Comparative mythology corpus

batch.motif.roman-ovid-metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley-gutenberg-l250-l281

batch.motif.roman-ovid-metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley-gutenberg-l250-l281

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record_id: batch.motif.roman-ovid-metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley-gutenberg-l250-l281
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley.md
passage_locator:
  label: LITERALLY TRANSLATED WITH NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS / INTRODUCTION. / BOOK I.
    / BOOK II.; lines 250-281
  start: '250'
  end: '281'
  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 passage summarizes episodes from Book II: Phaëton seeks proof that
    Phœbus is his father by driving the Sun''s chariot, causes a world-burning disaster,
    and is struck by Jupiter. Several mourners and other figures are transformed into
    trees, birds, animals, stone, and constellations. Jupiter, Mercury, Juno, and
    Apollo appear in episodes involving disguise, sexual violence, theft of herds,
    punishment, prophecy, and Europa''s removal over the sea to Crete.'
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: Epaphus accuses Phaëton of falsely claiming Phœbus as his father.
  category: speech
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: Phaëton asks Phœbus to prove affection for his child by allowing him to guide
    the chariot of the Sun for one day.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:3
  text: After the request is granted, Phaëton sets the whole earth on fire, and the
    Æthiopians are turned black by the heat.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:4
  text: Jupiter strikes Phaëton with a thunderbolt.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:5
  text: While Phaëton's sisters and Cyenus lament him, the sisters are changed into
    trees and Cyenus into a swan.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:6
  text: Jupiter visits earth to repair damage from the conflagration, sees Calisto,
    assumes the form of Diana, and debauches her.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:7
  text: Juno changes Calisto into a bear, and Jupiter later places Calisto and Arcas
    among the constellations when Arcas is about to shoot her.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:8
  text: The passage lists several bird-related transformations or color changes involving
    Juno's peacocks, the raven, the crow, and Nyctimene changed into an owl.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:9
  text: Æsculapius is cut out of Coronis's womb and carried to the cave of Chiron
    the Centaur.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:10
  text: Ocyrrhoë, daughter of Chiron, is changed into a mare while prophesying.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:11
  text: Mercury steals Apollo's neglected herd and changes Battus into a touchstone
    for betraying him.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: obs:12
  text: Mercury sees Herse and debauches her; Aglauros, envious of Herse, is changed
    into a rock.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: obs:13
  text: Jupiter orders Mercury to drive Agenor's herds toward the shore, assumes the
    form of a bull, and carries Europa over the sea to Crete.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: Epaphus
  description: Accuses Phaëton of falsely asserting that Phœbus is his father.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Phaëton
  description: Claims Phœbus as father, requests to drive the Sun's chariot, burns
    the earth, and is struck by Jupiter.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: Phœbus / Apollo
  description: Named as Phaëton's father; grants Phaëton the chariot request; later
    is tending oxen in Elis in the guise of a shepherd.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  - role:10
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: Jupiter
  description: Strikes Phaëton with a thunderbolt, repairs fire damage, assumes forms
    or gives orders, places Calisto and Arcas among constellations, and carries Europa
    as a bull.
  role_refs:
  - role:5
  - role:8
  - role:12
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:6
- id: fig:5
  name_or_label: Phaëton's sisters
  description: Lament Phaëton and are changed into trees.
  role_refs:
  - role:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:6
  name_or_label: Cyenus
  description: Phaëton's kinsman who laments him and is changed into a swan.
  role_refs:
  - role:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:7
  name_or_label: Calisto
  description: Seen by Jupiter, debauched by him after he assumes Diana's form, changed
    into a bear by Juno, and placed among the constellations.
  role_refs:
  - role:7
  - role:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:8
  name_or_label: Diana
  description: The form assumed by Jupiter in the Calisto episode.
  role_refs:
  - role:13
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:9
  name_or_label: Juno
  description: Changes Calisto into a bear and complains to Oceanus about Calisto's
    placement among the constellations.
  role_refs:
  - role:5
  - role:11
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
- id: fig:10
  name_or_label: Arcas
  description: Calisto's son who is about to pierce her with an arrow before both
    are placed among the constellations.
  role_refs:
  - role:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:11
  name_or_label: Oceanus
  description: Receives Juno's complaint.
  role_refs:
  - role:11
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: fig:12
  name_or_label: Raven
  description: Changed from white to black after refusing to heed the crow's warnings
    and reporting Coronis's intrigues to Phœbus.
  role_refs:
  - role:14
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: fig:13
  name_or_label: Crow
  description: Warns the raven and relates its own transformation and Nyctimene's
    transformation into an owl.
  role_refs:
  - role:14
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: fig:14
  name_or_label: Nyctimene
  description: Changed into an owl according to the crow's account.
  role_refs:
  - role:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: fig:15
  name_or_label: Coronis
  description: Her intrigues are reported to Phœbus; Æsculapius is cut out of her
    womb.
  role_refs:
  - role:15
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
- id: fig:16
  name_or_label: Æsculapius
  description: Son of Coronis, cut out of her womb and carried to Chiron's cave.
  role_refs:
  - role:16
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: fig:17
  name_or_label: Chiron the Centaur
  description: Receives Æsculapius at his cave; father of Ocyrrhoë.
  role_refs:
  - role:17
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: fig:18
  name_or_label: Ocyrrhoë
  description: Daughter of Chiron, changed into a mare while prophesying.
  role_refs:
  - role:18
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: fig:19
  name_or_label: Mercury
  description: Steals Apollo's herd, changes Battus into a touchstone, debauches Herse,
    and drives Agenor's herds toward the shore on Jupiter's order.
  role_refs:
  - role:8
  - role:12
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
- id: fig:20
  name_or_label: Battus
  description: Changed into a touchstone for betraying Mercury.
  role_refs:
  - role:19
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: fig:21
  name_or_label: Herse
  description: Daughter of Cecrops, seen and debauched by Mercury.
  role_refs:
  - role:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: fig:22
  name_or_label: Aglauros
  description: Herse's sister, envious of her, changed into a rock.
  role_refs:
  - role:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: fig:23
  name_or_label: Agenor
  description: Owner or associated figure of the herds Jupiter orders Mercury to drive
    toward the shore.
  role_refs:
  - role:20
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: fig:24
  name_or_label: Europa
  description: Carried by Jupiter, in bull form, over the sea to Crete.
  role_refs:
  - role:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: accuser
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: Epaphus accuses Phaëton of falsely asserting divine paternity.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:2
  label: divine child claimant
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: Phaëton asserts Phœbus is his father and asks for proof of affection toward
    a child.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:3
  label: failed solar charioteer
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: Phaëton guides the Sun's chariot and sets the earth on fire.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:4
  label: divine father and granter
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: Phœbus is identified as Phaëton's father and grants the request to guide
    the Sun's chariot.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:5
  label: divine punisher or transformer
  assigned_to:
  - fig:4
  - fig:9
  basis: Jupiter strikes Phaëton; Juno changes Calisto into a bear.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
- id: role:6
  label: transformed mourner or transformed figure
  assigned_to:
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  - fig:14
  - fig:22
  basis: These figures are explicitly changed into trees, a swan, an owl, or a rock.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:3
  - ev:5
- id: role:7
  label: woman sexually approached or carried off by deity
  assigned_to:
  - fig:7
  - fig:21
  - fig:24
  basis: Calisto and Herse are debauched by gods; Europa is carried away by Jupiter
    in bull form.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
- id: role:8
  label: disguised or form-changing deity
  assigned_to:
  - fig:4
  - fig:19
  basis: Jupiter assumes the forms of Diana and a bull; Mercury acts in episodes of
    divine movement and transformation.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
- id: role:9
  label: mother-child constellation pair
  assigned_to:
  - fig:7
  - fig:10
  basis: Calisto and her son Arcas are both placed among the constellations.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: role:10
  label: absent or disguised herdsman
  assigned_to:
  - fig:3
  basis: Apollo is said to be tending oxen in Elis in the guise of a shepherd while
    his assistance is invoked in vain.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: role:11
  label: complainant and recipient
  assigned_to:
  - fig:9
  - fig:11
  basis: Juno complains to Oceanus.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: role:12
  label: herd-driver or herd-thief
  assigned_to:
  - fig:19
  - fig:4
  basis: Mercury steals a herd and later, by Jupiter's order, drives Agenor's herds
    toward shore.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
- id: role:13
  label: assumed form
  assigned_to:
  - fig:8
  basis: Diana is the form Jupiter assumes in approaching Calisto.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: role:14
  label: warning or reporting bird
  assigned_to:
  - fig:12
  - fig:13
  basis: The crow warns the raven; the raven reports Coronis's intrigues.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: role:15
  label: mother of extracted child
  assigned_to:
  - fig:15
  basis: Æsculapius is cut out of Coronis's womb.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: role:16
  label: child extracted from womb
  assigned_to:
  - fig:16
  basis: Æsculapius is cut out of Coronis's womb and carried to Chiron's cave.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: role:17
  label: centaur foster-recipient
  assigned_to:
  - fig:17
  basis: Æsculapius is carried to the cave of Chiron the Centaur.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: role:18
  label: prophet transformed during speech
  assigned_to:
  - fig:18
  basis: Ocyrrhoë is changed into a mare while prophesying.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: role:19
  label: betrayer punished by transformation
  assigned_to:
  - fig:20
  basis: Battus is changed into a touchstone for betraying Mercury.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: role:20
  label: herd-associated king or father figure
  assigned_to:
  - fig:23
  basis: The passage identifies the herds as Agenor's.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: chariot of the Sun
  literal_form: Solar chariot guided for one day
  associated_figures:
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:2
  label: world fire
  literal_form: The whole earth set on fire by Phaëton
  associated_figures:
  - fig:2
  - fig:4
  taxonomy_refs:
  - fire
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:3
  label: thunderbolt
  literal_form: Jupiter's thunderbolt used against Phaëton
  associated_figures:
  - fig:4
  - fig:2
  taxonomy_refs:
  - fire
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:4
  label: trees from sisters
  literal_form: Phaëton's sisters changed into trees
  associated_figures:
  - fig:5
  taxonomy_refs:
  - tree
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:5
  label: swan transformation
  literal_form: Cyenus changed into a swan
  associated_figures:
  - fig:6
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:6
  label: bear transformation
  literal_form: Calisto changed into a bear
  associated_figures:
  - fig:7
  - fig:9
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: sym:7
  label: constellations
  literal_form: Calisto and Arcas placed among the constellations
  associated_figures:
  - fig:4
  - fig:7
  - fig:10
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: sym:8
  label: bird color and bird transformations
  literal_form: Peacocks change color; raven changes from white to black; Nyctimene
    changes into an owl
  associated_figures:
  - fig:9
  - fig:12
  - fig:13
  - fig:14
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: sym:9
  label: cave of Chiron
  literal_form: Cave to which Æsculapius is carried
  associated_figures:
  - fig:16
  - fig:17
  taxonomy_refs:
  - cave
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: sym:10
  label: mare transformation
  literal_form: Ocyrrhoë changed into a mare
  associated_figures:
  - fig:18
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: sym:11
  label: herd or oxen
  literal_form: Apollo's neglected herd and Agenor's herds driven toward shore
  associated_figures:
  - fig:3
  - fig:19
  - fig:23
  - fig:4
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
- id: sym:12
  label: touchstone and rock
  literal_form: Battus changed into a touchstone; Aglauros changed into a rock
  associated_figures:
  - fig:20
  - fig:22
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: sym:13
  label: bull form
  literal_form: Jupiter assumes the form of a bull
  associated_figures:
  - fig:4
  - fig:24
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: sym:14
  label: sea crossing
  literal_form: Europa carried over the sea to Crete
  associated_figures:
  - fig:4
  - fig:24
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Phaëton's request and solar catastrophe
  summary: After Epaphus challenges Phaëton's claim of divine paternity, Phaëton asks
    Phœbus to let him guide the Sun's chariot; the granted request results in the
    earth being set on fire and Jupiter striking Phaëton.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  - fig:4
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  - sym:2
  - sym:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: scene:2
  label: Lamenting kin transformed
  summary: Phaëton's sisters and Cyenus lament him and are transformed into trees
    and a swan.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:4
  - sym:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: scene:3
  label: Calisto, Arcas, and the constellations
  summary: Jupiter approaches Calisto in Diana's form; Juno transforms Calisto into
    a bear; when Arcas is about to shoot her, Jupiter places mother and son among
    the constellations.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:4
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  - fig:9
  - fig:10
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:6
  - sym:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: scene:4
  label: Juno's complaint and bird transformations
  summary: Juno complains to Oceanus, and the passage recounts recent color changes
    and transformations involving peacocks, the raven, the crow, and Nyctimene.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:9
  - fig:11
  - fig:12
  - fig:13
  - fig:14
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: scene:5
  label: Æsculapius, Chiron, and Ocyrrhoë
  summary: Æsculapius is cut from Coronis's womb and taken to Chiron's cave; Ocyrrhoë
    is changed into a mare while prophesying; Apollo is away as a shepherd in Elis.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:15
  - fig:16
  - fig:17
  - fig:18
  - fig:3
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:9
  - sym:10
  - sym:11
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: scene:6
  label: Mercury's theft and Battus's punishment
  summary: Mercury steals Apollo's neglected herd and transforms Battus into a touchstone
    for betrayal.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:19
  - fig:3
  - fig:20
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:11
  - sym:12
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: scene:7
  label: Herse and Aglauros
  summary: Mercury debauches Herse, and Herse's envious sister Aglauros is changed
    into a rock.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:19
  - fig:21
  - fig:22
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:12
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: scene:8
  label: Europa carried to Crete
  summary: Jupiter orders Mercury to drive Agenor's herds toward the shore, assumes
    bull form, and carries Europa over the sea to Crete.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:4
  - fig:19
  - fig:23
  - fig:24
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:11
  - sym:13
  - sym:14
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: divine paternity tested by dangerous gift
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_parent_child
  basis: Phaëton's claim that Phœbus is his father is challenged, and he requests
    the Sun's chariot as proof of paternal affection.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage is a summary and does not give the full dialogue or motives
    beyond the stated request.
- id: motif:2
  label: world-burning catastrophe caused by mishandled solar power
  taxonomy_refs:
  - world_destroying_fire
  basis: Phaëton's guidance of the Sun's chariot sets the whole earth on fire before
    Jupiter strikes him.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage does not detail the full cosmological scale beyond saying
    the whole earth is set on fire.
- id: motif:3
  label: transformation as grief, punishment, or consequence
  taxonomy_refs:
  - shapeshifter
  - divine_judgment
  basis: Multiple figures are changed into trees, birds, a bear, a mare, a touchstone,
    and a rock in response to events such as mourning, betrayal, envy, and divine
    anger.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  confidence: high
  cautions: The summary compresses several independent transformation episodes; their
    causes vary.
- id: motif:4
  label: catasterism of mother and son
  taxonomy_refs:
  - ascent
  - divine_parent_child
  basis: Jupiter places Calisto and Arcas among the constellations when Arcas is about
    to shoot his transformed mother.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The available taxonomy has no specific catasterism motif; ascent is an
    approximate family reference.
- id: motif:5
  label: deity assumes another form for sexual access or abduction
  taxonomy_refs:
  - shapeshifter
  - divine_beloved
  - stolen_beloved
  basis: Jupiter assumes Diana's form before debauching Calisto and later assumes
    bull form to carry Europa over the sea; Mercury also debauches Herse.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage uses the term 'debauches' and summarizes the acts without
    further narrative detail.
- id: motif:6
  label: divine cattle theft
  taxonomy_refs:
  - sacred_theft
  - trickster_boundary
  basis: Mercury takes advantage of Apollo's neglected herd and steals it.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage does not explicitly call the herd sacred; the taxonomy reference
    rests on divine ownership and theft.
- id: motif:7
  label: betrayer turned into stone-like object
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: Mercury changes Battus into a touchstone for betraying him, and Aglauros
    is changed into a rock after envy of Herse.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage gives different stated reasons for the two stone-related transformations.
- id: motif:8
  label: prophecy interrupted by animal transformation
  taxonomy_refs:
  - wisdom
  - forbidden_knowledge
  basis: Ocyrrhoë is changed into a mare while she is prophesying.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage does not state why the prophecy leads to transformation; forbidden
    knowledge is only a cautious fit.
- id: motif:9
  label: child extracted from womb and taken to a cave guardian
  taxonomy_refs:
  - sacred_birth
  - miraculous_child
  basis: Æsculapius is cut out of Coronis's womb and carried to Chiron's cave.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The summary does not describe the circumstances of birth beyond extraction
    and transfer to Chiron's cave.
- id: motif:10
  label: etiological color change
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: The passage notes the Æthiopians turned black from heat, peacocks changed
    color, and the raven changed from white to black.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:3
  confidence: medium
  cautions: No provided taxonomy family directly matches color-change etiology.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: lines 250-258
  quote_or_summary: Epaphus challenges Phaëton's claim that Phœbus is his father;
    Phaëton asks to guide the Sun's chariot for a day; the earth burns, Æthiopians
    are darkened by heat, Jupiter strikes him, and his sisters and Cyenus are transformed
    while lamenting.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:2
  type: summary
  locator: lines 258-264
  quote_or_summary: Jupiter visits earth to repair fire damage, sees Calisto, assumes
    Diana's form and debauches her; Juno changes Calisto into a bear; Arcas is about
    to shoot her, and Jupiter places both among the constellations.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:3
  type: summary
  locator: lines 264-271
  quote_or_summary: Juno complains to Oceanus and returns by peacocks whose color
    has changed; the raven has changed from white to black after ignoring the crow's
    warning and reporting Coronis's intrigues; the crow relates its own transformation
    and Nyctimene's change into an owl.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:4
  type: summary
  locator: lines 271-276
  quote_or_summary: Æsculapius is cut from Coronis's womb and carried to Chiron's
    cave; Ocyrrhoë, Chiron's daughter, is changed into a mare while prophesying; Chiron
    invokes Apollo in vain because Apollo is tending oxen in Elis as a shepherd.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:5
  type: summary
  locator: lines 276-279
  quote_or_summary: Mercury steals Apollo's neglected herd, changes Battus into a
    touchstone for betrayal, sees and debauches Herse, and Aglauros is changed into
    a rock because of envy.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:6
  type: summary
  locator: lines 279-281
  quote_or_summary: Jupiter orders Mercury to drive Agenor's herds toward shore, assumes
    the form of a bull, and carries Europa over the sea to Crete.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: medium
  comparison_claims: uncertain
  notes: The passage is an introductory summary of Book II rather than the full narrative
    text, so extraction of events is straightforward but motif classification is necessarily
    broad.
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 make comparative claims to other texts, traditions, or motif families beyond the events summarized.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:roman-ovid-metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley-gutenberg__l250-l281
  passage_sha256=c72c6d87b5aaaf5a691bd088a7f2f246eec7b078d3b7b618bd1cfd7ca13b019e