batch.motif.greek-iliad-pope-gutenberg-l24313-l24477
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-iliad-pope-gutenberg-l24313-l24477
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
passage_locator:
label: THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END
OF THE ILIAD; lines 24313-24477
start: '24313'
end: '24477'
translation: The Iliad
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: Whom with three lives Feronia did endue.
summary: 'The passage contains editorial notes and quoted parallels attached to
Pope''s Iliad: a Virgilian speaker recalls former youthful strength, burning captured
shields, and killing Herilus, who had three lives from Feronia; notes identify
mythic figures such as Sthenelus, Hercules, and Tlepolemus; other notes mention
a portent, seven-gated Thebes, cold fountains, giant stature, ichor, Titan wars,
heavenly coursers, spontaneous heavenly gates, and divine horses whose leap is
measured by the world.'
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: An unnamed speaker wishes that heaven would restore his strength and youth.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The speaker recalls fighting beneath Praeneste's wall, driving back foremost
foes, and setting heaps of captured shields on fire.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Herilus is described as having been endowed with three lives by Feronia and
slain in single combat.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:4
text: Sthenelus is identified as a son of Capaneus, one of the Epigoni, a suitor
of Helen, and one of those said to have entered Troy inside the wooden horse.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: A portent previously mentioned is associated in the note with ongoing superstition
among modern nations.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Thebes is identified as a sevenfold city because it had seven gates.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: A comparison likens a figure's immovability and stature to Teneriffe or Atlas,
with stature reaching the sky.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: A quoted passage describes heavenly-bred coursers breathing ethereal fire
from their nostrils.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Circe is said to have stolen heavenly coursers from her celestial sire and
substituted mares produced on earth, whose wombs conceived a more-than-mortal
birth.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: Ichor is explained as the blood of the gods, with a quoted parallel calling
it a nectareous humor such as celestial spirits may bleed.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: Hercules is identified as Amphitryon's son, born to Jove by Alcmena, the wife
of Amphitryon.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: Tlepolemus is described as son of Hercules and Astyochia, exiled after accidentally
killing Liscymnius, directed by an oracle to Rhodes, made king there, and later
honored with games whose victors received poplar crowns.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:13
text: A quoted passage describes the gate of heaven self-opening on golden hinges.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:14
text: A quoted passage describes Morn, awakened by the Hours, unbarring the gates
of light with a rosy hand.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:15
text: A note says Homer measures the leap of divine horses by the extent of the
world.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Unnamed speaker in Virgil excerpt
description: A speaker who wishes for restored youth and recalls former martial
deeds beneath Praeneste.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Herilus
description: A combatant endowed with three lives by Feronia and slain in single
combat.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Feronia
description: A divine figure credited with giving Herilus three lives.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Sthenelus
description: Son of Capaneus, one of the Epigoni, suitor of Helen, and alleged participant
inside the wooden horse.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Capaneus
description: Named as the father of Sthenelus.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Helen
description: Named as the woman whose suitors included Sthenelus.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Circe
description: Said to have stolen heavenly coursers from her celestial sire.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Celestial sire of Circe
description: A celestial father from whom Circe stole coursers.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Heavenly-bred coursers
description: Divine horses breathing ethereal fire from their nostrils.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:13
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Hercules
description: Identified as Amphitryon's son, born to Jove by Alcmena, and father
of Tlepolemus.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Jove
description: Named as the divine father of Hercules by Alcmena.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Alcmena
description: Wife of Amphitryon and mother of Hercules by Jove.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Amphitryon
description: Husband of Alcmena; Hercules is called Amphitryon's son in the note.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Tlepolemus
description: Son of Hercules and Astyochia; exiled to Rhodes by oracle command,
chosen king, participant in the Trojan expedition, and honored after death.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Astyochia
description: Named as mother of Tlepolemus with Hercules.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Liscymnius
description: Person accidentally murdered by Tlepolemus, causing his departure from
Argos.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:17
name_or_label: Oracle
description: An unnamed oracle that commanded Tlepolemus to retire to Rhodes.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: recollecting warrior
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The speaker recalls former battle strength, driving back foes, burning shields,
and killing Herilus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: triple-lived opponent
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Herilus is said to have three lives from Feronia and to be slain in single
combat.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: life-endowing divine figure
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Feronia is named as the one who endowed Herilus with three lives.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: heroic infiltrator and suitor
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Sthenelus is identified as an Epigonus, suitor of Helen, and entrant into
Troy inside the wooden horse.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: named father
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Capaneus is named as Sthenelus's father.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: sought bride
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Helen is named as the woman whose suitors included Sthenelus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: thief of divine horses
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Circe is said to have stolen coursers from her celestial sire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: celestial possessor of horses
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The coursers are stolen from Circe's celestial sire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:9
label: fiery divine animal
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The coursers are heavenly-bred, breathe ethereal fire, and are elsewhere
treated as deity steeds of world-measured leap.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:13
- id: role:10
label: divinely begotten hero and father
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Hercules is born to Jove by Alcmena and is named as Tlepolemus's father.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:11
label: divine father
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Jove is named as father of Hercules by Alcmena.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:12
label: mother
assigned_to:
- fig:12
- fig:15
basis: Alcmena is mother of Hercules; Astyochia is mother of Tlepolemus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:13
label: husband and nominal paternal figure
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: Amphitryon is identified as Alcmena's husband, and Hercules is called Amphitryon's
son.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:14
label: exiled hero-king
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: Tlepolemus leaves Argos after an accidental murder, is sent by oracle to
Rhodes, chosen king, joins the Trojan expedition, and receives posthumous games.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:15
label: accidental victim
assigned_to:
- fig:16
basis: Liscymnius is described as accidentally murdered by Tlepolemus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:16
label: directive sacred authority
assigned_to:
- fig:17
basis: The oracle commands Tlepolemus to retire to Rhodes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: fire
literal_form: Burning conquered shields; ethereal fire breathed by heavenly coursers.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: three lives
literal_form: Herilus's three lives given by Feronia.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: wooden horse
literal_form: The wooden horse by which some entered Troy.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: seven gates
literal_form: The seven gates of Boeotian Thebes.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: mountain-like giant stature
literal_form: Teneriffe or Atlas unremoved, with stature reaching the sky.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: water
literal_form: Cold fountain; storm sea and deluge imagery in quoted comparisons.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- ev:15
- id: sym:7
label: ichor
literal_form: Blood of the gods, described as nectareous humor.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:8
label: heavenly gate
literal_form: A gate of heaven self-opening on golden hinges; gates of light unbarred
by Morn.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: sym:9
label: oracle command
literal_form: An oracle directing Tlepolemus to Rhodes.
associated_figures:
- fig:14
- fig:17
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:10
label: poplar crowns
literal_form: Crowns of poplar awarded to victors in games honoring Tlepolemus.
associated_figures:
- fig:14
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Recollection of youthful battle and killing of Herilus
summary: An unnamed speaker wishes for restored youth and remembers fighting at
Praeneste, burning captured shields, and killing Herilus, who had three lives
from Feronia.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Sthenelus and the wooden horse
summary: An editorial note identifies Sthenelus by lineage and heroic affiliations,
including his alleged entry into Troy within the wooden horse.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Theft and breeding of heavenly coursers
summary: A quoted passage says heavenly-bred horses breathed ethereal fire and that
Circe stole them from her celestial sire, substituting earthly mares who conceived
a more-than-mortal birth.
figure_refs:
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Divine parentage of Hercules
summary: A note identifies Hercules as born to Jove by Alcmena, wife of Amphitryon.
figure_refs:
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: scene:5
label: Tlepolemus's exile, kingship, expedition, and posthumous honor
summary: Tlepolemus leaves Argos after accidentally killing Liscymnius, follows
an oracle to Rhodes, becomes king, joins the Trojan expedition, and is later honored
with games and poplar crowns.
figure_refs:
- fig:10
- fig:14
- fig:15
- fig:16
- fig:17
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: scene:6
label: Heavenly gates and gates of light
summary: Quoted parallels describe a gate of heaven opening of itself and Morn unbarring
the gates of light.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divinely granted multiple lives defeated in combat
taxonomy_refs:
- death_rebirth
basis: Herilus has three lives from Feronia but is still slain by the speaker in
single combat.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage says Herilus has three lives but does not narrate actual death-and-return
cycles; the taxonomy link is approximate.
- id: motif:2
label: Concealed entry into a city by wooden horse
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Sthenelus is said to have been among those who entered Troy inside the wooden
horse.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage only gives an editorial note, not the full Trojan horse episode.
- id: motif:3
label: Theft of divine animals
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_theft
basis: Circe is said to steal heavenly coursers from her celestial sire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The quoted passage is from a comparative Virgil excerpt, not the main
Iliad narrative.
- id: motif:4
label: More-than-mortal birth from divine stock
taxonomy_refs:
- miraculous_child
basis: Earthly mares substituted by Circe conceive a more-than-mortal birth from
heavenly-bred coursers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The birth concerns horses rather than a human child; the available taxonomy
term is only approximate.
- id: motif:5
label: Divine parentage of a hero
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: Hercules is described as born to Jove by Alcmena, and Tlepolemus is described
as son of Hercules and Astyochia.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is genealogical annotation rather than a narrative of conception
or birth.
- id: motif:6
label: Oracle-directed exile leading to kingship
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
- royal_legitimacy
basis: Tlepolemus leaves Argos after accidental killing, is commanded by an oracle
to retire to Rhodes, and is chosen king there.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The note compresses the sequence and does not elaborate on ritual or political
legitimation.
- id: motif:7
label: Self-opening heavenly gate
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: A quoted parallel describes arrival at the gate of heaven, which opens of
itself on golden hinges.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: low
cautions: The passage gives this as a Miltonic comparison; no actual ascent narrative
is included in the supplied extract.
- id: motif:8
label: Hero cult games and victory crowns
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: After Tlepolemus's death, games are instituted at Rhodes in his honor and
victors receive poplar crowns.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not describe rites beyond the games and crowns.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: The passage explicitly places the Homeric note on spontaneous opening beside
Milton's image of heaven's gate self-opening, supporting a cautious visual or
literary similarity around heavenly gates.
claim_level: visual_similarity
target: Milton, Paradise Lost, self-opening gate of heaven
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: This is an editorial comparison in a note; the supplied passage does
not include the original Homeric lines being compared.
- id: claim:2
claim: The passage explicitly compares imagery of Morn and the gates of light to
Paradise Lost, suggesting a shared poetic image of dawn opening celestial gates.
claim_level: visual_similarity
target: Milton, Paradise Lost, gates of light unbarred by Morn
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The comparison is supplied by the edition and is literary rather than
evidence of historical contact.
- id: claim:3
claim: The passage quotes Virgilian material about heavenly-bred fiery coursers
in a note on Homeric horses, supporting a cautious comparison of divine horse
imagery across Greek and Roman epic reception.
claim_level: same_function
target: Virgilian heavenly-bred coursers breathing ethereal fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:13
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: low
limitations: The extract contains commentary and translation excerpts; it does not
demonstrate direct historical dependence.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 24313-24318
quote_or_summary: The speaker asks heaven to recall his youth, remembers battle
beneath Praeneste, burning conquered shields, and slaying Herilus, whom Feronia
endowed with three lives.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise quotation/summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: note [135]
quote_or_summary: Sthenelus is described as son of Capaneus, one of the Epigoni,
a suitor of Helen, and one said to have entered Troy inside the wooden horse.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: note [136]
quote_or_summary: A portent already mentioned is connected by the note with superstition
that persists among modern nations.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: note [137]
quote_or_summary: Boeotian Thebes is called a sevenfold city because it had seven
gates.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: note [139]
quote_or_summary: A figure stands like Teneriffe or Atlas, unremoved, with stature
reaching the sky.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; brief quotation used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: note [146]
quote_or_summary: Heavenly-bred coursers breathe ethereal fire; Circe stole them
from her celestial sire and substituted earthly mares, whose wombs conceived a
more-than-mortal birth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: note [148]
quote_or_summary: Ichor is identified as the blood of the gods, with a parallel
describing a nectareous humor such as celestial spirits may bleed.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: note [149]
quote_or_summary: A referenced event is said to occur during the wars with the Titans.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: note [150]
quote_or_summary: Hercules is identified as Amphitryon's son, born to Jove by Alcmena,
Amphitryon's wife.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: note [153]
quote_or_summary: Tlepolemus, son of Hercules and Astyochia, leaves Argos after
accidentally killing Liscymnius; an oracle sends him to Rhodes, where he is king;
after his death, games honor him with poplar crowns for victors.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: note [155]
quote_or_summary: A Paradise Lost parallel describes arrival at heaven's gate, which
self-opens wide on golden hinges.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: note [156]
quote_or_summary: A Paradise Lost parallel describes Morn, awakened by the Hours,
unbarring the gates of light with a rosy hand.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: note [157]
quote_or_summary: Longinus says Homer measures the leap of divine horses by the
extent of the world, so a second leap would exceed the world's room.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: note [142]
quote_or_summary: A fountain, though its name is garbled in the supplied text, is
described as almost proverbial for coldness.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:15
type: summary
locator: notes [138], [144]
quote_or_summary: Quoted comparisons describe rising ocean storm, foaming billows,
deluges descending on plains, uprooted oaks, and flocks, folds, and trees carried
away.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: low
notes: The supplied passage is primarily commentary and intertextual quotation from
Pope's edition rather than a continuous Iliad passage. Literal identifications
are mostly clear, but motif classification is cautious because several items belong
to cited parallels or notes.
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 figures, symbols, or comparisons beyond the supplied text and available taxonomy references were added. Garbled note text was left generalized where necessary.
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