batch.motif.roman-ovid-metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley-gutenberg-l205-l222

batch.motif.roman-ovid-metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley-gutenberg-l205-l222

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record_id: batch.motif.roman-ovid-metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley-gutenberg-l205-l222
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley.md
passage_locator:
  label: The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII / LITERALLY TRANSLATED WITH NOTES
    AND EXPLANATIONS / INTRODUCTION.; lines 205-222
  start: '205'
  end: '222'
  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: ''
  summary: The translator or editor explains that the notes emphasize contemporary
    authors' opinions so readers may form their own views, while space prevents extended
    critical discussion. The passage then introduces a synoptical view of principal
    transformations in the Metamorphoses, taken from the Bell edition and omitting
    Books VIII-XV.
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: The passage states that the adopted course is to present opinions of contemporary
    authors so the reader can form independent ideas about the subjects presented.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: The passage says that, except in two or three instances, limited space permits
    only occasional reference to modern scholars' opinions.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:3
  text: The passage notes the absence of critical and lengthy discussions on contested
    points of mythology and early history.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:4
  text: The passage introduces a synoptical view of the principal transformations
    mentioned in the Metamorphoses, from the Bell edition and omitting Books VIII-XV.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
figures: []
roles: []
symbols: []
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Editorial explanation and transition to synoptical view
  summary: An editorial voice explains the limited scope and method of the explanatory
    notes, then transitions to a synoptical list of transformations from the Metamorphoses.
  figure_refs: []
  symbol_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
candidate_motifs: []
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: lines 205-209
  quote_or_summary: The adopted course is justified as a way to provide contemporary
    authors' opinions so the reader can form his own ideas on the subjects presented.
  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: lines 209-217
  quote_or_summary: The explanation says space allows only occasional references to
    modern scholars, and it accounts for the absence of extended critical discussion
    on disputed points of mythology and early history.
  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: quote
  locator: lines 219-222
  quote_or_summary: '"A SYNOPTICAL VIEW / of the Principal Transformations Mentioned
    in / THE METAMORPHOSES. / [From Bell edition, omitting Books VIII-XV.]"'
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: high
  comparison_claims: high
  notes: The passage is paratextual editorial material, not a mythic narrative episode.
    No passage-level mythological motif, symbol, or comparative claim is extracted
    beyond the literal transition to a synoptical list.
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 taxonomy refs assigned because the passage does not narrate a transformation or other mythic event; it only introduces a later synoptical view.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:roman-ovid-metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley-gutenberg__l205-l222
  passage_sha256=ebb375081018ea255ae7f177d6523e5ac10efe33fd3980ca9175d695413ae17a