batch.motif.greek-iliad-pope-gutenberg-l16343-l16451
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-iliad-pope-gutenberg-l16343-l16451
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
passage_locator:
label: THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX. / BOOK XVI. / ARGUMENT
/ THE SIXTH BATTLE, THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS; lines 16343-16451
start: '16343'
end: '16451'
translation: The Iliad
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: A god strikes and disarms Patroclus; Euphorbus wounds him; Hector delivers
the mortal wound. Hector boasts over the fallen Patroclus, who replies that divine
powers and fate overthrew him and foretells Hector’s coming death by Achilles.
Patroclus’ soul departs as a ghost. Hector removes his spear and pursues Automedon,
who escapes with immortal horses given by Jove.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A god concealed in dark clouds approaches Patroclus from behind and strikes
him, stunning him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Patroclus’ helmet, identified with Achilles’ plume, falls to the ground stained
with dust and gore; Jove is said to doom it to nod on Hector’s helmet.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Patroclus’ spear breaks, his shield drops, his baldric and corslet fall away,
and he stands disarmed and shaken.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Euphorbus, a Dardan youth descended from Panthus, is described as skilled
with horses, darts, and running.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Euphorbus wounds Patroclus with a spear but then withdraws into the crowd.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Patroclus, wounded by a divine arm and a mortal spear, retreats toward his
companions.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:7
text: Hector pursues Patroclus through the ranks and strikes him with a mortal spear
wound.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: The passage compares Patroclus’ fall to a lion defeating a boar near a spring
where both contest the water.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: Hector tells the fallen Patroclus that he will be prey for vultures and that
Achilles cannot aid him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:10
text: Patroclus replies that Jove, Apollo, fate, and Phoebus overthrew him before
Euphorbus and Hector played their parts.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Patroclus foretells that Hector will soon die by Achilles’ hand.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:12
text: Patroclus’ soul leaves his body and is described as a naked, wandering, melancholy
ghost traveling to a lone coast.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:13
text: Hector questions Patroclus’ death-prophecy, then removes the spear from the
body and charges toward Automedon.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:14
text: Automedon drives away in the chariot with immortal horses described as Jove’s
gift.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Patroclus
description: The chief struck by a god, wounded by Euphorbus, mortally wounded by
Hector, and later described as a departing ghost.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: god / Apollo / Phoebus
description: A divine attacker first described as a god in dusky clouds; Patroclus
later attributes the deed to Apollo and says fate and Phoebus first overthrew
him.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Jove
description: Named as dooming Achilles’ plume to Hector’s helmet, as sharing in
the divine deed against Patroclus, and as giver of the immortal horses.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Euphorbus
description: A Dardan youth descended from Panthus who first draws Patroclus’ blood
with a spear and then withdraws.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Hector
description: The warrior who pursues Patroclus, delivers the mortal wound, boasts
over him, hears the prophecy of his own death, and then attacks toward Automedon.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:8
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Achilles
description: Absent warrior whose arms and plume are associated with Patroclus and
whose hand is foretold as the cause of Hector’s death.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Automedon
description: The charioteer pursued by Hector who escapes by driving the immortal
horses away.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: immortal coursers
description: The horses driven by Automedon, described as immortal and as the gift
of Jove.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: fallen hero
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Patroclus is successively stunned, disarmed, wounded, and killed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: dying prophet
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: With his latest breath, Patroclus foretells Hector’s death by Achilles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: departing ghost
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: After death, his soul is described as leaving the body and wandering as a
ghost.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: divine assailant
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: A god strikes Patroclus from behind, and Patroclus later names Apollo/Phoebus
among the powers that overthrew him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- id: role:5
label: divine determiner and giver
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Jove is linked to the doom of the plume, the divine deed against Patroclus,
and the gift of immortal horses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: role:6
label: first mortal wounder
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Euphorbus first draws Patroclus’ blood and is named as the next agent after
fate and Phoebus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: mortal killer
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Hector pursues Patroclus and gives him a mortal wound.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:8
label: boasting victor
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Hector speaks triumphantly over the dying Patroclus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:9
label: future victim named in prophecy
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Patroclus says Hector will soon fall by Achilles’ hand.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:10
label: absent avenger
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Achilles is absent but named as unable to aid Patroclus and later as Hector’s
killer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:11
label: escaping charioteer
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Automedon drives away from Hector with loosened reins.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:12
label: divine horses
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The horses are called immortal and identified as Jove’s gift.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: Achilles’ plume and helmet
literal_form: helmet plume stained with dust and gore, transferred by doom toward
Hector’s helm
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: fallen arms
literal_form: shattered spear, dropped shield, baldric, and corslet
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: vultures
literal_form: vultures named as consumers of Patroclus’ body
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:4
label: spring and disputed water
literal_form: spring and flood contested by lion and boar in a simile
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: flames of Troy
literal_form: imagined Ilion wrapped in flames in Hector’s taunt
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: lone coast of the ghost
literal_form: lone, uncomfortable coast reached by the wandering ghost
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: immortal horses
literal_form: immortal coursers given by Jove
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Divine blow and disarming
summary: A cloud-hidden god strikes Patroclus from behind; his helmet and arms fall
away, leaving him stunned and disarmed.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Euphorbus wounds Patroclus
summary: Euphorbus, a skilled Dardan youth, wounds Patroclus with a spear but retreats
instead of continuing the attack.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Hector kills Patroclus
summary: Hector sees Patroclus bleeding, pursues him through the ranks, and gives
him a mortal wound. A simile compares the struggle to a lion killing a boar at
a spring.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Taunt, dying reply, and prophecy
summary: Hector boasts over Patroclus; Patroclus answers that divine powers and
fate caused his fall and predicts Hector’s death by Achilles.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:5
label: Soul departs
summary: Patroclus dies, and his soul leaves the body as a wandering ghost traveling
to a lone coast.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:6
label: Hector pursues Automedon
summary: Hector questions the prophecy, pulls his spear from Patroclus’ body, and
attacks toward Automedon, who escapes in the chariot with immortal horses.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine disarming before mortal death
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Patroclus is first struck and disarmed by a god before Euphorbus and Hector
wound him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents divine and mortal sequence clearly, but no specific
taxonomy reference is supplied for this pattern.
- id: motif:2
label: Hero killed by combined fate, gods, and mortals
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Patroclus explicitly attributes his defeat to Jove, Apollo, fate, Phoebus,
Euphorbus, and Hector in descending sequence of agency.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: This is a passage-level agency pattern rather than a named taxonomy motif
in the supplied list.
- id: motif:3
label: Dying warrior foretells victor’s death
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Patroclus’ last breath is said to be divinely inspired and announces Hector’s
near death by Achilles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy link to wisdom is broad; the passage supports prophetic speech
more directly than a general wisdom motif.
- id: motif:4
label: Soul departs as wandering ghost toward an afterlife coast
taxonomy_refs:
- afterlife_journey_map
basis: After Patroclus dies, his soul leaves the body and travels as a naked, wandering
ghost to a lone coast.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The afterlife geography is brief and poetic; it is not a full journey
itinerary.
- id: motif:5
label: Spoils and doomed transfer of heroic arms
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Achilles’ plume, formerly unstained by earth, falls from Patroclus and is
said by Jove to be destined for Hector’s helmet.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage emphasizes the helmet plume rather than a complete arming
or spoils episode.
- id: motif:6
label: Animal combat at water as heroic death simile
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Patroclus’ fall is compared to a lion defeating a boar at a spring where
both contest the water.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: This motif appears within a simile, not as a literal narrative event.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 16343-16361
quote_or_summary: A god in dusky clouds strikes Patroclus from behind; his helmet
plume falls, Jove dooms it to Hector’s helm, and his weapons and armor drop away.
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 16362-16376
quote_or_summary: Euphorbus, a Dardan youth of Panthus’ line, is praised for horse-handling,
darts, and speed; he wounds Patroclus but withdraws, and Patroclus retreats toward
his allies.
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 16377-16390
quote_or_summary: Hector pursues the bleeding Patroclus and gives him a mortal wound;
the fall is compared to a lion killing a boar near a spring after contesting the
water.
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 16391-16404
quote_or_summary: Hector triumphantly tells Patroclus that his hope of destroying
Troy is ended, that vultures will consume him, and that Achilles cannot help him.
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 16405-16421
quote_or_summary: Patroclus replies that Jove and Apollo, heaven, fate, Phoebus,
Euphorbus, and lastly Hector caused his fall; he foretells Hector’s death by Achilles.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: lines 16422-16425
quote_or_summary: "“Flits to the lone, uncomfortable coast; / A naked, wandering,
melancholy ghost!”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 16426-16438
quote_or_summary: Hector addresses the dead Patroclus, questions the death prophecy,
pulls the spear from the body, and turns against Automedon.
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 16439-16451
quote_or_summary: Automedon escapes in the chariot, driving the immortal coursers,
which are described as the gift of 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: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is well supported by the supplied passage. Motif labels
are candidate analytical groupings and require human review. No external comparison
claims were made.
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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