batch.motif.greek-iliad-pope-gutenberg-l7194-l7338
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-iliad-pope-gutenberg-l7194-l7338
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
passage_locator:
label: THE ACTS OF DIOMED. / BOOK VI. / ARGUMENT. / THE EPISODES OF GLAUCUS AND
DIOMED, AND OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE.; lines 7194-7338
start: '7194'
end: '7338'
translation: The Iliad
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Trojan women led by the Phrygian queen take an embroidered veil to the
temple of Pallas/Minerva, where Theano places it on the goddess's knees and prays
for protection from Diomedes, vowing twelve unyoked heifers. Hector then goes
to Paris's palace, rebukes him for staying away from battle, hears Paris promise
to arm, and hears Helen lament her role in Troy's suffering. Hector refuses rest,
says he must return to battle after seeing his wife and infant, and learns that
his wife has gone to Troy's tower with Astyanax and the nurse to watch the fighting
in fear for him.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The Phrygian queen summons noble matrons, selects a superior veil from a rich
wardrobe, and leads a slow procession to the Palladian dome.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The veil is described as Sidonian work and as shining like the morning star.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Theano, named as Antenor's consort and Pallas's priestess, opens the gates
and receives the women in the temple.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The women lift their hands, cry in supplication, and the priestess places
the veil on Minerva's knees before praying.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The prayer asks Pallas to break Tydides' spear, make him fall before the Trojan
wall, and spare the women, infants, and city.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The priestess vows twelve young heifers, guiltless of the yoke, to fill the
temple with grateful smoke.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Hector goes to Paris's palace carrying a long spear with a shining steely
point and golden ringlets.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Hector finds Paris among his splendid arms, brightening a shield and polishing
a bow, while Helen directs the work of her attendants.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Hector rebukes Paris for inactivity while Troy's warriors fall and war burns
around the city.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Paris replies that shame and grief, not hatred of Troy, kept him hidden, and
says he will arm and follow.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: Helen addresses Hector as brother, calls herself guilty, wishes she had died
before the events, and says her and Paris's misery will become a theme of future
song.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: Helen imagines death by whirlwinds, birds, and whelming water in her lament.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: Hector refuses to rest, says the Trojan bands need him, and states that he
must see his wife and infant before returning to battle.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:14
text: Hector says the day may be his last if a hostile god allows a Greek hand to
defeat him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:15
text: Hector searches at home but does not find his wife; she has gone with one
maid and Astyanax to Ilion's tower to watch the war.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:16
text: An attendant says Hector's wife went to the tower after hearing Troy was fleeing,
trembling for her absent lord; the nurse attends with the infant boy Astyanax.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Phrygian queen
description: Queen who selects the veil and leads the procession of Trojan women.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Trojan matrons and dames
description: Noble women who join the procession and vow with the priestess.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Theano
description: Antenor's consort and priestess of Pallas who opens the temple gates,
displays the veil, and prays.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Pallas / Minerva
description: Goddess addressed as Troy's strong defence and asked to stop Tydides
and spare the city.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Tydides / Diomedes
description: Enemy warrior whose spear the priestess asks the goddess to break.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Hector
description: Trojan prince and warrior who rebukes Paris, refuses rest, and seeks
his wife and infant before returning to battle.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Paris
description: Hector's brother, found inactive among his arms, who answers that shame
and grief kept him away and says he will arm.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Helen
description: Woman beside Paris who directs attendants' work, laments her guilt,
and speaks of shared misery and future infamy.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Hector's wife
description: Hector's spouse, sought at home but found to have gone to Ilion's tower
in fear for him.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Astyanax
description: Hector's infant boy, called the hope of Troy, brought to the tower
with the nurse.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Nurse
description: Attendant who accompanies the infant Astyanax.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Helen's attendants
description: Virgins whose rich labours Helen guides and instructs.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: procession leader
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: She chooses the veil and leads the procession to the dome.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: supplicating women
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They come to the temple, raise hands, cry in supplication, and vow with the
priestess.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: priestess and prayer speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The passage names Theano as Pallas's priestess and gives her the prayer and
vow.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: invoked city-protecting goddess
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The prayer calls her Troy's strong defence and asks her to aid the city.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: enemy warrior targeted by prayer
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The prayer asks that Tydides' spear be broken and that he fall before the
wall.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: defending warrior and admonishing brother
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Hector carries arms, rebukes Paris, and says the Trojan bands require him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: inactive warrior called to arms
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Paris is found among unused arms and then says he will arm and follow.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: lamenting woman linked to communal suffering
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Helen calls herself guilty, laments the woes, and speaks of future infamy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:9
label: anxious wife watching the battle
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: She goes to the tower after hearing of Trojan flight and trembles for her
absent lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:10
label: infant hope of the city
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Astyanax is called the young infant and the hope of Troy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:11
label: child attendant
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The nurse attends with the infant boy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:12
label: domestic attendants
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Helen guides and instructs their rich labours.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: embroidered shining veil
literal_form: A superior Sidonian veil selected from the queen's wardrobe and placed
on Minerva's knees.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: vowed heifers and temple smoke
literal_form: Twelve young unyoked heifers vowed to fill the temple with smoke.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: broken spear request
literal_form: The priestess asks Pallas to break Tydides' spear.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: Hector's long spear
literal_form: A ten-cubit spear with steely point and golden ringlets carried by
Hector.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: conquering flames
literal_form: Hector warns Paris that conquering flames may ascend and end Phrygian
glory.
associated_figures:
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: whelming tide in Helen's lament
literal_form: Helen imagines sinking beneath the tide and dying amid roaring waters.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:7
label: Ilion's tower
literal_form: The tower from which Hector's wife watches the war and fears for him.
associated_figures:
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: sym:8
label: infant called hope of Troy
literal_form: Astyanax is described as the young infant and hope of Troy.
associated_figures:
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Trojan women's supplication to Pallas
summary: The queen leads the women to the temple, Theano places the veil on the
goddess's knees, and the priestess prays for Diomedes' defeat and Troy's preservation
while vowing heifers.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Hector finds and rebukes Paris
summary: Hector enters Paris's palace with his spear, finds Paris among his arms
with Helen nearby, and rebukes him for staying inactive while Troy suffers.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Paris and Helen answer Hector
summary: Paris says shame and grief kept him hidden and promises to arm; Helen laments
her guilt and the misery attached to herself and Paris.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Hector seeks his wife before battle
summary: Hector refuses rest, says he must rejoin the fighting, and goes to seek
his wife and infant before what may be his last day.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:5
label: Hector's wife at the tower
summary: Hector does not find his wife at home and learns she went to the tower
with Astyanax and the nurse to watch the battle in fear for him.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:9
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: votive supplication for divine protection of a city
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The women offer a veil and vow heifers to Pallas in exchange for the defeat
of Tydides and the sparing of Troy, its women, and infants.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage says the vow is made in vain, so the exchange is requested
rather than fulfilled.
- id: motif:2
label: sacrificial vow of unyoked animals
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: The priestess vows twelve young heifers, guiltless of the yoke, whose smoke
will fill the temple if the goddess grants aid.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The actual sacrifice is not performed within this passage.
- id: motif:3
label: hero's impending departure to battle after seeking family
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Hector says he must return to combat, fears this may be his last day, and
seeks his wife and infant for a parting moment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The actual meeting and farewell with the wife and child are not completed
within this line range.
- id: motif:4
label: woman on tower watching battle and fearing for absent husband
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Hector's wife goes to Ilion's tower with the infant and nurse after hearing
Troy is fleeing, and watches the war in fear for him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: No broader taxonomy reference is assigned from the available list.
- id: motif:5
label: lament of guilt and future infamy
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Helen calls herself guilty, wishes for death before the disasters, and says
her and Paris's doom will become a theme of future song.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a passage-level pattern in the speech, not linked to a supplied
taxonomy motif.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 7194-7210
quote_or_summary: The Phrygian queen summons matrons, goes to a scented wardrobe,
selects a Sidonian embroidered veil shining like the morning star, and leads the
procession to the Palladian dome.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 7211-7224
quote_or_summary: Theano, Antenor's consort and Pallas's priestess, opens the gates;
the women raise hands and cries; the priestess places the veil on Minerva's knees
and prays for Pallas to break Tydides' spear.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 7225-7231
quote_or_summary: The prayer vows twelve young unyoked heifers and asks the goddess
to spare the women, infants, and city; the passage says the vow is in vain.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 7232-7248
quote_or_summary: Hector goes to Paris's palace carrying a ten-cubit spear; he finds
Paris among splendid arms, polishing a bow and shield, with Helen instructing
attendants.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 7249-7264
quote_or_summary: Hector rebukes Paris for inactivity, saying Trojan heroes fall
for him and warning that conquering flames may end Phrygian glory.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 7265-7276
quote_or_summary: Paris answers that shame and grief, not hatred of Troy, kept him
hidden; he says Helen calls him to arms and that he will not lag behind.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 7277-7295
quote_or_summary: Helen speaks to Hector as brother, calls herself guilty, wishes
she had died by wind, birds, or water, criticizes Paris, and says their woes will
be a theme of future song.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 7296-7308
quote_or_summary: Hector refuses to rest, says the Trojan bands require him, asks
Helen to urge Paris to join, and says he must see his wife and infant before battle,
perhaps for the last time.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 7309-7322
quote_or_summary: Hector seeks his spouse at home in vain; she has gone with one
maid and Astyanax, called the hope of Troy, to Ilion's tower to look on the war.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from supplied passage.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 7323-7338
quote_or_summary: At the gates Hector asks where his wife went; attendants say she
went to the tower after hearing Troy fled, trembling for him, and that the nurse
attended with Astyanax.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summary generated from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif labels are conservative;
no comparison claims are made because the passage itself does not support an explicit
cross-traditional comparison.
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: |-
Line numbering follows the user-supplied locator. The name Andromache is not used as a primary figure label because the supplied passage text refers to her mainly as Hector's wife/spouse, though the passage locator title mentions Hector and Andromache.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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