batch.motif.greek-iliad-pope-gutenberg-l9391-l9475
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-iliad-pope-gutenberg-l9391-l9475
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
passage_locator:
label: THE SECOND BATTLE, AND THE DISTRESS OF THE GREEKS. / BOOK IX. / ARGUMENT.
/ THE EMBASSY TO ACHILLES.; lines 9391-9475
start: '9391'
end: '9475'
translation: The Iliad
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: 'An envoy-like speaker urges the addressed warrior to master anger, recounts
paternal advice, and lists Atrides'' proposed compensation: wealth, captives,
Brises, future spoil, marriage into his house, and rule over cities. He appeals
to Greece''s need and Hector''s challenge. The goddess-born respondent addresses
Ulysses, declares that his purpose remains unchanged, rejects further treaties,
and condemns duplicity.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The speaker says the addressee's father advised him to calm passions, subdue
rage, shun contention, and be truly brave.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The speaker says Atrides offers gold, vases, unused sacred tripods, and victorious
horses.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The offer includes seven Lesbian captives and the return of Brises, with an
oath that she remained untouched.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The speaker promises future spoil from Ilion and twenty Trojan women if the
city falls.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The speaker says the addressee may live as Atrides' son, share honor with
Orestes, and marry one of three named daughters without giving presents.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Seven cities and tributary rule are promised to the addressee.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The speaker frames the offers as the repentance of a suppliant king and asks
for relief for suppliant Greece.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Hector is described as demanding the unequal fight and seeking triumph by
facing the addressee.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The goddess-born respondent addresses Ulysses, says his purpose remains, refuses
new treaties, and says he detests someone who thinks one thing and says another.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: unnamed first speaker
description: Speaker who addresses the addressee as 'my child,' recounts fatherly
advice, and brings the proffers.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: goddess-born respondent
description: Figure addressed by the first speaker and later described as 'the goddess-born'
when replying to Ulysses.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Juno and Minerva
description: Divine figures invoked as potential blessers of the addressee's arms
with strength, glory, and success.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: the addressee's father
description: Father whose advice to check anger and be truly brave is reported by
the speaker.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Atrides / suppliant king
description: Royal figure whose prayers and gifts are reported; later called a suppliant
king showing repentance.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Brises / the long-contested maid
description: Woman whom Atrides is said to resign, with an oath that she was untouched.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Lesbian and Trojan captive women
description: 'Groups of women offered among the gifts: seven captives from Lesbos
and twenty women of Trojan race.'
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Laodice, Iphigenia, and Chrysothemis
description: Three daughters in Atrides' court, one of whom the addressee may choose
to wed.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Orestes
description: Figure with whom the addressee is said he may share Atrides' care and
honor.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Greece
description: Collective described as suppliant and suffering, seeking relief from
the addressee.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Hector
description: Opposing chief whose ire made nations tremble and who now demands the
fight.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Ulysses
description: Figure directly addressed by the goddess-born respondent in the reply.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: counselor and bearer of offers
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He gives moral counsel, says 'this day we bring' proffers, and asks the addressee
to hear the gifts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:7
- id: role:2
label: addressed warrior refusing settlement
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: He is urged to accept gifts and aid Greece, but in reply says his purpose
remains and new treaties are vain.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:3
label: invoked divine blessers
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The speaker asks that Juno and Minerva bless the addressee's arms.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: paternal moral adviser
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The passage reports the father's advice to check anger and be truly brave.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: offer-making suppliant king
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Atrides' gifts and prayers are described, and the offers are called the repentance
of a suppliant king.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: role:6
label: returned contested woman
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Brises is called the long-contested maid whom Atrides will resign.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: women offered as captives or spoil
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The speech lists seven Lesbian captives and twenty women of Trojan race among
rewards.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: royal marriage candidates
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The daughters are named as women from whom the addressee may choose a wife.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:9
label: royal son and co-recipient of care
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The addressee is told he will divide Atrides' care with Orestes.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:10
label: supplicant collective needing aid
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The speaker asks that some redress be afforded to suppliant Greece.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:11
label: challenging opposing champion
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Hector is described as demanding the fight and triumphing only to deserve
the addressee's hands.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:12
label: addressed interlocutor in reply
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: The goddess-born begins his answer by naming Ulysses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: compensatory treasure
literal_form: gold, vases, sacred tripods, and horses
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: long-contested maid returned with oath
literal_form: Brises / the long-contested maid
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: marriage and household incorporation
literal_form: marriage to one of three daughters and life as Atrides' son
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: seven cities and tributary rule
literal_form: seven ample cities, sway, and tributary realms
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: gates of hell image
literal_form: the gates of hell
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Paternal counsel against rage
summary: The first speaker reports the addressee's father's advice to restrain anger,
shun contention, and cultivate gentler conduct.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Enumeration of immediate gifts
summary: 'The first speaker lists the immediate gifts Atrides will give: treasure,
tripods, horses, captives, and Brises returned under oath.'
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Future rewards after victory and return
summary: The first speaker promises future spoil, Trojan women, adoption-like honor
in Atrides' house, marriage to a daughter, a dowry, and rule over seven cities.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Appeal to suppliant Greece and Hector's challenge
summary: The speaker presents the offers as the repentance of a suppliant king,
asks the addressee to aid Greece, and invokes Hector's challenge and the addressee's
fame.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:10
- fig:11
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Refusal of new treaties
summary: The goddess-born respondent tells Ulysses that his purpose remains unchanged,
rejects further negotiations, and condemns duplicity.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: wisdom counsel against destructive anger
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The passage reports a father's advice to calm passion, subdue rage, shun
contention, and make gentler manners the basis of glory.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is moral counsel within an embassy speech, not an independent
wisdom tale.
- id: motif:2
label: reconciliation through compensatory exchange
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Atrides' gifts, return of Brises, future spoils, marriage alliance, and cities
are offered to secure friendship and aid.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The exchange is mainly diplomatic and political; the sacred aspect is
limited to items such as sacred tripods and the language of supplication.
- id: motif:3
label: contested beloved returned
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
basis: Brises is described as the long-contested maid whom Atrides will resign,
with an oath that she remained untouched.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not narrate an abduction or theft directly; it only refers
to a contested woman being returned.
- id: motif:4
label: royal incorporation and territorial rule
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: The addressee is promised status as Atrides' son, marriage to a royal daughter,
a great dowry, and rule over tributary cities.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: medium
cautions: The legitimacy is proposed as compensation and alliance, not shown as
an accomplished enthronement.
- id: motif:5
label: divine-born hero epithet
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: The respondent is identified as 'the goddess-born.'
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
confidence: low
cautions: The passage gives only the epithet and does not name the divine parent
or describe a parent-child interaction.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 9391-9400
quote_or_summary: The speaker invokes Juno and Minerva, then reports fatherly advice
to calm passions, subdue rage, shun contention, and be truly brave.
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: 9401-9412
quote_or_summary: Atrides is said to offer talents of gold, vases, seven unused
sacred tripods, and twelve victorious horses.
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: 9413-9422
quote_or_summary: The offer includes seven Lesbian captives and Brises, whom Atrides
will resign while swearing she remained untouched.
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: 9423-9430
quote_or_summary: If Ilion falls, the addressee may load his ships with gold and
brass and choose twenty Trojan women.
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: 9431-9442
quote_or_summary: If the Greeks return safely to Argos, the addressee may live as
Atrides' son, share care with Orestes, and wed Laodice, Iphigenia, or Chrysothemis
with a great dower.
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: 9443-9454
quote_or_summary: Seven cities are named as subject to the addressee's sway, and
he is told he will reign and rule tributary realms.
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: 9455-9462
quote_or_summary: The offers are called the repentance of a suppliant king; the
speaker asks for relief for suppliant Greece and appeals to the addressee's fame.
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: 9463-9466
quote_or_summary: Hector is described as a chief whose ire made nations tremble
and who now demands the fight.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:9
type: quote
locator: 9468-9475
quote_or_summary: The goddess-born addresses Ulysses, says his purpose remains,
rejects new treaties, and says he detests one who thinks one thing and tells another
'as the gates of hell.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/iliad-pope.md
rights_note: Public domain source; brief excerpt embedded in summary.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Passage-level literal extraction is strong. Motif assignments are cautious
because the passage is a diplomatic speech and refusal, with some motif families
inferred from offered compensation and epithets.
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: |-
Only the supplied passage and metadata were used. No comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not make an explicit cross-textual comparison.
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