batch.motif.greek-iliad-pope-gutenberg-l13066-l13161
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-iliad-pope-gutenberg-l13066-l13161
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
passage_locator:
label: ARGUMENT. / THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL. / BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT.; lines
13066-13161
start: '13066'
end: '13161'
translation: The Iliad
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Aeneas and Idomeneus prepare for combat near the Greek wall. Idomeneus
summons Greek allies, while Aeneas gathers Trojan captains. In the fighting, Idomeneus
kills Oenomas; Deiphobus misses Idomeneus and kills Ascalaphus, son of Mars. Mars
does not know of his son's death because the gods are kept from the war by Jove
and Fate. Deiphobus attempts to seize Ascalaphus' helmet, Meriones wounds him,
and Polites carries the wounded Deiphobus away to Troy.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Aeneas hears and moves from pity to rage, intending to fight.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Idomeneus is compared to a boar on a rough mountain that awaits hunters and
attack dogs.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Idomeneus calls nearby Greek fighters to aid him against Aeneas.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Idomeneus says Aeneas is sprung from a god, youthful, and bold, while he himself
has grown old in arms.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Aeneas asks Trojan captains and their forces to join him, and their movement
is compared to flocks led by a proud ram toward cool fountains.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: A battle forms around Alcathous, with javelins, helmets, and breastplates
described in the fighting.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Aeneas throws a spear at Idomeneus; Idomeneus avoids it, and the spear sticks
in the earth.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Idomeneus strikes Oenomas with a spear, causing a fatal belly wound.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Idomeneus cannot take Oenomas' spoils because of the shower of spears and
because age and labor slow him.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Deiphobus throws a javelin at the withdrawing Idomeneus, misses him, and strikes
Ascalaphus.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Ascalaphus is identified as the son of Mars and dies on the ground.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: Mars does not know that Ascalaphus has fallen, because the immortals are seated
in Olympus and kept from battle by Jove and Fate.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: Deiphobus attempts to seize the helmet from the dead Ascalaphus.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:14
text: Meriones wounds Deiphobus in the arm with a spear and removes the javelin
from the torn arm.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:15
text: Polites tends his wounded brother Deiphobus and removes him from battle in
a chariot toward Troy.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Aeneas / neas
description: Trojan warrior described as sprung from a god, youthful, and bold;
he gathers Trojan allies for combat.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:3
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Idomeneus
description: Greek or Cretan chief, old in arms but strong in standing fight; compared
to a fierce boar and opposed to Aeneas.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Antilochus
description: One of the nearby fighters to whom Idomeneus sends his call for aid.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Deipyrus
description: One of the nearby fighters named among Idomeneus' supporting allies.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Merion / Meriones
description: Greek fighter who joins Idomeneus' side and later wounds Deiphobus
while contesting Ascalaphus' helmet.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Aphareus
description: A field-renowned fighter named among Idomeneus' allies.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Paris
description: Trojan captain who joins Aeneas' assisting forces.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Deiphobus
description: Trojan captain who joins Aeneas, later throws a javelin that kills
Ascalaphus, attempts to seize the helmet, is wounded, and is carried away.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:3
- role:5
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Agenor
description: Trojan captain who joins Aeneas' assisting forces.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Alcathous
description: A dread figure around whom the battle rises in this passage.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Oenomas / OEnomas
description: Warrior killed by Idomeneus' spear blow.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Ascalaphus
description: Brave young warrior and son of Mars, killed by Deiphobus' missed javelin.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Mars
description: Furious father of Ascalaphus, unaware of his son's fall while seated
among the immortals.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Jove
description: Divine figure associated with keeping the immortals from bloody war.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Fate
description: Power named with Jove as detaining the immortals from the war.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Polites
description: Good brother of Deiphobus who tends him and draws him away from battle.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: opposing champion
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:8
basis: The passage presents Aeneas and Idomeneus as leading opposing combatants,
and Deiphobus later acts in attack.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:2
label: Greek ally responding to Idomeneus
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: Idomeneus calls these nearby fighters for timely aid, and they obey as one
soul.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: Trojan ally responding to Aeneas
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
basis: Aeneas demands assisting forces, and Paris, Deiphobus, and Agenor join him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: defender of slain comrade's body or arms
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Meriones attacks Deiphobus when Deiphobus tries to seize Ascalaphus' helmet.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: slain warrior
assigned_to:
- fig:11
- fig:12
basis: Oenomas dies from Idomeneus' spear; Ascalaphus dies from Deiphobus' javelin.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: divine child or divinely descended warrior
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:12
basis: Aeneas is called sprung from a god; Ascalaphus is called son of Mars.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: aged but still forceful fighter
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Idomeneus is described as old and slow but still maintaining force in standing
fight.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:8
label: rescuer or caregiver of kin
assigned_to:
- fig:16
basis: Polites tends his wounded brother and draws him away from battle.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:9
label: battle focal point
assigned_to:
- fig:10
- fig:12
basis: The battle rises around Alcathous, and later the fight begins for slain Ascalaphus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: role:10
label: divine noncombatant or restraining power
assigned_to:
- fig:13
- fig:14
- fig:15
basis: Mars is seated away from battle, while Jove and Fate detain the immortals
from war.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: boar on a rough mountain
literal_form: A fierce boar on a mountain awaiting hunters, dogs, and men in a simile
for Idomeneus.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: fire or lightning from eyes
literal_form: Fires streaming like lightning from the boar's blood-colored eyes
in the simile for martial rage.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: javelin or spear
literal_form: Thrown and thrust weapons used by Aeneas, Idomeneus, Deiphobus, and
Meriones.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:8
- fig:11
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: sym:4
label: ram leading flocks to fountains
literal_form: A proud ram leading flocks through meadows to cool fountains in a
simile for Aeneas and his ordered band.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: helmet as battle spoil
literal_form: The glittering helmet taken from Ascalaphus' temples and dropped when
Deiphobus is wounded.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: golden clouds and Olympian hall
literal_form: The immortals sit in the Olympian hall on golden clouds, away from
the fighting.
associated_figures:
- fig:13
- fig:14
- fig:15
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: vulture leaping on prey
literal_form: Meriones is compared to a vulture leaping on prey as he removes the
javelin from Deiphobus' arm.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:8
label: chariot carrying wounded warrior
literal_form: Swift coursers and a splendid car carry wounded Deiphobus away to
Troy.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:16
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Idomeneus faces Aeneas and calls Greek aid
summary: Aeneas moves into rage for combat; Idomeneus stands against him, is compared
to a fierce boar, and summons nearby Greek allies.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Aeneas gathers Trojan captains
summary: The Greeks obey Idomeneus, and Aeneas gathers Paris, Deiphobus, Agenor,
and other Trojan forces, whose movement is compared to flocks led by a ram.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Battle around Alcathous and death of Oenomas
summary: The battle closes around Alcathous. Aeneas' spear misses Idomeneus, and
Idomeneus kills Oenomas with a spear thrust.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Ascalaphus killed while Mars is absent
summary: Idomeneus withdraws under pressure. Deiphobus throws at him but kills Ascalaphus,
son of Mars; Mars is unaware because the immortals are detained from battle by
Jove and Fate.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:8
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:14
- fig:15
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Contest over Ascalaphus' helmet and rescue of Deiphobus
summary: Deiphobus tries to seize Ascalaphus' helmet. Meriones wounds him and rejoins
his friends, while Polites removes his wounded brother from battle by chariot.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:8
- fig:12
- fig:16
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:5
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine parentage in heroic combat
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: The passage identifies Aeneas as sprung from a god and Ascalaphus as the
son of Mars; Mars' ignorance of Ascalaphus' death is emphasized.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states divine lineage but does not elaborate a full divine-parent
intervention episode.
- id: motif:2
label: heroic rally before opposed battle
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Idomeneus summons Greek allies, Aeneas gathers Trojan captains, and both
sides form ordered forces before combat.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy family directly matches a battlefield rally.
- id: motif:3
label: animal similes for martial force and order
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Idomeneus is likened to a boar, Aeneas and his band to a ram with flocks,
and Meriones to a vulture leaping on prey.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: These are poetic comparisons within the passage, not necessarily independent
mythic beings.
- id: motif:4
label: contest over the arms of a fallen warrior
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After Ascalaphus is killed, Deiphobus tries to seize his helmet, and Meriones
wounds him during the attempt.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage focuses on the helmet, not a prolonged full-body rescue narrative.
- id: motif:5
label: divine restraint from mortal battle
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Mars is unaware of his son's death because the immortal assembly is seated
on Olympus and detained from the war by Jove and Fate.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage states restraint but does not explain its cause beyond Jove
and Fate.
- id: motif:6
label: aged warrior maintaining battlefield strength
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Idomeneus is described as old, heavy with arms, and slow, yet still forceful
in standing fight.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: This is a character pattern rather than a listed taxonomy motif.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage supports comparison with a divine parent-child motif family because
heroic identity and loss are framed through divine descent and Mars' relation
to Ascalaphus.
claim_level: same_motif
target: divine_parent_child
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:6
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The passage does not narrate divine begetting, nurture, or rescue;
it only marks lineage and divine ignorance.
- id: claim:2
claim: The repeated boar, ram, flock, and vulture comparisons support comparison
with an epic animal-simile pattern used to characterize warriors and troop movement.
claim_level: same_function
target: animal similes for warrior characterization and battlefield movement
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:7
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: This is a literary-functional comparison, not evidence of a distinct
mythic animal cult or separate animal transformation motif.
- id: claim:3
claim: The attempt to take Ascalaphus' helmet while others fight over the fallen
warrior supports comparison with the broader battlefield pattern of contesting
a dead hero's arms.
claim_level: same_function
target: contest over fallen warrior's arms
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: Only the helmet is contested in this passage, and the struggle is brief.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 13066-13081
quote_or_summary: Aeneas hears, shifts from pity to rage, and approaches combat;
Idomeneus stands against him and is compared to a fierce boar on a mountain awaiting
hunters.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 13082-13093
quote_or_summary: Idomeneus calls Antilochus, Deipyrus, Merion, and Aphareus to
aid him, saying Aeneas is sprung from a god, youthful, and bold, while he is old
in arms.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 13094-13108
quote_or_summary: The Greeks obey; Aeneas summons Paris, Deiphobus, Agenor, and
Trojan forces, whose ordered advance is compared to flocks led by a proud ram
toward fountains.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 13109-13127
quote_or_summary: Battle rises around Alcathous; Aeneas and Idomeneus stand like
gods of war. Aeneas' spear misses, and Idomeneus kills Oenomas with a spear wound.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 13128-13140
quote_or_summary: Idomeneus cannot take spoils because of spears and age; Deiphobus
throws at him but misses and pierces Ascalaphus, son of Mars, who dies.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 13141-13145
quote_or_summary: Mars, the father of Ascalaphus, does not know of the fall; the
immortals sit in Olympus on golden clouds, detained from war by Jove and Fate.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; excerpt summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 13146-13161
quote_or_summary: A fight begins over slain Ascalaphus; Deiphobus takes at his helmet,
Meriones wounds him in the arm and withdraws the spear, and Polites carries his
brother away to Troy in a chariot.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; excerpt summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: medium
notes: Literal sequence and named figures are clear. Motif labels beyond divine
parent-child and battlefield patterns remain interpretive and should be reviewed.
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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