batch.motif.greek-iliad-pope-gutenberg-l13834-l13982
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-iliad-pope-gutenberg-l13834-l13982
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 13834-13982
start: '13834'
end: '13982'
translation: The Iliad
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Juno asks Venus for the power of love, claiming she must reconcile Ocean
and Tethys. Venus gives her the embroidered zone or cestus containing charms of
desire, persuasion, and deceit. Juno then visits Sleep in his cave, asks him to
lull Jove, and secures his aid by promising Pasithea after an oath sworn by underworld
powers. Juno and Sleep travel unseen to Ida; Sleep hides in a fir as a night-bird
while Jove sees Juno and is overcome by desire. Juno repeats her stated mission
to visit Ocean and Tethys.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Juno asks Venus for conquering charms that warm mortals and immortals and
kindle love among gods and humans.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Juno says she is going to the remote abodes of Ocean and Tethys, who cared
for her in youth, because strife has interrupted their former union.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Venus removes from her breast an embroidered zone containing arts and charms
of love, vows, desire, deceit, speech, sighs, silence, and eyes, and gives it
to Juno.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Juno takes the charm and presses the powerful cestus to her breast.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Juno flies from Olympus across named regions and reaches Lemnos, where she
seeks the cave of Sleep.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Juno asks Sleep to shed slumber on Jove's eyes while he is sunk in love, first
offering him a golden footstool and throne made by Vulcan.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Sleep says he can rule other gods and Ocean but fears putting Jove to sleep
because a former attempt brought Jove's wrath against him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Sleep recalls that Night protected him when he fled from Jove's anger, and
that Jove revered Night.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Juno promises Sleep the youngest Grace, Pasithea, as his beloved, and Sleep
demands an oath witnessed by underworld waters, earth, sea, and the Titans with
Chronos.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: Juno assents to the oath and invokes subterranean Titanian powers and the
rulers of inviolable floods.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: Juno and Sleep travel unseen in darkness to Lectos on Ida, where Sleep sits
concealed in a fir in the likeness of a bird of night.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: Jove sees Juno on Ida, is filled with desire, takes her hand, and asks why
she has come without her steeds and chariot.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:13
text: Juno tells Jove she is visiting Ocean and Tethys and has come to ask his consent
before going to their sacred cells under the sea.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Juno / Saturnia / queen of heaven
description: The sister and wife of Jove, empress of the skies, who requests Venus's
charm, negotiates with Sleep, swears the oath, travels to Ida, and speaks to Jove.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Venus / Cytheraea / Cyprian Goddess
description: The queen of love who obeys Juno and gives her the embroidered zone
of charms.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Sleep / Somnus
description: A divine power of slumbers, called Death's half-brother, who is asked
to lull Jove and later hides on Ida in the form of a night-bird.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Jove / Jupiter / Zeus
description: The ruler of heaven and target of Juno's plan; he previously punished
Sleep and later sees Juno with desire on Ida.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Ocean
description: A primordial parent of gods dwelling at the last limits of land and
deep; said to be estranged from Tethys and later named as dwelling under the sea.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:11
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Tethys
description: A primordial parent of gods paired with Ocean; Juno says Tethys helped
nurse her in youth and is estranged from Ocean.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:11
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Night
description: A venerable power who once protected Sleep from Jove's anger.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Pasithea
description: The youngest Grace, promised by Juno to Sleep as his beloved.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Titans with Chronos
description: Subterranean powers invoked as witnesses to Juno's oath.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Vulcan
description: Named as the maker of the golden footstool and throne offered to Sleep.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Alcides
description: Jove's conquering son mentioned in Sleep's memory of a previous time
Juno ordered him to act.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: requester of erotic charm
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Juno asks Venus to grant charms that warm mortals and immortals.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: divine deceiver or strategist
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Juno obtains the charm, bargains with Sleep, and gives Jove a stated reason
for her journey while the plan involves lulling him with love and sleep.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: role:3
label: donor of love-charm
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Venus gives Juno the embroidered zone containing every charm and art of desire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: sleep-bringing helper
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Juno asks Sleep to shed slumber on Jove's eyes, and Sleep later accompanies
her to Ida.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
- id: role:5
label: desired target of charm and sleep
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Juno asks that Jove be made to sleep after love, and Jove later looks on
Juno with desire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:10
- id: role:6
label: estranged primordial pair
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: Juno says Ocean and Tethys are ancient parents whose union has ceased because
of strife.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: protective refuge
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Sleep says he fled to Night for aid when Jove sought to punish him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: oath participants
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:3
basis: Sleep demands that Juno swear by underworld floods and the Titans before
he helps her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:9
label: promised beloved
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Juno promises Pasithea to Sleep as his lasting beloved.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:10
label: underworld oath witnesses
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The Titans with Chronos are invoked from the depths as witnesses to the oath.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: role:11
label: divine craftsman
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The offered throne and footstool are described as Vulcan's work.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:12
label: remembered heroic cause of former divine conflict
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Sleep's recollection links a previous sleep-spell on Jove to Alcides' sea
journey and Jove's wrath.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: embroidered zone or cestus of love
literal_form: A fragrant breast-zone with embroidery, containing charms of love,
desire, deceit, persuasion, sighs, silence, and expressive eyes.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: Sleep's cave
literal_form: The cave of Sleep on Lemnos, described as the cave of Death's half-brother.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- cave
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: golden throne and footstool
literal_form: A splendid footstool and throne shining with unfading gold, made by
Vulcan and offered to Sleep.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: underworld floods
literal_form: Tremendous floods roaring through hell, described as binding invoked
gods and as inviolable floods.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: Ida mountain
literal_form: Ida with echoing hills, rills, mountains, forests, and a summit where
Juno and Sleep arrive.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: sym:6
label: fir tree reaching toward the sky
literal_form: A fir on Ida whose spiry branches rise toward the neighboring skies,
where Sleep conceals himself.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:7
label: bird of night
literal_form: Sleep sits hidden in the likeness of a night-bird, called Chalcis
by gods and Cymindis by mortals.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:8
label: remote sea-limits and undersea cells
literal_form: The last limits of land and deep, and sacred cells under the sea where
Ocean dwells.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Juno requests Venus's charm
summary: Juno asks Venus for the power that stirs love in mortals and immortals
and explains that she is going to reconcile Ocean and Tethys.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Venus gives the cestus
summary: Venus gives Juno the embroidered zone that contains charms of love, persuasion,
and deceit, and Juno places it on her breast.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Juno bargains with Sleep
summary: Juno reaches Sleep's cave and asks him to lull Jove; after Sleep recalls
past danger, Juno promises Pasithea, and an oath is demanded and sworn.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:4
label: Arrival at Ida and concealment of Sleep
summary: Juno and Sleep travel unseen to Ida; the mountain and forests grow still,
and Sleep hides in a fir as a night-bird.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:5
label: Jove desires Juno
summary: Juno reaches Ida's top; Jove sees her with desire, takes her hand, asks
why she has come, and hears her stated mission to visit Ocean and Tethys.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: erotic charm used in divine deception
taxonomy_refs:
- trickster_boundary
- divine_beloved
basis: Juno obtains Venus's love-cestus and uses it in a plan involving Jove's desire
and Sleep's action.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The passage shows deception and erotic influence, but it does not call
Juno a trickster or provide a formal motif label.
- id: motif:2
label: sacred exchange for divine assistance
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Juno offers Sleep a golden throne and footstool, then promises Pasithea,
in order to gain his aid against Jove.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The successful inducement is the promise of Pasithea rather than the first
material gift.
- id: motif:3
label: oath by underworld waters and primordial witnesses
taxonomy_refs:
- covenant
basis: Sleep requires Juno to swear by hell's floods, earth, sea, and the Titans
with Chronos; Juno invokes subterranean powers and inviolable floods.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy term covenant is broader than the passage's specific oath
scene.
- id: motif:4
label: estranged primordial couple as stated mission
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_marriage
basis: Juno says Ocean and Tethys, ancient parents of gods, have lost their union
through strife and that she will restore their mutual ties.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: Within this passage the reconciliation is a stated pretext; its sincerity
is not established here.
- id: motif:5
label: concealed divine helper in animal form
taxonomy_refs:
- shapeshifter
basis: Sleep hides in a fir on Ida in the likeness of a night-bird while Juno approaches
Jove.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage presents a likeness or disguise; it does not elaborate a full
transformation episode.
- id: motif:6
label: sacred mountain meeting of gods
taxonomy_refs:
- cosmic_mountain
basis: Juno and Sleep arrive on Ida, where the mountain, forests, and rills are
emphasized before Jove sees Juno on the summit.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: Ida is a divine setting here, but the passage does not explicitly define
it as a world axis or cosmic center.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 13834-13841
quote_or_summary: Venus invites Juno's request; Juno asks for charms that move mortals
and immortals with love and sacred fires.
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 13842-13858
quote_or_summary: Juno says she is going to Ocean and Tethys at the limits of land
and sea, where they kept her in youth; she says strife has ended their former
peaceful union and that she hopes to restore it.
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 13859-13874
quote_or_summary: Venus gives Juno the embroidered breast-zone containing charms
of love, desire, deceit, persuasion, and expressive silence; Juno smiles and presses
the cestus to her breast.
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 13875-13884
quote_or_summary: Venus withdraws; Juno flies from Olympus over Pieria, Emathia,
Hemus, Athos, and the sea to Lemnos, seeking the cave of Sleep, Death's half-brother.
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 13885-13896
quote_or_summary: Juno addresses Sleep as a power over gods and men and asks him
to shed sleep on Jove during love; she offers him a golden footstool and throne
made by Vulcan.
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 13897-13919
quote_or_summary: Sleep replies that he can rule other gods and Ocean, but fears
touching Jove's eyelids because a former obedience to Juno caused Jove's wrath;
Sleep fled to Night, whom Jove revered.
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 13920-13935
quote_or_summary: Juno dismisses Sleep's fear and promises him Pasithea, the youngest
Grace; Sleep asks her to swear by hell's floods, earth, sea, and the Titans with
Chronos that Pasithea will be his.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 13936-13940
quote_or_summary: Juno assents and invokes subterranean powers and the gods who
rule the inviolable floods, named by mortals as Titanian gods.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 13943-13961
quote_or_summary: Juno and Sleep travel unseen through darkness to Lectos on Ida;
Ida's hills, rills, mountains, and forests are described, and Sleep conceals himself
in a fir as a night-bird.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 13962-13973
quote_or_summary: Juno flies to Ida's top; Jove sees her with desire, remembers
earlier secret union, takes her hand, and asks why she came without her chariot.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: lines 13974-13982
quote_or_summary: Juno tells Jove she is going to visit Ocean and Tethys, her former
caretakers, because their union has ceased; she says her chariot waits below and
that she asks his consent before going under the sea where Ocean dwells.
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: uncertain
notes: Figures, objects, and actions are explicit in the supplied passage. Motif
assignments use only the available taxonomy refs and remain interpretive, especially
where the taxonomy term is broader than the 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'
notes: |-
No external comparisons were added; comparison_claims is empty because the passage itself does not explicitly compare this scene to another tradition or text.
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