batch.motif.greek-iliad-pope-gutenberg-l7489-l7553
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-iliad-pope-gutenberg-l7489-l7553
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 7489-7553
start: '7489'
end: '7553'
translation: The Iliad
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Hector answers Andromache by affirming that fate fixes every mortal's death,
tells her to return to household tasks while he goes to battle, and resumes his
helmet. Andromache returns home weeping, and her attendants mourn Hector as if
already dead. Paris then comes out armed from the palace, compared to an unbound
spirited horse, joins Hector, excuses his delay, and is admonished by Hector to
overcome sloth and share the Trojans' war-labors until victory and thanksgiving
are possible.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Hector tells Andromache that no hostile hand can bring his doom before fate
condemns him to the tomb.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Hector says all people share a fixed mortal term and that neither force nor
flight can save anyone when that term arrives.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Hector directs Andromache to return home to guide the spindle and loom, while
he goes to the field of combat.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Hector resumes his high helmet with dark plumes after speaking.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Andromache departs unwillingly, looking back with tears, returns to the palace,
and grieves there.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Andromache's attendants join in sorrow and mourn the living Hector as if he
were dead.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Paris comes out from the palace armed in bronze and moves swiftly through
the town.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Paris is compared to a proud, unbound horse that breaks from its stall, seeks
water, tosses its head, and runs toward the fields.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Paris rushes with Hector toward the battlefield, armed in shining equipment
and described as triumphant, bold, and gay.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: Paris excuses his delay to Hector while they pass along the way.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: Hector acknowledges Paris's courage and strength but criticizes his sloth
and calls him a woman's slave.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: Hector says the Trojans suffer in war for Paris's sake and urges him to share
their labors.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:13
text: Hector imagines the troubles ending by Jove's decree, with a bowl crowned
to heaven and liberty while Greece returns by sea.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Hector
description: A glorious chief and godlike man who speaks to Andromache, resumes
his helmet, goes toward battle, and admonishes Paris.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:7
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Andromache
description: Hector's addressed beloved and princess, who parts from him with a
prophetic sigh and returns to the palace in tears.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Paris
description: Son of Priam who comes forth from the palace in bronze arms, is compared
to an unbound horse, excuses his delay, and accompanies Hector to battle.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Andromache's maids
description: Attendants in the palace who share Andromache's sorrow and mourn Hector
as if dead.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Trojans
description: The people whose speech troubles Hector and who suffer in war for Paris's
sake.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Greece / the proud foe
description: The opposing Greek force imagined as mourning frustrated triumphs and
returning by sea.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Jove
description: Divine figure whose decree is invoked in Hector's hope that the war's
troubles may cease.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: warrior
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:3
basis: Hector claims the field of combat as his sphere, and Paris comes forth in
arms and rushes to the fields of fight.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: role:2
label: speaker on mortal fate
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Hector states that doom and the mortal term are fixed by fate.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: admonishing kinsman or ally
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Hector addresses Paris as allied in blood and arms, praises his war-power,
and rebukes his sloth.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: parting wife or princess
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage calls her Hector's princess and describes her reluctant parting
from him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: mourner
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:4
basis: Andromache weeps and grieves in the palace, and her maids join in mourning
Hector.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:6
label: delayed combatant
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Paris excuses his stay, and Hector criticizes the sloth that has seized a
brave soul.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:7
label: son of Priam
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The passage identifies the armed Paris as the son of Priam.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:8
label: suffering community
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Hector says the Trojans speak against Paris and suffer much for his sake
in war.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:9
label: opposing army
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Hector imagines the proud foe's triumph frustrated and Greece returning through
the seas.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:10
label: deity invoked in expected outcome
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Hector frames the hoped-for end of the troubles as occurring by Jove's decree.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: silent tomb
literal_form: tomb
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: spindle and loom
literal_form: household textile tools
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: plumed helmet
literal_form: towery helmet black with shading plumes
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: palace
literal_form: royal dwelling to which Andromache returns and from which Paris issues
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- id: sym:5
label: brazen arms
literal_form: bronze armor casting a gleamy ray
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: unbound courser
literal_form: horse breaking from its stall and running to the fields
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:7
label: crowned bowl
literal_form: bowl crowned to heaven and liberty
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: sym:8
label: sea return
literal_form: Greece returning through the seas
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Hector's farewell speech to Andromache
summary: Hector responds to Andromache by affirming the fixedness of fate, directing
her back to domestic work, and claiming battle and glory as his task.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Andromache returns to the palace mourning
summary: After Hector resumes his helmet, Andromache reluctantly parts from him,
returns to the palace in tears, and her maids mourn with her as though Hector
were already dead.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Paris emerges armed and joins Hector
summary: Paris comes out of the palace in bronze arms, is likened to a proud unbound
horse, and rushes with Hector toward the battlefield.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Hector rebukes Paris and urges shared war-labor
summary: Paris excuses his delay, and Hector praises his courage while rebuking
his sloth, urging him to share the Trojans' suffering until the foe is driven
home and thanksgiving becomes possible.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: warrior departure from household to battle
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
basis: Hector separates from Andromache, sends her back to domestic tasks, takes
up his helmet, and proceeds toward the martial scene; Paris also issues from the
palace and rushes to the fields of fight.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy reference is broad; the passage presents a martial departure
rather than a full quest departure.
- id: motif:2
label: fixed mortal fate accepted before combat
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Hector states that no hostile hand can hasten his doom before fate and that
all people must sink alike when their term arrives.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: No specific available taxonomy reference directly names fate or doom.
- id: motif:3
label: mourning the living warrior as already dead
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Andromache and her attendants grieve Hector after his departure, and the
maids are said to mourn the living Hector as the dead.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: This is a localized passage motif and not linked here to a supplied taxonomy
family.
- id: motif:4
label: warrior compared to spirited horse
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Paris's armed return to battle is elaborated through a simile of an unbound,
proud horse breaking from its stall and springing to the fields.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: This is a poetic simile rather than a narrative action performed by the
figure.
- id: motif:5
label: rebuke of delayed hero to restore martial honor
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Hector acknowledges Paris's courage but condemns his sloth and urges deeds
that will wipe away Trojan reproach.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage gives only this rebuke and not its later outcome.
- id: motif:6
label: anticipated victory thanksgiving
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Hector imagines troubles ceasing by Jove's decree and a crowned bowl raised
to heaven and liberty after the enemy's frustrated return.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: medium
cautions: The wording suggests ritual celebration or thanksgiving, but details of
rite and fulfillment are not given in this passage.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 7489-7496
quote_or_summary: Hector tells Andromache that no hostile hand can hasten his doom
before fate, and that every mortal has a fixed term from which neither force nor
flight can save them.
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: lines 7497-7502
quote_or_summary: Hector tells Andromache to return to home tasks with spindle and
loom, while glory summons him to combat, where he claims the foremost place in
danger and fame.
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: lines 7503-7508
quote_or_summary: Hector resumes his tall dark-plumed helmet; Andromache parts unwillingly
with a prophetic sigh, repeatedly looking back through tears, and goes slowly
to the palace.
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: quote
locator: lines 7509-7512
quote_or_summary: The palace women share Andromache's grief and “mourn the living
Hector, as the dead.”
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short quotation from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 7513-7516
quote_or_summary: Paris, no longer ignoring honor's call, comes out from the palace
wall in shining brazen arms and moves swiftly through the town.
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: lines 7517-7524
quote_or_summary: The passage compares Paris to an unbound, pampered horse that
breaks from its stall, goes to water, tosses its head and mane, scents distant
females, and springs back to the fields.
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: lines 7525-7528
quote_or_summary: Paris, son of Priam, is described as triumphant, bold, and gay,
in radiant arms, rushing with Hector to the fields of fight.
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: lines 7529-7531
quote_or_summary: As the warriors pass on the way, Paris first excuses his delay
to Hector.
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: lines 7532-7538
quote_or_summary: Hector addresses Paris as allied by blood and arms, recognizes
his courage and strength, but laments that sloth should seize him and hopes his
deeds will remove Trojan reproach.
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: lines 7539-7540
quote_or_summary: Hector urges Paris to share the Trojans' glorious labors because
they suffer much in war for his sake.
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:11
type: summary
locator: lines 7541-7544
quote_or_summary: Hector says the troubles will cease by Jove's decree when they
crown the bowl to heaven and liberty, while the foe mourns frustrated triumphs
and Greece returns through the seas.
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:12
type: note
locator: lines 7545-7553
quote_or_summary: The supplied range ends with illustration captions for “BOWS AND
BOW CASE” and “IRIS”; these captions are not integrated into the narrative extraction
above.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; note generated from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The narrative sequence and figures are explicit in the supplied passage.
Motif labels are descriptive and mostly not tied to supplied taxonomy families
except the broad departure family. No comparison claims were made because the
passage itself does not support a specific cross-text 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: |-
Final illustration captions in the line range were recorded only as a note because they do not function within the presented narrative passage.
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