batch.motif.roman-ovid-metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley-gutenberg-l12531-l12576
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record_id: batch.motif.roman-ovid-metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley-gutenberg-l12531-l12576
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley.md
passage_locator:
label: EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / SERIES OF; lines 12531-12576
start: '12531'
end: '12576'
translation: The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: |-
SERIES OF
Interlinear Translations
summary: The passage is a publisher's advertisement for a series of Latin and Greek
interlinear translations, including pricing, listed titles, an endorsement, and
publisher information.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage advertises a series of interlinear translations described as standard,
best translated, and complete.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The advertised books are described as 12mo volumes, bound in half leather,
with a reduced postpaid price of $1.50 each.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The Latin interlinear translations listed include Virgil, Caesar, Horace,
Cicero, Sallust, Ovid, Juvenal, Livy, and Cornelius Nepos.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The Greek interlinear translations listed include Homer's Iliad, Xenophon's
Anabasis, and the Gospel of St. John.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: S. Austin Allibone is quoted endorsing the use of interlinear classics in
connection with Greek and Latin grammar study.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: David McKay is identified as the publisher in Philadelphia, with the works
formerly published by Charles De Silver & Sons.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: S. Austin Allibone
description: Described as a distinguished author who writes an endorsement of the
Interlinear Classics.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: David McKay
description: Named as the publisher in Philadelphia.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Charles De Silver & Sons
description: Named as the former publisher.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: cited endorser
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage introduces S. Austin Allibone and provides a quotation attributed
to him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: publisher
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage names David McKay as publisher in Philadelphia.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:3
label: former publisher
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The passage says the works were formerly published by Charles De Silver &
Sons.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols: []
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Advertisement for interlinear translations
summary: A publisher's notice presents a series of Latin and Greek interlinear translations,
lists available titles, gives format and price, includes an endorsement, and names
the current and former publishers.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
candidate_motifs: []
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 12531-12540
quote_or_summary: Advertisement heading for a series of interlinear translations;
the series is described as standard, best translated, complete, 12mo, half leather,
and priced at $1.50 postpaid.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 12542-12552
quote_or_summary: The Latin list includes Virgil, Caesar, Horace, Cicero, Sallust,
Ovid, Juvenal, Livy, and Cornelius Nepos, each with named translators.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 12554-12558
quote_or_summary: The Greek list includes Homer's Iliad, Xenophon's Anabasis, and
the Gospel of St. John, each with named translators.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 12560-12569
quote_or_summary: S. Austin Allibone is introduced as a distinguished author and
quoted arguing that interlinear classics can support the preservation of Greek
and Latin grammar study.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: 12571-12574
quote_or_summary: "“DAVID McKAY, Publisher, Philadelphia,” followed by “Formerly
published by Charles De Silver & Sons.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt quoted.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: high
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is advertising and publisher matter rather than mythic narrative;
no motif or symbol candidates are supported 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 comparative mythology motifs were extracted because the provided lines contain a publisher advertisement, not narrative mythological content.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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