by Ulysses; he agrees to stand but says Jove
favors the Trojans.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: invoked divine source of narration
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker asks the sacred nine celestial Muses to tell who first faced
and fell.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: young bridegroom-warrior
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Iphidamas is newly married and leaves his bride to join the Trojan war.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: victorious but wounded Greek commander
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Agamemnon kills Iphidamas and Coon, is wounded by Coon, and must withdraw.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: bride left behind
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The bride is newly married to Iphidamas, who departs for war before enjoying
married life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: avenging elder brother and corpse-defender
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Coon grieves over Iphidamas, wounds Agamemnon, draws at the corpse, and shields
the body.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: Trojan exhorter and assault leader
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Hector rallies the Trojans and then leads the attack himself.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: divine determiner of battle-fortune as claimed by speakers
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Agamemnon, Hector, and Tydides all attribute the course of battle to Jove.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:8
label: Greek rallying counselor
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Ulysses summons Tydides to join him and resist Hector.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:9
label: Greek warrior ally called to stand
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: Tydides answers Ulysses that he does not fear toil or danger and will wait
for Hector.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:10
label: opposing battle host
assigned_to:
- fig:9
- fig:10
basis: The passage presents Trojans, Dardans, and Lycians against the Greeks in
battle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:11
label: slain warriors
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:11
basis: Iphidamas, Coon, and the named chiefs fall in the battle sequence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: role:12
label: divine figures in pain simile
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The Ilythiae are named as powers causing childbirth throes, used to compare
Agamemnon's pain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: twelve black ships
literal_form: Twelve black ships used by Iphidamas to reach Percopes before marching
to Troy.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: shield over brother's corpse
literal_form: Coon spreads his ample shield over Iphidamas's breathless body.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: same dark journey to the realms below
literal_form: The brothers' deaths are described as a shared dark journey to the
underworld.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: chariot withdrawal
literal_form: Agamemnon mounts the car; horses carry the wounded monarch to his
tent.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: fire at the ships
literal_form: Ulysses imagines Hector's arm involving the Greek ships in flame.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:10
- fig:12
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: storm and ocean battle image
literal_form: Clouds, storm, purple ocean, waves, billows, and whirlwind used to
depict Hector's assault.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Iphidamas leaves marriage for war
summary: The passage gives Iphidamas's lineage, upbringing, marriage, departure
from his bride, sea arrival with twelve ships, and overland march to the war.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Agamemnon kills Iphidamas
summary: Iphidamas's attack fails against Agamemnon's belt; Agamemnon disarms him,
kills him with a sword stroke, and strips his arms.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Coon avenges and joins his brother in death
summary: Coon grieves over Iphidamas, wounds Agamemnon, attempts to protect and
recover the corpse, and is killed over his brother's body.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Agamemnon withdraws wounded
summary: Agamemnon continues fighting until the wound stiffens and causes severe
pain; he mounts a chariot, exhorts the Greeks, and is carried to his tent.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Hector rallies and routs the Greeks
summary: Hector sees Agamemnon depart, tells the Trojans that Jove favors them,
urges them forward, and leads an assault described through hunting and storm imagery.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Ulysses calls Tydides to resist Hector
summary: As the Greek host nears disaster, Ulysses summons Tydides to fight beside
him and prevent Hector from setting the ships aflame; Tydides answers that he
is willing, though Jove favors the Trojans.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:8
- fig:10
- fig:12
- fig:13
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Warrior leaves bride for battle
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Iphidamas is newly married but leaves the first joys of marriage to aid his
country in war.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames this as martial departure and pathos, not as a formal
ritual departure.
- id: motif:2
label: Brothers joined in death
taxonomy_refs:
- sibling_pair
basis: Coon defends the body of his brother Iphidamas, dies upon him, and the two
are described as going together on the same dark journey below.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The sibling bond is explicit, but the passage is a battlefield episode
rather than a separate sibling myth cycle.
- id: motif:3
label: Divine favor determines battle outcome
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Agamemnon says angry Jove forbids him to stay; Hector says Jove declares
Trojan conquest; Tydides says Jove crowns the Trojan train.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The evidence is attribution by characters and narrator-like phrasing,
but no formal trial or moral judgment is described.
- id: motif:4
label: Defense against threatened burning of ships
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Ulysses calls Tydides to stand with him so that Hector does not bring flame
upon the Greek ships.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The burning is presented as an imminent threat in speech, not as an accomplished
action in this passage.
- id: motif:5
label: Heroic battle-rout compared to storm and hunt
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Hector's leadership and attack are explicitly compared to a hunter urging
hounds and to violent storm and ocean imagery.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: This is a poetic comparison within the passage, not proof of a distinct
mythic motif outside it.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly likens Hector's assault to violent weather over water,
making a visual comparison between battlefield rout and storm-tossed ocean.
claim_level: visual_similarity
target: storm-and-ocean imagery for battle disorder
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: This is an internal epic simile, not evidence by itself for historical
contact or common inheritance.
- id: claim:2
claim: The passage explicitly likens Hector's exhortation of troops to a hunter
urging hounds against a lion or bear, comparing martial leadership to a hunting
pattern.
claim_level: same_function
target: hunter inciting hounds as model for commander inciting warriors
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The claim concerns the passage's own comparison only; it does not establish
a wider cross-cultural motif relationship.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 11029-11044
quote_or_summary: Invocation of the Muses; Iphidamas is introduced as young, of
Antenor and Theano, raised by Cisseus in Thrace, newly married, leaving his bride
for Troy, arriving with twelve black ships and marching inland.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 11045-11068
quote_or_summary: Iphidamas confronts Agamemnon; his strike is turned by Agamemnon's
silver-bound belt; Agamemnon kills him by a sword-stroke to the neck and bears
away his arms while the poem laments his bride left behind.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 11069-11088
quote_or_summary: Coon grieves over his brother Iphidamas, wounds Agamemnon near
the elbow, tries to draw and shield the body, but Agamemnon kills him; he falls
on his brother's breast, is beheaded, and the brothers go together below.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 11089-11113
quote_or_summary: Agamemnon rages with weapons until the wound clots and pains him;
compared to childbirth pangs caused by the Ilythiae, he mounts his chariot, urges
the Greeks to continue, says Jove forbids him to stay, and is taken to his tent.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 11114-11127
quote_or_summary: Hector sees the king retire, addresses the Dardans, Lycians, and
Trojans, reminds them of ancestral valor, and says Jove declares their conquest
before urging them forward.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 11128-11160
quote_or_summary: Hector's rallying is compared to a hunter urging hounds against
lion or bear; his attack is compared to storm and ocean imagery. He kills named
chiefs including Assaeus, Dolops, Autonous, Opites, Hipponous, Opheltius, Orus,
symnus, and Agelaus, and scatters the Greek bands.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 11161-11169
quote_or_summary: Ulysses calls Tydides to stand with him lest Hector bring flame
to the ships; Tydides answers that he fears no danger, but Jove crowns the Trojan
side and human force is vain against Jove.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: The narrative actions and figures are explicit. Motif labels use only passage
evidence and available taxonomy where applicable; divine-judgment classification
is cautious because the passage shows divine favor rather than a formal judgment
scene.
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'
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