batch.motif.roman-ovid-metamorphoses-books-8-15-riley-gutenberg-l13488-l13514
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passage_locator:
label: BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 13488-13514
start: '13488'
end: '13514'
translation: The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Translator/editor footnotes identify several Italian places and explain
place-name associations, including Caieta being buried by her foster-child Æneas
and giving her name to a location; the notes also mention snakes or doves, marshes
with pestilential exhalations, and Castrum Inui as the tents of Pan.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Vulturnus is identified as a river of Campania flowing past Capua.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A note says Sinuessa was a town of Campania and discusses a reading of snow-white
snakes as possibly doves.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Minturnæ is identified as a town of Latium whose neighboring marshes produced
pestilential exhalations.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Caieta is said to have been buried at the spot by her foster-child Æneas and
to have given her name to it.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: Formiæ is identified as the abode of Antiphates.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Trachas is also called Anxur, now Terracina, and is described as lying in
marshes.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: Antium is identified as the capital of the ancient Volscians.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: Castrum Inui is glossed as the tents of Pan and as an old town of the Rutulians.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Caieta
description: A woman buried by her foster-child Æneas, whose name was given to the
spot.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Æneas
description: Caieta’s foster-child, said to have buried her at the spot.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Antiphates
description: Named in the expression 'abode of Antiphates,' identified with Formiæ.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Pan
description: Associated with Castrum Inui, glossed as 'the tents of Pan.'
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: eponymous buried figure
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The note says Caieta was buried there and gave her name to the spot.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: foster-child and burier
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The note says Æneas, Caieta’s foster-child, buried her there.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: place-associated named figure
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The note identifies Formiæ as the abode of Antiphates.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:4
label: place-associated deity
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The note glosses Castrum Inui as the tents of Pan.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: river
literal_form: Vulturnus river of Campania
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: snow-white snakes or doves
literal_form: snow-white snakes; editor suggests doves as an emendation
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: marshes
literal_form: marshes near Minturnæ and Trachas/Terracina
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: burial place-name
literal_form: spot named from Caieta after her burial
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: tents of Pan
literal_form: Castrum Inui, glossed as the tents of Pan
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Caieta buried and place named
summary: Caieta is buried by her foster-child Æneas, and the spot receives her name.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:2
label: Annotated Italian itinerary and place identifications
summary: The notes identify rivers, towns, marshes, and named associations in Campania,
Latium, and Rutulian territory.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: burial creates or explains a place-name
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The note states that Caieta, after being buried by Æneas, gave her name to
the spot.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: This is an explanatory footnote rather than a narrative passage; no provided
taxonomy family directly matches the eponymous naming pattern.
- id: motif:2
label: mythic geography through named places
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Multiple notes connect locations with mythic or legendary names, including
Antiphates, Pan, and Caieta.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage consists of editorial place identifications, not a continuous
mythic episode.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 13488-13489; Footnote 75
quote_or_summary: Vulturnus is explained as a Campanian river flowing past Capua.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-8-15-riley.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 13491-13495; Footnote 76
quote_or_summary: The note discusses 'snow-white snakes' at Sinuessa and reports
Heinsius's suggestion to read doves instead of snakes, noting Campania's fame
for doves.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-8-15-riley.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 13497-13499; Footnote 77
quote_or_summary: Minturnæ is identified as a town of Latium with nearby marshes
producing pestilential exhalations.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-8-15-riley.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 13501-13503; Footnote 78
quote_or_summary: Caieta is said to have been buried there by her foster-child Æneas
and to have given her name to the spot.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-8-15-riley.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: line 13505; Footnote 79
quote_or_summary: The abode of Antiphates is identified as Formiæ.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-8-15-riley.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 13507-13509; Footnote 80
quote_or_summary: Trachas is also called Anxur, its present name is Terracina, and
Livy describes it as lying in marshes.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-8-15-riley.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: line 13511; Footnote 81
quote_or_summary: Antium is identified as the capital of the ancient Volscians.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-8-15-riley.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 13513-13514; Footnote 82
quote_or_summary: Castrum Inui is glossed as 'the tents of Pan' and described as
an old town of the Rutulians.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/roman/project-gutenberg/metamorphoses-books-8-15-riley.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Place and figure extraction is straightforward from the footnotes. Motif
identification is limited because the passage is editorial annotation rather than
narrative.
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 does not itself support a cautious cross-traditional comparison.
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