batch.motif.greek-iliad-pope-gutenberg-l5957-l6098
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-iliad-pope-gutenberg-l5957-l6098
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
passage_locator:
label: THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE. / BOOK V. / ARGUMENT. / THE
ACTS OF DIOMED.; lines 5957-6098
start: '5957'
end: '6098'
translation: The Iliad
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Aeneas guards a fallen comrade but is struck down by Diomedes with a great
stone. Venus protects and carries off her son Aeneas, but Diomedes pursues and
wounds her hand. Phoebus shields Aeneas. Iris escorts the wounded Venus to Mars
and then to Dione, who consoles her by recalling other occasions when gods suffered
harm from mortals or giants.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Aeneas guards a slaughtered friend with spear and shield, circling the body
like a lion around prey.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The Greeks look at the corpse from a distance but do not seize it while Aeneas
protects it.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Diomedes lifts and throws a rocky fragment described as too heavy for two
strong men of the present age to raise.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The stone strikes Aeneas at the hip and thigh, breaking tendons, stripping
skin, cracking bone, and causing him to fall to his knees in a clouded daze.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Venus, remembering Anchises and acting with a mother's care, wraps her arms
and shining veil around Aeneas and carries him through horses and missiles from
the fight.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Sthenelus removes his lord's horses from battle, seizes the Dardan heavenly
coursers, sends them toward the fleet, gives charge of them to Deipylus, and returns
to Diomedes.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Diomedes pursues Venus, judges her unlike war goddesses, pierces her bright
veil, wounds her hand, and causes immortal fluid to flow from her vein.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Venus cries out and drops Aeneas; Phoebus takes him, casts a cloud around
him, and wards a mortal wound.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Diomedes addresses the fleeing Venus and says the battlefield is not her proper
place.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: Iris finds Venus wounded and escorts her to Mars, who lends his chariot; Iris
drives the chariot into the sky and feeds the horses with ambrosial food.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: Venus tells Dione that Diomedes, a mortal, wounded her while she defended
her son.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: Dione tells Venus to bear the wrong patiently and names earlier divine sufferings
involving Mars, Juno, Hades, Hermes, Alcides, and Paeon.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Aeneas
description: A Trojan/Dardan warrior, offspring of Venus, who guards a corpse and
is wounded by Diomedes.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Diomedes / Tydides
description: A Greek mortal warrior who strikes Aeneas with a stone, pursues Venus,
wounds her hand, and taunts her.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Venus
description: The queen of love and mother of Aeneas; she protects him, is wounded
by Diomedes, flees with Iris, and complains to Dione.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Sthenelus
description: A companion who follows commands, secures horses, captures Dardan coursers,
and returns to Diomedes.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Deipylus
description: A brave man loved by Sthenelus and entrusted with charge of the captured
coursers.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Phoebus
description: A god who takes Aeneas after Venus drops him, surrounds him with cloud,
and wards the wound.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Iris
description: The winged goddess who aids Venus, drives Mars's chariot skyward, and
feeds the horses with ambrosial food.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Mars
description: A god found remote from the battle with lance and horses; he gives
his chariot to Venus and is later named by Dione as once bound in fetters.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Dione
description: Venus's mother, who receives the wounded goddess, asks who harmed her,
and consoles her with examples of gods suffering harm.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Alcides / Amphitryon's son
description: Named by Dione as the one who wounded Juno and Hades.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
label: wounded warrior and protected son
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Aeneas is struck down by Diomedes and then protected by Venus as her offspring.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:9
- id: role:2
label: mortal warrior who wounds divine beings
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Diomedes wounds Aeneas and then wounds Venus, who identifies him as a mortal
man.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- ev:9
- id: role:3
label: divine mother and rescuer
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Venus guards her offspring with a mother's care and carries him from the
fight.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: obedient comrade and captor of horses
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Sthenelus obeys his lord's commands and takes the Dardan coursers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: trusted custodian
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Deipylus receives charge of the captured coursers.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: divine concealer and protector
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Phoebus casts a cloud around Aeneas and wards the mortal wound.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:7
label: divine guide and charioteer
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Iris escorts Venus and drives the chariot into the sky.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: wounded goddess
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Diomedes wounds Venus's hand, causing immortal fluid to flow.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
- id: role:9
label: divine lender of chariot
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Mars hears Venus and commits the golden rein to her hand.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:10
label: divine mother and consoler
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Dione raises Venus, asks who wounded her, and counsels patience.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:10
- id: role:11
label: heroic assailant of gods in exemplum
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Dione says Amphitryon's son wounded Juno and that Alcides wounded Hades.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: protective shield
literal_form: Aeneas's ample shield displayed over the fallen body
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: huge stone weapon
literal_form: rocky fragment or pointed marble thrown by Diomedes
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: shining ambrosial veil
literal_form: Venus's shining veil, woven by the Graces, used as a screen and pierced
by the lance
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: concealing cloud or mist
literal_form: cloud around Aeneas; mist around Iris; clouds around Mars
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: sym:5
label: immortal blood or divine fluid
literal_form: pure stream from Venus's clear vein, unlike terrestrial blood
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: divine chariot and golden rein
literal_form: Mars's car, gold-reined horses, and golden rein used by Venus and
Iris to ascend
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:7
label: heavenly coursers
literal_form: Dardan heavenly coursers with flowing manes, later divine horses fed
with ambrosial food
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:7
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Aeneas guards the corpse
summary: Aeneas defends a fallen friend with spear and shield while the Greeks watch
from a distance.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Diomedes disables Aeneas with a stone
summary: Diomedes hurls a massive stone that injures Aeneas at the hip and leaves
him near death.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Venus rescues her son
summary: Venus enfolds Aeneas in her arms and veil and carries him away through
the battle.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Sthenelus captures the coursers
summary: Sthenelus secures horses and transfers captured Dardan heavenly coursers
toward the Greek fleet under Deipylus's charge.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Diomedes wounds Venus and Phoebus shields Aeneas
summary: Diomedes pursues Venus, wounds her through the veil, and Venus drops Aeneas;
Phoebus then conceals and protects him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:6
label: Iris escorts Venus to Mars and Dione
summary: Iris finds the wounded Venus, obtains Mars's chariot for her, drives her
to the sky, and brings her before Dione.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: scene:7
label: Dione's consolation and exempla
summary: Venus explains that a mortal wounded her while she defended her son; Dione
replies by listing earlier sufferings inflicted on gods and their healing or rescue.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Divine mother protects wounded son in battle
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: Venus is explicitly described as guarding her offspring with a mother's care,
and later says she bled in her son's defense.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy fit is based on the parent-child protection in this passage,
not on a birth narrative.
- id: motif:2
label: Mortal warrior wounds a goddess
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Diomedes pierces Venus's veil and wounds her hand; Venus identifies the assailant
as a mortal man.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy family directly names mortal assault on a deity.
- id: motif:3
label: Divine concealment rescues a vulnerable hero
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Venus screens Aeneas with her veil, and Phoebus later casts a cloud around
him to ward the mortal wound.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The veil and cloud are distinct acts by different gods; they share a protective
function but are not explicitly named as one motif.
- id: motif:4
label: Ascent by divine chariot from battlefield to heaven
taxonomy_refs:
- ascent
basis: Iris drives Venus in Mars's chariot, and the chariot rapidly scales the skies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The ascent is a flight for aid rather than a quest or apotheosis.
- id: motif:5
label: Heroic strength beyond the present age
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The stone thrown by Diomedes is said to be too heavy for two strong men of
the degenerate present day to lift.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a comparative heroic-age formula rather than a full narrative
episode.
- id: motif:6
label: Capture of divine horses as battle spoil
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Sthenelus seizes heavenly coursers with flowing manes and sends them toward
the fleet as captured spoil.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The later chariot horses associated with Mars are separate from the captured
Dardan coursers.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: Dione explicitly frames Venus's wounding as one instance in a broader pattern
of gods suffering harm or restraint from mortals or giants.
claim_level: same_motif
target: 'Dione''s internal examples: Mars bound by Otus and Ephialtes, Juno wounded
by Amphitryon''s son, and Hades wounded by Alcides'
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: high
limitations: The comparison is internal to the passage and does not establish historical
contact or a taxonomy beyond the examples named by Dione.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 5957-5964
quote_or_summary: Aeneas guards a slaughtered friend with spear and shield, circling
the body like a lion, while the Greeks watch from a distance.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 5965-5980
quote_or_summary: Diomedes lifts a stone too heavy for two men of the present age,
hurls it at Aeneas, and cripples him at the hip and thigh so that he sinks in
a daze.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 5981-5991
quote_or_summary: Venus remembers Anchises, guards her offspring with a mother's
care, shields him with her arms and veil, and carries him through horses and arrows
from the fight.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 5992-6005
quote_or_summary: Sthenelus secures his lord's horses, captures the Dardan heavenly
coursers, gives charge of them to Deipylus, and returns to follow Diomedes.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 6006-6024
quote_or_summary: Diomedes pursues Venus, distinguishes her from battlefield goddesses,
drives his lance through her ambrosial veil, wounds her hand, and draws immortal
fluid; Venus cries out and drops Aeneas.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 6025-6026
quote_or_summary: Phoebus takes Aeneas, casts a cloud around him, and protects him
from the mortal wound.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 6028-6036
quote_or_summary: Diomedes taunts Venus as she flees, saying bloody fights and arms
do not suit her.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 6038-6058
quote_or_summary: Iris finds the pale, wounded Venus, brings her to Mars, receives
his chariot and golden rein for her, drives her into the sky, feeds the horses
ambrosial food, and brings Venus before her mother.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 6061-6066
quote_or_summary: Venus says no god but an impious mortal, Diomedes, wounded her
while she defended her son, and says the Greeks now engage the immortal gods.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: lines 6067-6098
quote_or_summary: 'Dione counsels patience and recalls divine sufferings: Mars bound
by Otus and Ephialtes until Hermes rescued him, Juno wounded by Amphitryon''s
son, and Hades wounded by Alcides and healed by Paeon.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The main actions, figures, and internal comparison are explicit in the passage.
Motif taxonomy assignment is limited because the supplied list lacks a direct
category for mortal wounding of gods.
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: |-
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