batch.motif.greek-iliad-pope-gutenberg-l13567-l13688
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-iliad-pope-gutenberg-l13567-l13688
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
passage_locator:
label: BOOK XIII. / ARGUMENT. / BOOK XIV. / JUNO DECEIVES JUPITER BY THE GIRDLE
OF VENUS.; lines 13567-13688
start: '13567'
end: '13688'
translation: The Iliad
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage gives the argument of Book XIV, including Juno's plan to deceive
Jupiter with Venus's girdle and Sleep's aid, then narrates Nestor's alarm at the
battle, his meeting with wounded Greek leaders, Nestor's report of the ruined
wall and Greek distress, and Agamemnon's proposal to launch ships and flee by
night.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The argument states that Juno sees Jupiter's partiality to the Trojans and
designs to overreach him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The argument states that Juno adorns herself, obtains Venus's magic girdle,
persuades Sleep to seal Jupiter's eyes, goes to Mount Ida, and Jupiter falls asleep
after embracing her.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The argument states that Neptune uses Jupiter's slumber to aid the Greeks.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: The argument states that Hector is struck down by Ajax with a large stone
and carried away from battle.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:5
text: Nestor, seated with Machaon, is disturbed by the increasing cries of war and
decides to learn what is happening.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Nestor tells Machaon to remain with a cordial drink while Hecamede prepares
a bath and tends his wound.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:7
text: Nestor takes Thrasymedes' shield and a lance before leaving for the field.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: Nestor sees the Greek wall in ruins, the Greeks fleeing, and a tumultuous
battle with weapons flashing and flying.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: Agamemnon, Ulysses, and Diomed, all wounded, meet Nestor as they come from
the fleet supported on spears.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: Agamemnon asks whether Hector will fulfill his threat to burn the fleet and
kill Greek heroes.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Nestor says fate and time have fulfilled the disaster, that the wall lies
smoking, and that wounds keep the chiefs from fighting.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: Agamemnon attributes the Greek reversal to Jove and proposes launching the
nearest ships, waiting until night, and sailing away if the Trojans pause their
attack.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Juno
description: Goddess who plans to overreach Jupiter, adorns herself, obtains Venus's
girdle, and goes to Mount Ida.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Jupiter / Jove
description: God described as partial to the Trojans; he is enchanted, embraces
Juno, and is put to sleep.
role_refs:
- role:2
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Venus
description: Goddess from whom Juno obtains the magic girdle.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Sleep
description: Divine figure persuaded by Juno to seal Jupiter's eyes.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Neptune
description: God who aids the Greeks while Jupiter sleeps.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Nestor
description: Watchful Pylian elder who hears battle-noise, leaves Machaon, surveys
the field, and counsels wounded Greek leaders.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Machaon
description: Wounded friend with whom Nestor sits before leaving to inspect the
battle.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Hecamede
description: Woman named by Nestor as preparing a strengthening bath for Machaon.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Thrasymedes
description: Nestor's son whose shield Nestor seizes.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Agamemnon
description: The king of men, wounded, who meets Nestor and proposes retreat by
sea.
role_refs:
- role:10
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Ulysses
description: Wounded Greek prince who meets Nestor near the fleet.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Diomed
description: Wounded Greek prince, son of Tydeus, who meets Nestor near the fleet.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Hector
description: Trojan warrior whose threat to burn the fleet is feared; in the argument
he is struck down by Ajax with a stone.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Ajax
description: Greek warrior who, in the argument, strikes Hector with a large stone.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Greeks / Achaeans
description: Army whose wall is ruined, whose fighters are in flight, and whose
ships are threatened.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Trojans
description: Army aided by Jupiter's favor and pressing toward the Greek ships.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine deceiver
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Juno forms a design to overreach Jupiter and uses charms, Venus's girdle,
and Sleep.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: deceived sleeping deity
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Jupiter is ravished by Juno's beauty, embraces her, and is laid asleep.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: source of magic girdle
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Juno obtains the magic girdle of Venus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: agent of sleep
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Sleep is persuaded to seal Jupiter's eyes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: divine helper of Greeks
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Neptune takes advantage of Jupiter's slumber and succours the Greeks.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: watchful elder and counselor
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Nestor hears the battle, investigates, and speaks counsel to the wounded
leaders.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: wounded healer or patient
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Machaon is called wounded and is told to refresh and cleanse his wound.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:8
label: attendant preparing bath
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Nestor says Hecamede should prepare the strengthening bath.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:9
label: absent owner of shield
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Nestor seizes the shield of Thrasymedes, his offspring.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:10
label: wounded Greek prince
assigned_to:
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
basis: The princes are wounded, supported on spears, and unfit to fight.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:11
label: leader proposing retreat
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Agamemnon proposes launching ships and fleeing by night if possible.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:12
label: divine cause of Greek reversal
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Agamemnon says the disaster is borne from Jove's afflictive hand and that
Jove wills Greek ruin.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:13
label: Trojan threat to the fleet
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: Agamemnon fears Hector will fulfill his threat against the ships; the argument
says Hector is struck down later.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: role:14
label: Greek striker of Hector
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: The argument says Ajax strikes Hector with a prodigious stone.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:15
label: imperiled army
assigned_to:
- fig:15
basis: The Greeks are fleeing, slaughtered, wounded, and threatened at their ships.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:16
label: advancing enemy army
assigned_to:
- fig:16
basis: The Trojans are favored by Jupiter and press toward the Greek fleet.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: magic girdle
literal_form: Venus's magic girdle obtained by Juno to enchant Jupiter
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: sealed eyes and sleep
literal_form: Sleep sealing Jupiter's eyes and Jupiter being laid asleep
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: Mount Ida
literal_form: mountain to which Juno goes before Jupiter embraces her
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:4
label: ruined wall
literal_form: Greek wall and rampart lying in ruins or smoking on the ground
associated_figures:
- fig:15
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: ships and fleet
literal_form: Greek fleet and ships threatened by Hector and considered for night
flight
associated_figures:
- fig:10
- fig:13
- fig:15
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: shield and lance
literal_form: Thrasymedes' shield and a lance taken by Nestor
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:7
label: wounds
literal_form: Machaon's wound and the gaping wounds of Greek leaders
associated_figures:
- fig:7
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: sym:8
label: ocean and tempest image
literal_form: simile of old ocean's surface, purple deeps, clouds, wind, and rolling
waters
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:9
label: prodigious stone
literal_form: large stone with which Ajax strikes Hector
associated_figures:
- fig:13
- fig:14
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Divine deception summarized in the argument
summary: Juno plans to deceive Jupiter, uses Venus's girdle and Sleep, goes to Mount
Ida, and Jupiter sleeps; Neptune then aids the Greeks.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Nestor leaves Machaon to inspect the battle
summary: Nestor hears the growing battle-cries, tells Machaon to remain for treatment,
takes arms, and leaves.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Nestor sees the Greek crisis
summary: Nestor observes the ruined wall, Greek flight, and violent fighting near
the ships.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:15
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Wounded leaders meet Nestor
summary: Agamemnon, Ulysses, and Diomed come from the fleet, supported on spears,
and Agamemnon asks Nestor about the crisis.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:15
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Nestor's report and Agamemnon's proposed flight
summary: Nestor says the wall is destroyed and wounds prevent fighting; Agamemnon
blames Jove and suggests moving ships to sea for a possible night escape.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:10
- fig:15
- fig:16
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:6
label: Hector struck by Ajax in the argument
summary: The argument states that Hector is struck down by Ajax with a large stone
and removed from battle.
figure_refs:
- fig:13
- fig:14
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: deception of a deity through enchantment and sleep
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
basis: Juno deceives Jupiter by enhancing her beauty, using Venus's magic girdle,
and persuading Sleep to seal his eyes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy label is broad; the passage presents this chiefly in the
book argument rather than in the full narrated episode.
- id: motif:2
label: divine embrace used as a stratagem
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_marriage
- divine_beloved
basis: Jupiter is overcome by Juno's beauty, embraces her on Mount Ida, and is then
laid asleep as part of Juno's plan.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: low
cautions: The passage frames the embrace as deception rather than as a stable sacred-marriage
episode; the full scene is only summarized.
- id: motif:3
label: divine partiality changes battle fortunes
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Jupiter is said to favor the Trojans and to will the Greeks' ruin; his slumber
allows Neptune to aid the Greeks.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage speaks of divine favor and affliction, but does not present
a formal judgment scene.
- id: motif:4
label: threatened departure or flight by sea
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Agamemnon proposes launching ships, waiting for night, and sailing away if
the Trojans stop fighting.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The proposal is a contemplated retreat, not yet an enacted departure in
this passage.
- id: motif:5
label: ruined protective boundary and endangered community
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The Greek wall and rampart lie ruined or smoking, the army is in flight,
and the fleet is threatened.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference precisely names this battlefield pattern.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 13567-13586
quote_or_summary: The book argument summarizes Juno's deception of Jupiter with
Venus's girdle and Sleep's aid, Jupiter's slumber on Mount Ida, Neptune's aid
to the Greeks, and Ajax striking Hector with a stone.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 13587-13600
quote_or_summary: Nestor, seated with Machaon, hears the increasing cries of war
and tells Machaon to remain while Hecamede prepares care for his wound; Nestor
will investigate the day's events.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 13601-13630
quote_or_summary: Nestor takes Thrasymedes' shield and a lance, sees the ruined
wall and Greeks in flight, and the battle is described with ocean-tempest imagery
and flashing weapons.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 13631-13642
quote_or_summary: The wounded princes Agamemnon, Ulysses, and Diomed come from the
fleet, supported on spears and anxious about the battle.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 13643-13654
quote_or_summary: Agamemnon asks why Nestor has left the field and fears Hector
will burn the fleet and kill Greek heroes.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 13655-13666
quote_or_summary: Nestor says fate and time have fulfilled the crisis, the wall
lies smoking, slaughter reaches heaven, and wounds keep them from battle.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 13667-13688
quote_or_summary: Agamemnon says Jove now wills Greek ruin, lifts Trojan glory,
and advises launching nearby ships and fleeing by sea at night if possible.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source metadata; summarized rather than quoted.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The narrative content and figures are explicit. Motif labels are cautious
because part of the divine deception episode is supplied by the argument summary,
and no external comparison is made in the passage.
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: |-
Used only supplied passage text, metadata, and available taxonomy references. No comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not make an explicit cross-textual comparison.
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