batch.motif.greek-roman-berens-myths-legends-gutenberg-l2881-l2924
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-roman-berens-myths-legends-gutenberg-l2881-l2924
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek-roman/project-gutenberg/myths-legends-ancient-greece-rome-berens.md
passage_locator:
label: HECATE. / SELENE (LUNA). / ARTEMIS (DIANA). / ARCADIAN ARTEMIS.; lines 2881-2924
start: '2881'
end: '2924'
translation: Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage recounts Meleager's death when Althea burns the brand tied
to his life; Atalanta's recognition by her father, fatal footrace condition for
suitors, defeat through Hippomenes' golden apples obtained with Aphrodite's help,
and later transformation with Hippomenes into lions after entering a sacred grove
of Zeus; the preservation and later transfer of Calydonian boar trophies; and
Actaeon's transformation into a stag by Artemis after he approaches her bathing
place, leading to his death by his own dogs.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The Moirae enter Oeneus' house at Meleager's birth and declare that the child
will die when a burning piece of wood is consumed.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Althea preserves the brand in a chest, then later throws it into the flames
after resenting Meleager as the murderer of her brothers.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Meleager's strength fades as the brand burns, and he dies when it becomes
ashes.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Althea kills herself in remorse and despair after Meleager's death.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Atalanta's father acknowledges her after hearing of her courage in the boar-hunt.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Atalanta agrees to marry only a suitor who can outrun her, while defeated
suitors are killed by her lance.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Hippomenes obtains three golden apples from the garden of the Hesperides through
Aphrodite's help and drops them during the race.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Atalanta stops to pick up the apples, allowing Hippomenes to reach the goal
first and become her husband.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Hippomenes forgets gratitude owed to Aphrodite, and Aphrodite withdraws her
favour from the pair.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Atalanta and Hippomenes enter a sacred grove of Zeus without sanction and
are transformed into lions.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: The hide and tusks of the Calydonian boar are kept in Athene's temple at Tegea
for many centuries, and the tusks are later shown in Rome.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: Actaeon sees Artemis and her attendants bathing and approaches the place.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: Artemis sprinkles Actaeon with water, transforms him into a stag, and he is
torn apart and devoured by his own dogs.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Meleager
description: A child whose life is linked to a burning brand and who later dies
when it is burned to ashes.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Moirae or Fates
description: Divine figures who enter Oeneus' house and announce the condition of
Meleager's death.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Oeneus
description: The householder whose house the Moirae enter at Meleager's birth.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Althea
description: Meleager's mother, who preserves the brand, later burns it, and then
takes her own life.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Atalanta
description: A swift huntress acknowledged by her father, who sets a deadly footrace
condition for marriage and is later transformed into a lion.
role_refs:
- role:5
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Atalanta's father
description: He acknowledges Atalanta as his long-lost child after hearing of her
deeds in the boar-hunt.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Suitors of Atalanta
description: Men who seek Atalanta in marriage; those defeated in the race are killed.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Hippomenes
description: A youth who wins the race against Atalanta using golden apples and
later is transformed into a lion with her.
role_refs:
- role:9
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Aphrodite
description: The goddess who helps Hippomenes obtain the golden apples and later
withdraws her favour when he forgets gratitude.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Zeus
description: The god whose sacred grove Atalanta and Hippomenes enter without sanction.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Calydonian boar
description: The boar whose hide and tusks become trophies kept at Tegea and later
partly shown in Rome.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Athene
description: The goddess in whose temple at Tegea the hide and tusks of the Calydonian
boar are said to have hung.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Artemis
description: A goddess who resents intrusion on her retirement and transforms Actaeon
into a stag.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Actaeon
description: A hunter who sees Artemis bathing, approaches, is changed into a stag,
and is killed by his own dogs.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Attendants of Artemis
description: Figures bathing with Artemis when Actaeon sees them.
role_refs:
- role:17
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Actaeon's dogs
description: Dogs that tear apart and devour Actaeon after his transformation into
a stag.
role_refs:
- role:18
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
roles:
- id: role:1
label: life-bound victim
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Meleager dies when the brand connected with his life is consumed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: fate announcers
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They declare at Meleager's birth the condition under which he will die.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: householder
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The Moirae enter his house at the birth of Meleager.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: preserver and destroyer of life-token
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Althea first preserves the brand, then throws it into the flames, causing
Meleager's death.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: swift bride with deadly marriage test
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Atalanta requires suitors to beat her in a race or die by her lance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: transformed trespasser
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: She enters Zeus' sacred grove with Hippomenes and is transformed into a lion.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:7
label: recognizing parent
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: He acknowledges Atalanta as his long-lost child after news of her courage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:8
label: failed marriage contestants
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Many suitors perish after losing Atalanta's race.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:9
label: successful suitor by stratagem
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Hippomenes uses the apples during the race and reaches the goal first.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:10
label: ungrateful recipient of divine aid
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: He forgets the gratitude owed to Aphrodite after winning Atalanta.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:11
label: divine helper and withdrawing patron
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Aphrodite helps Hippomenes obtain apples and later withdraws favour from
the pair.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:12
label: owner of sacred grove
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The grove entered by Atalanta and Hippomenes is described as sacred to Zeus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:13
label: source of hunting trophies
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The boar's hide and tusks are carried as trophies and displayed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:14
label: temple deity
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: The boar trophies hang in Athene's temple at Tegea.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:15
label: punishing goddess
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: Artemis punishes Actaeon's approach by transforming him into a stag.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:16
label: intruding hunter and transformed victim
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: Actaeon sees Artemis bathing, approaches, is transformed into a stag, and
is killed by his dogs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:17
label: bathing attendants
assigned_to:
- fig:15
basis: They are with Artemis when Actaeon sees them bathing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:18
label: agents of death after transformation
assigned_to:
- fig:16
basis: The dogs tear apart and devour Actaeon after he becomes a stag.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: fatal brand
literal_form: A piece of wood burning on the hearth and later preserved in a chest.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: chest preserving the brand
literal_form: A chest in which Althea lays up the brand.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: devouring flames
literal_form: Flames into which Althea throws the brand.
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: golden apples
literal_form: Three golden apples from the garden of the Hesperides.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: race goal
literal_form: The goal Hippomenes reaches after Atalanta stops for the apples.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: sacred grove of Zeus
literal_form: A grove sacred to Zeus entered without sanction by Atalanta and Hippomenes.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:8
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: lion transformation
literal_form: Atalanta and Hippomenes are transformed into lions.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:8
label: boar trophies
literal_form: The hide and enormous tusks of the Calydonian boar.
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:11
- fig:12
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:9
label: sprinkled water
literal_form: Water sprinkled by Artemis on Actaeon.
associated_figures:
- fig:13
- fig:14
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:10
label: stag transformation
literal_form: Actaeon is transformed into a stag.
associated_figures:
- fig:13
- fig:14
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Meleager's life tied to the brand
summary: At Meleager's birth, the Moirae announce that his life will end when a
burning brand is consumed; Althea preserves it, later burns it, and Meleager dies
as it turns to ashes.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Atalanta's race and Hippomenes' stratagem
summary: Atalanta imposes a deadly race as the condition of marriage; Hippomenes,
aided by Aphrodite, uses golden apples to distract her and wins.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Transformation of Atalanta and Hippomenes
summary: After Hippomenes forgets gratitude to Aphrodite, he and Atalanta enter
Zeus' sacred grove without sanction and are transformed into lions.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Calydonian boar trophies displayed
summary: Atalanta carries the boar-hunt trophies to Arcadia; the boar's hide and
tusks hang in Athene's temple at Tegea, and the tusks are later shown in Rome.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Actaeon's punishment by Artemis
summary: Actaeon sees Artemis and her attendants bathing, approaches, is sprinkled
with water, transformed into a stag, and killed by his own dogs.
figure_refs:
- fig:13
- fig:14
- fig:15
- fig:16
symbol_refs:
- sym:9
- sym:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: life bound to an external object
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Meleager's life is explicitly made dependent on the preservation or consumption
of the brand.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: No matching available taxonomy family directly names this life-token pattern.
- id: motif:2
label: deadly marriage race
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Atalanta will marry only the man who outruns her, while defeated suitors
die by her lance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage presents the test but does not connect it to a broader named
motif family.
- id: motif:3
label: victory by distracting objects
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Hippomenes receives golden apples through Aphrodite's help and uses them
to distract Atalanta during the race.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The sacred_exchange taxonomy fit is limited to divine assistance involving
special objects; the passage does not describe a reciprocal exchange.
- id: motif:4
label: punishment for ingratitude to a goddess
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: After Hippomenes forgets gratitude owed to Aphrodite, her favour is withdrawn,
and misfortune follows for the pair.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not explicitly state that Aphrodite causes the transformation,
only that she withdraws favour before the foretold misfortune occurs.
- id: motif:5
label: transformation after entering sacred space without sanction
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Atalanta and Hippomenes enter a sacred grove of Zeus without sanction and
are transformed into lions.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The immediate transforming agent is not named in the passage.
- id: motif:6
label: intruder transformed and destroyed by own animals
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Actaeon intrudes on Artemis bathing, is transformed into a stag, and is killed
by his own dogs.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames the event as Artemis resenting intrusion, but no broader
comparison is asserted.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 2881-2885
quote_or_summary: At Meleager's birth, the Moirae enter Oeneus' house and point
to a burning piece of wood, declaring that Meleager will die when it is consumed;
Althea stores it in a chest.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek-roman/project-gutenberg/myths-legends-ancient-greece-rome-berens.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 2885-2892
quote_or_summary: Althea, angry over Meleager's killing of her brothers, throws
the brand into the flames; as it burns, Meleager weakens and dies, and Althea
takes her own life in remorse.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek-roman/project-gutenberg/myths-legends-ancient-greece-rome-berens.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 2894-2903
quote_or_summary: News of Atalanta's courage in the boar-hunt leads her father to
acknowledge her; urged to choose a husband, she requires suitors to outrun her,
and defeated suitors are killed by her lance.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek-roman/project-gutenberg/myths-legends-ancient-greece-rome-berens.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 2903-2911
quote_or_summary: Hippomenes enters the race, obtains three golden apples from the
Hesperides with Aphrodite's help, drops them during the course, and wins when
Atalanta stops to gather the fruit.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek-roman/project-gutenberg/myths-legends-ancient-greece-rome-berens.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 2911-2918
quote_or_summary: Hippomenes becomes Atalanta's husband, forgets gratitude owed
to Aphrodite, loses the goddess's favour, and he and Atalanta are later transformed
into lions after entering a sacred grove of Zeus without sanction.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek-roman/project-gutenberg/myths-legends-ancient-greece-rome-berens.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 2920-2924
quote_or_summary: The hide and tusks of the Calydonian boar are carried by Atalanta
into Arcadia, displayed in Athene's temple at Tegea, and the tusks are later conveyed
to Rome.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek-roman/project-gutenberg/myths-legends-ancient-greece-rome-berens.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 2926-2932
quote_or_summary: Actaeon sees Artemis and her attendants bathing and approaches;
Artemis sprinkles him with water, changes him into a stag, and his own dogs tear
and devour him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek-roman/project-gutenberg/myths-legends-ancient-greece-rome-berens.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward from the supplied passage. Motif taxonomy
mapping is cautious because several clear patterns, such as external life-token
and deadly marriage race, lack exact supplied taxonomy references. No comparison
claims were added because the passage does not itself make comparative claims.
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: |-
Used only the provided passage and metadata. Evidence line locators follow the supplied line-range context, though the final Actaeon paragraph extends beyond the stated end line in the passage text as provided.
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