batch.motif.greek-iliad-pope-gutenberg-l7340-l7487
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-iliad-pope-gutenberg-l7340-l7487
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 7340-7487
start: '7340'
end: '7487'
translation: The Iliad
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Hector returns through Troy and meets Andromache, their child, and the
nurse near the Scaean gate. Andromache laments the deaths of her family, fears
Hector will be killed, and asks him to defend a vulnerable point by the fig trees
rather than fight in the open field. Hector answers that honor and duty compel
him to fight, while he foresees Troy’s fall and especially dreads Andromache’s
future captivity. He reaches for his son, removes his frightening helmet, kisses
and lifts the child, prays that the boy may become a greater defender of Troy
than himself, and returns him to Andromache, who smiles through tears.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Hector walks back through Troy and meets Andromache at the Scaean gate, with
a nurse holding their infant son.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: 'The child is identified by two names: Scamandrius, given by Hector, and Astyanax,
used by the Trojans because Hector is regarded as Troy’s defence.'
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Andromache speaks with tears and a foreboding sigh, warning that Hector’s
courage may leave her a widow and their son an orphan.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Andromache recounts that Achilles destroyed Thebe, killed her father, killed
her seven brothers in one day, and captured her mother, who later died by Diana’s
bow.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Andromache asks Hector to defend a vulnerable place where wild fig trees join
the wall of Troy and to remain there rather than go into the field.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Hector says shame before Trojan men and women and his own training in martial
honor prevent him from quitting the field.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Hector foresees a day when Troy will fall and Andromache will be led away
captive to labor for Greeks.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: The infant cries and clings to the nurse when frightened by Hector’s shining
helmet and nodding crest.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Hector removes the helmet from his head, places it on the ground, kisses the
child, lifts him, and prays to the gods.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: Hector prays that his son may gain renown, defend Troy, surpass his father’s
fame, and make his mother rejoice.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: Hector returns the child to Andromache, who holds him to her breast and smiles
while also weeping; Hector dries her tears.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Hector
description: Trojan warrior, husband of Andromache, father of the infant boy, and
described as the defence of Troy.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Andromache
description: Hector’s wife, called Aetion’s heir, mourning and fearing Hector’s
death and her own captivity.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Scamandrius / Astyanax
description: The infant son of Hector and Andromache, held by a nurse and frightened
by Hector’s helmet.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Nurse
description: The nurse who holds Hector and Andromache’s child at her breast.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Achilles
description: Greek warrior named by Andromache as the destroyer of Thebe and killer
of her father and brothers.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Aetion
description: Andromache’s father, ruler of Cilician Thebe, killed by Achilles and
given funeral honors.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Andromache’s mother
description: Queen of Hippoplacia, captured and ransomed after Thebe’s fall, later
dying by Diana’s bow.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Seven brothers of Andromache
description: Andromache’s seven brothers, killed in one day by Achilles while tending
herds and flocks.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Gods / deathless powers
description: Divine powers addressed by Hector in prayer for his son’s protection
and future renown.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: warrior defender
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Hector is called the defence of Troy and says he must be foremost in defending
the throne.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: husband
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Andromache addresses Hector as husband and fears becoming his widow.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: father invoking blessing
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Hector holds his son and prays to the gods for the child’s future renown.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: wife and mother
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Andromache is Hector’s wife and the mother who receives the infant back into
her arms.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:8
- id: role:5
label: mourner anticipating captivity
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: She mourns her lost family and Hector foresees her being led captive.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: heir-child
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The boy is Hector’s only hope and the subject of a prayer for future defense
of Troy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: role:7
label: child attendant
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The nurse holds and comforts the infant during the encounter.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: destroyer of Andromache’s family
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Andromache attributes the fall of Thebe and deaths of her father and brothers
to Achilles.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:9
label: dead father
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Aetion is named as Andromache’s father and is said to have been slain and
given a funeral pile and tomb.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:10
label: bereaved captive mother
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Andromache’s mother was captured, ransomed, and later died in grief.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:11
label: slain brothers
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The seven brothers are said to have fallen by the same arm in one day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:12
label: divine addressees
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Hector addresses the deathless powers in prayer for his son.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: helmet and crest
literal_form: Hector’s dazzling helmet and nodding crest
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:2
label: wild fig trees at the wall
literal_form: wild fig trees joining the wall of Troy at a vulnerable quarter
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: funeral mountain and elms
literal_form: a mountain raised over Aetion’s burned bones, adorned by mountain-nymphs
with elms
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
- tree
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: water-bearing of captivity
literal_form: waters from Hyperia’s spring carried under a victor’s command
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: infant lifted in prayer
literal_form: Hector lifting his son high in the air while praying to the gods
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Meeting at the Scaean gate
summary: Hector returns through Troy and meets Andromache, the nurse, and his infant
son near the gate.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Andromache’s lament and plea
summary: Andromache laments the destruction of her natal family, fears Hector’s
death, and asks him to defend the wall by the fig trees rather than fight in the
field.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Hector’s reply on honor and fate
summary: Hector explains that honor requires him to fight and foretells Troy’s fall
and Andromache’s possible captivity.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: The frightened child and removed helmet
summary: Hector reaches for his son, the child cries at the helmet, and Hector removes
it before embracing him.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Prayer for the son
summary: Hector lifts the child and prays that he may become a renowned defender
of Troy, then gives him back to Andromache as she smiles and weeps.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: warrior farewell to wife and child
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: The passage centers on Hector meeting his wife and infant before returning
to martial duty, despite pleas that he remain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The selected lines do not narrate Hector’s actual departure from the scene,
only his stated refusal to abandon the field.
- id: motif:2
label: fated fall of city and captive wife foreseen
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Hector describes a decreed day when Troy will fall and imagines Andromache
weeping as a captive under Greek command.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: This is an anticipatory speech within the passage, not the depicted fall
itself.
- id: motif:3
label: father’s blessing for heroic succession
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Hector lifts his infant son and prays that he will defend Troy, gain renown,
and surpass his father’s fame.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The prayer expresses a hoped-for future; the passage does not show its
fulfillment.
- id: motif:4
label: martial object frightening the child
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The infant cries at Hector’s dazzling helmet and nodding crest, prompting
Hector to set the helmet down before embracing him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The object functions literally in the scene; broader symbolic interpretation
requires external analysis not present in the passage.
- id: motif:5
label: bereaved survivor whose family is replaced by spouse
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Andromache recounts the deaths of her father and brothers and says she sees
father, mother, and brethren all in Hector.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames this as Andromache’s speech and emotional dependence,
not as a formal ritual or kinship institution.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 7340-7357
quote_or_summary: Hector returns through Troy and meets Andromache at the Scaean
gate; the nurse holds his infant son, named Scamandrius by Hector and Astyanax
by the Trojans.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 7358-7399
quote_or_summary: Andromache, tearful and foreboding, warns Hector that she may
become a widow and their son an orphan; she recounts Achilles’ destruction of
Thebe, the death and burial of Aetion, the deaths of her seven brothers, and her
mother’s death after captivity and ransom.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 7400-7414
quote_or_summary: Andromache says Hector is now father, mother, brothers, and kin
to her, and asks him to guard the vulnerable wall where wild fig trees join Troy
rather than fight elsewhere.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 7415-7427
quote_or_summary: Hector replies that he cares for all the works of war and would
be shamed if he quit the field; his upbringing and soul impel him to the embattled
plains and to defend his father’s glories and his own.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 7428-7454
quote_or_summary: Hector foresees the fated day when Troy will fall and says no
grief wounds him like the thought of Andromache led away captive, working at Argive
looms or carrying water from Hyperia’s spring.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 7455-7465
quote_or_summary: Hector reaches out to clasp the child; the baby cries at the dazzling
helmet and nodding crest, so Hector removes the helmet, places it on the ground,
kisses the child, and lifts him in the air.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 7466-7478
quote_or_summary: Hector prays to the gods to protect his son and grant him renown,
power to defend Troy, victory over foes, fame beyond his father’s, and joy for
his mother.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 7479-7487
quote_or_summary: Hector returns the child to Andromache; she lays him on her breast
and smiles through tears, while Hector watches with compassion and dries the tears.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is clear for literal scene, figures, and motifs internal to the
episode. Taxonomy alignment is limited because most available motif families are
broad and not directly named by the passage.
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 comparison claims were added because the supplied passage does not itself support a specific cross-textual or historical comparison.
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