batch.motif.roman-ovid-metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley-gutenberg-l8519-l8528
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source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley.md
passage_locator:
label: BOOK THE FIFTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8519-8528
start: '8519'
end: '8528'
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: Two explanatory footnotes identify the drink given by an old woman to Ceres
as κυκεών or Roman cinnus, describe its ingredients and one-draught consumption,
and note a variant in which the boy mentioned at verse 451 is the old woman's
son.
language: English with Greek terms
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Orpheus is cited as calling the drink given by the old woman to Ceres κυκεών
in his Hymn.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Arnobius is cited as saying the drink was a mixed liquor called cinnus by
the Romans.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The drink is described as made of parched pearled barley, honey, and wine,
with flowers and various herbs floating in it.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Antoninus Liberalis is cited as saying that Ceres drank the drink at one draught.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Nicander is cited as saying that the boy was the son of the old woman.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: The footnote comments that, if the boy was the old woman's son, the Goddess
made a poor return for the old woman's hospitality.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Ceres
description: Goddess who receives and drinks the old woman's beverage.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: old woman
description: Woman who gives a drink to Ceres and is described as offering hospitality.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Orpheus
description: Cited authority whose Hymn names the drink κυκεών.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Arnobius
description: Cited authority describing the drink as a Roman mixed liquor called
cinnus.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Antoninus Liberalis
description: Cited authority for Ceres drinking the beverage at one draught.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Nicander
description: Cited authority for the boy being the old woman's son.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: boy
description: Boy identified in Nicander's account as the son of the old woman.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: divine recipient of hospitality
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Ceres receives the drink given by the old woman, and the note frames the
old woman's act as hospitality.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: drink consumer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Antoninus Liberalis is cited as saying Ceres drank the beverage at one draught.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: host and drink-giver
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The old woman gives Ceres the drink, and the passage calls her action hospitality.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: cited textual authority
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: The footnotes attribute details to Orpheus, Arnobius, Antoninus Liberalis,
and Nicander.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: possible son of the host
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Nicander is cited for the boy being the son of the old woman.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: ritual mixed drink
literal_form: κυκεών / cinnus made from barley, honey, wine, flowers, and herbs
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Ceres receives and drinks the old woman's beverage
summary: The footnote explains that an old woman gives Ceres a mixed drink, named
κυκεών by Orpheus and cinnus by Arnobius, and that Ceres drinks it in one draught
according to Antoninus Liberalis.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Variant relationship of the boy to the host
summary: A second footnote reports Nicander's version that the boy was the old woman's
son and comments on the goddess's poor return for the woman's hospitality.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine guest receives hospitality
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: The old woman gives Ceres a drink, and the footnote explicitly characterizes
the old woman's action as hospitality toward the Goddess.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The supplied passage is a footnote and does not include the surrounding
narrative action that explains the goddess's response.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: quote
locator: lines 8519-8523
quote_or_summary: Orpheus, in his Hymn, calls the drink given by the old woman to
Ceres κυκεών; Arnobius says it was a mixed liquor called by the Romans 'cinnus.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used for extraction.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 8522-8524
quote_or_summary: The drink is described as made of parched pearled barley, honey,
and wine, with flowers and various herbs floating in it.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 8524-8525
quote_or_summary: Antoninus Liberalis says that Ceres drank it off 'at one draught.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; short excerpt used for extraction.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 8527-8528
quote_or_summary: According to Nicander, the boy was the son of the old woman; the
note adds that, if so, the Goddess made a poor return for her hospitality.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-1-7-riley.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The extraction is limited to two explanatory footnotes; motif identification
is cautious because the surrounding narrative is not included in the supplied
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 comparison claims were added because the passage provides source attributions and variants, not an explicit comparative motif claim.
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