batch.motif.greek-iliad-pope-gutenberg-l117-l192
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-iliad-pope-gutenberg-l117-l192
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
passage_locator:
label: The Iliad / CONCLUDING NOTE.; lines 117-192
start: '117'
end: '192'
translation: The Iliad
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: A concluding note lists illustration captions for Pope's translation of
the Iliad, including Homer and the Muse, Olympian gods, heroic and martial scenes,
maps and Greek objects, divine interventions, bodies of fallen warriors, the Judgment
of Paris, and the funeral of Hector.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage is a concluding note consisting of a list of illustration captions.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The captions name Homer, the Muse, Achilles, Briseis, Thetis, Jupiter, Venus,
Hector, Andromache, Paris, Helen, Priam, and several other figures.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: obs:3
text: Several captions describe divine actions, including invoking, repressing fury,
calling for assistance, entreating, sending a dream, disguising, inviting, presenting,
commanding, and descending.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: obs:4
text: The list includes material and cartographic items such as maps, bows and bow
case, amphora or wine vessels, a shield, a galley, an altar, earrings, buckles,
a tripod, armour, and a bath.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: obs:5
text: The captions include martial and conflict scenes involving Mars, Diomed, Hector,
Ajax, Greek ships, Patroclus, Achilles, rivers, and Hector's body.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The captions include sea, rivers, and the sun as natural settings or forces
in divine or heroic scenes.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: The list ends with captions concerning Hector's body, the Judgment of Paris,
Priam obtaining Hector's body, and Hector's funeral.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Homer
description: Named in captions as invoking the Muse and in an apotheosis scene.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Muse
description: Named in the caption of Homer invoking the Muse.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Achilles
description: Named in captions involving his fury, Briseis leaving his tent, his
shield, an embassy to him, Thetis bringing him armour, contending with rivers,
and Hector's body at his car.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Briseis
description: Named in the caption of her departure from the tent of Achilles.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Thetis
description: Named in captions calling Briareus to assist Jupiter, entreating Jupiter
to honour Achilles, ordering Nereids to descend into the sea, receiving the infant
Vulcan with Eurynome, and bringing armour to Achilles.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Jupiter
description: Named in captions as assisted, entreated to honour Achilles, sending
an evil dream to Agamemnon, and as a wrathful figure from whom Sleep escapes.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Venus
description: Named in captions as disguised and inviting Helen to Paris's chamber,
presenting Helen to Paris, wounded in the hand, and conducted by Iris to Mars.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Hector
description: Named in captions chiding Paris, meeting Andromache, being separated
from Ajax by heralds, having his body at Achilles' car, and in Priam obtaining
his body and his funeral.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Mars
description: Named as a figure, as held captive by Otus and Ephialtes, as struck
at by Diomed, and as the figure to whom Venus is conducted by Iris.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Minerva
description: Named in captions repressing Achilles' fury and going with Juno to
assist the Greeks.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Juno
description: Named in captions going with Minerva to assist the Greeks and commanding
the sun to set.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Vulcan
description: Named as a figure, from an antique gem, as an infant received by Thetis
and Eurynome, and as receiving Thetis with Charis.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Neptune
description: Named as a figure and in a caption rising from the sea.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Iris
description: Named as a figure, as conducting wounded Venus to Mars, and as advising
Priam to obtain Hector's body.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Sleep and Death
description: Named together in a caption conveying the body of Sarpedon to Lycia;
Sleep is also named escaping from Jupiter's wrath.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Sarpedon
description: Named as the body conveyed by Sleep and Death to Lycia.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:17
name_or_label: Patroclus
description: Named in captions concerning the fight for his body and his funeral
pile.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:18
name_or_label: Priam
description: Named in the caption in which Iris advises him to obtain Hector's body.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:19
name_or_label: Paris and Helen
description: Named in captions concerning Venus inviting Helen to Paris's chamber,
presenting Helen to Paris, Hector chiding Paris, and the Judgment of Paris.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: poet or apotheosized poet
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Homer is shown invoking the Muse and in an apotheosis caption.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: divine or supernatural figure
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:15
basis: These figures are named in captions as gods, a Muse, or personified beings
performing supernatural or divine actions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: heroic or martial figure
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:8
- fig:9
basis: The captions place these figures in contexts of fury, weapons, combat, captivity,
military defense, or warrior bodies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: departing woman
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Briseis is named in the caption of departure from the tent of Achilles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: messenger, helper, or intermediary
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:7
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:14
- fig:15
basis: The captions describe these figures calling, entreating, assisting, inviting,
presenting, conducting, advising, conveying, or bringing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: high divine authority
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Jupiter is the figure assisted, entreated to honour Achilles, and the sender
of an evil dream.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: dead body or funerary focus
assigned_to:
- fig:8
- fig:16
- fig:17
basis: The captions refer to Sarpedon's body, the body and funeral pile of Patroclus,
and Hector's body and funeral.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: seeker of a body
assigned_to:
- fig:18
basis: Priam is advised by Iris to obtain the body of Hector.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: figures in erotic or judgment scenes
assigned_to:
- fig:19
basis: Paris and Helen are named in captions involving Venus presenting or inviting
Helen to Paris, and Paris is named in the Judgment of Paris.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: shield
literal_form: The Shield of Achilles and Greek shield
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: altar
literal_form: Greek altar
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: galley
literal_form: Greek galley
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: sea and rivers
literal_form: Sea and rivers in captions of Neptune rising, Nereids descending,
and Achilles contending with rivers
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: funeral pile
literal_form: Funeral pile of Patroclus
associated_figures:
- fig:17
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: maps
literal_form: Map titled GRCI ANTIQU and Map of the Plain of Troy
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:7
label: armour
literal_form: Armour brought by Thetis to Achilles
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:8
label: wine vessels
literal_form: Greek amphora or wine vessels
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:9
label: sun
literal_form: The sun commanded by Juno to set
associated_figures:
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Illustration-list frame
summary: The passage frames the material as a concluding note listing illustrations
for the work.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Poetic invocation and apotheosis
summary: The list includes captions of Homer invoking the Muse and the apotheosis
of Homer.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Divine interventions around Achilles and the war
summary: Captions show Minerva repressing Achilles' fury, Briseis departing from
Achilles' tent, Thetis appealing to Jupiter on Achilles' behalf, Jupiter sending
a dream, Venus intervening around Helen and Paris, and the gods in council.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:10
- fig:19
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:4
label: Heroic conflict and martial objects
summary: Captions include Mars captive or attacked, Hector chiding Paris, Hector
and Andromache meeting, Hector and Ajax separated, divine aid to the Greeks, Achilles'
shield, an embassy to Achilles, a Greek galley, and returns with spoils.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:19
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:3
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:5
label: Supernatural movement through natural spaces
summary: Captions include the descent of Discord, Neptune rising from the sea, Sleep
escaping Jupiter's wrath, Sleep and Death conveying Sarpedon's body, Thetis ordering
Nereids into the sea, Juno commanding the sun to set, and gods descending to battle.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:11
- fig:13
- fig:15
- fig:16
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:6
label: Vulcan and divine reception scenes
summary: Captions include the infant Vulcan received by Thetis and Eurynome, and
Vulcan and Charis receiving Thetis.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:12
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:7
label: Bodies, judgment, and funeral ending
summary: The final captions include Andromache fainting, Patroclus' funeral pile,
Hector's body at Achilles' car, the Judgment of Paris, Iris advising Priam to
obtain Hector's body, and Hector's funeral.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:8
- fig:14
- fig:17
- fig:18
- fig:19
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Invocation of the Muse and poet apotheosis
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The list includes 'Homer invoking the Muse' and 'The Apotheosis of Homer.'
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is only a caption list, not a narrative account of the ritual
or theology of invocation or apotheosis.
- id: motif:2
label: Departure from the hero's tent
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: One caption names the departure of Briseis from the tent of Achilles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The caption does not describe causes, agency, or consequences.
- id: motif:3
label: Divine petition to a high god on behalf of a hero
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Thetis is shown entreating Jupiter to honour Achilles, and another caption
has Thetis calling Briareus to assist Jupiter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The list supplies only caption titles and does not state the full exchange
or its outcome.
- id: motif:4
label: Divine intervention in heroic conflict
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Captions include Minerva repressing Achilles' fury, Jupiter sending an evil
dream to Agamemnon, Venus guiding Helen and Paris, Juno and Minerva assisting
the Greeks, and the gods descending to battle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: The exact narrative sequence and motivations are not supplied in this
passage.
- id: motif:5
label: Supernatural descent and emergence at cosmic or natural boundaries
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Captions mention the descent of Discord, Neptune rising from the sea, Nereids
descending into the sea, and gods descending to battle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy supplied has no exact general descent category; the passage
does not present these as one unified motif.
- id: motif:6
label: Funerary body retrieval and funeral sequence
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The closing captions concern Sarpedon's body conveyed to Lycia, the fight
for Patroclus' body, Patroclus' funeral pile, Hector's body at Achilles' car,
Priam obtaining Hector's body, and Hector's funeral.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage names the scenes but does not narrate funerary rites in detail.
- id: motif:7
label: Judgment of Paris
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage includes a caption titled 'The Judgment of Paris.'
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The caption alone does not specify the parties, criteria, or outcome of
the judgment.
- id: motif:8
label: Hero contending with rivers
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A caption names Achilles contending with the rivers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not describe the rivers' status, the conflict's cause,
or the result.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 117-126
quote_or_summary: The passage opens as a concluding note of illustrations and lists
captions including Homer invoking the Muse, Mars, Minerva repressing Achilles'
fury, Briseis departing from Achilles' tent, and Thetis calling or entreating
Jupiter.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 127-138
quote_or_summary: Captions include Vulcan, Jupiter, the apotheosis of Homer, Jupiter
sending an evil dream to Agamemnon, Neptune, Venus disguised and presenting Helen
to Paris, maps, the council of the gods, and wounded Venus conducted by Iris to
Mars.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 139-156
quote_or_summary: Captions include Otus and Ephialtes holding Mars captive, Diomed
casting a spear at Mars, Juno, Hector chiding Paris, Hector and Andromache, bows,
Iris, Hector and Ajax separated, wine vessels, Juno and Minerva assisting the
Greeks, the Shield of Achilles, an embassy to Achilles, a Greek galley, and Diomed
and Ulysses returning with spoils.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 157-181
quote_or_summary: Captions include the descent of Discord, Hercules, Polydamas advising
Hector, a Greek altar, Neptune rising from the sea, Sleep escaping Jupiter's wrath,
Ajax defending Greek ships, Castor and Pollux, Sleep and Death conveying Sarpedon's
body to Lycia, the fight for Patroclus' body, Thetis ordering Nereids into the
sea, Juno commanding the sun to set, infant Vulcan received by Thetis and Eurynome,
Vulcan and Charis receiving Thetis, Thetis bringing armour to Achilles, and the
gods descending to battle.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 182-192
quote_or_summary: The final captions include a centaur, Achilles contending with
the rivers, the bath, Andromache fainting on the wall, the funeral pile of Patroclus,
Ceres, Hector's body at Achilles' car, the Judgment of Paris, Iris advising Priam
to obtain Hector's body, and the funeral of Hector.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summary generated from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is a paratextual list of illustration captions rather than a
continuous narrative. Figures and motifs are extracted only from the caption wording;
details requiring Iliad plot knowledge are not inferred.
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 supplied passage does not itself make comparative claims beyond listing Iliad illustration subjects.
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