Comparative mythology corpus

batch.motif.greek-roman-berens-myths-legends-gutenberg-l4246-l4341

batch.motif.greek-roman-berens-myths-legends-gutenberg-l4246-l4341

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record_id: batch.motif.greek-roman-berens-myths-legends-gutenberg-l4246-l4341
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek-roman/project-gutenberg/myths-legends-ancient-greece-rome-berens.md
passage_locator:
  label: MERCURY. / DIONYSUS (BACCHUS). / BACCHUS OR LIBER. / AIDES (PLUTO).; lines
    4246-4341
  start: '4246'
  end: '4341'
  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 describes the postmortem routes of happy and guilty souls:
    the blessed pass to Aides and Persephone''s court and then Elysium; some later
    drink Lethe before transmigration; the guilty face judgment and punishment in
    Tartarus. It lists exemplary punishments of Tityus, Tantalus, Sisyphus, Ixion,
    and the Danaides, and then describes the usual iconography and worship of Aides.'
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: Happy spirits pass out on the right, receive greeting at the golden palace
    of Aides and Persephone, and proceed to the Elysian Fields.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: Elysium is described as a pleasant region with fragrant air, brooks, meadows,
    flowers, groves, birds, and occupations resembling earthly pleasures.
  category: setting
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:3
  text: Lethe is a gentle, silent stream in Elysium whose waters cause forgetfulness
    of former events.
  category: object
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:4
  text: According to the described Pythagorean doctrine, shades dwell in Elysium for
    a thousand years, then animate other bodies on earth after drinking from Lethe.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:5
  text: Guilty souls leave Minos and are taken to the judgment-hall of Hades, which
    is surrounded by the fiery river Phlegethon.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:6
  text: Rhadamanthus declares the torments awaiting each guilty soul, and the Furies
    scourge and drag the sinners to Tartarus.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:7
  text: Tartarus is described as a gloomy region far below Hades and as the place
    of confinement or punishment for Titans, giants, and named offenders.
  category: setting
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:8
  text: Tityus is punished in Tartarus by two vultures that perpetually gnaw his liver.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: obs:9
  text: Tantalus is punished with unreachable water and fruit after offences including
    insulting Zeus, stealing nectar and ambrosia, and killing and serving Pelops to
    the gods.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: obs:10
  text: Sisyphus is punished by endlessly rolling a huge stone up a hill, from which
    it always rolls back.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: obs:11
  text: Ixion is struck by Zeus and bound by Hermes to an ever-revolving wheel in
    Tartarus after aspiring to Hera's favour.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: obs:12
  text: The Danaides are punished by trying to fill a vessel full of holes with water.
  category: action
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: obs:13
  text: Aides is represented as a stern mature ruler seated on an ebony throne beside
    Persephone, with Cerberus at his feet and with attributes including a two-pronged
    fork, keys, a golden chariot with black horses, and an invisibility helmet.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: obs:14
  text: Aides is said to have been worshipped throughout Greece, with temples in Elis,
    Olympia, and Athens.
  category: setting
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
  name_or_label: Happy spirits or happy shades
  description: Blessed dead destined for Elysium, where they continue occupations
    and amusements similar to those enjoyed on earth.
  role_refs:
  - role:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: fig:2
  name_or_label: Aides
  description: Ruler of the lower world; receives blessed spirits with Persephone
    and is represented as stern, enthroned, and accompanied by Cerberus.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  - role:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:10
  - ev:11
- id: fig:3
  name_or_label: Persephone
  description: Queen seated with Aides in the golden palace and later described as
    grave and sad beside him on the ebony throne.
  role_refs:
  - role:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:10
- id: fig:4
  name_or_label: Shades destined to animate other bodies
  description: Souls in Elysium who, after a thousand years, drink Lethe before entering
    new bodies on earth.
  role_refs:
  - role:4
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: fig:5
  name_or_label: Guilty souls or wretched sinners
  description: The condemned dead taken from Minos to Hades' judgment-hall and then
    driven into Tartarus.
  role_refs:
  - role:5
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: fig:6
  name_or_label: Minos
  description: Figure from whose presence the guilty souls depart before reaching
    the judgment-hall of Hades.
  role_refs:
  - role:6
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: fig:7
  name_or_label: Rhadamanthus
  description: Dread judge seated in the judgment-hall who declares the torments awaiting
    each comer.
  role_refs:
  - role:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: fig:8
  name_or_label: Furies
  description: Figures who seize, scourge, and drag sinners to the gate of Tartarus.
  role_refs:
  - role:8
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: fig:9
  name_or_label: Titans
  description: Fallen beings who exist in Tartarus after losing their former high
    estate.
  role_refs:
  - role:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: fig:10
  name_or_label: Otus and Ephialtes
  description: Giant sons of Poseidon who attempted to scale Olympus and dethrone
    its ruler, and are located among the punished in Tartarus.
  role_refs:
  - role:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: fig:11
  name_or_label: Tityus
  description: Earth-born giant punished in Tartarus for insulting Hera.
  role_refs:
  - role:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
- id: fig:12
  name_or_label: Tantalus
  description: Wise and wealthy king of Lydia punished in Tartarus for offences against
    the gods.
  role_refs:
  - role:9
  - role:10
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: fig:13
  name_or_label: Zeus
  description: God who favours Tantalus and Ixion but condemns or punishes them after
    their offences.
  role_refs:
  - role:11
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:8
- id: fig:14
  name_or_label: Pelops
  description: Son of Tantalus, killed and served at a banquet to the gods by Tantalus.
  role_refs:
  - role:12
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: fig:15
  name_or_label: Sisyphus
  description: Tyrant punished by endlessly rolling a stone up a hill.
  role_refs:
  - role:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: fig:16
  name_or_label: Ixion
  description: King of Thessaly punished for aspiring to Hera's favour after being
    admitted to divine banquets.
  role_refs:
  - role:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: fig:17
  name_or_label: Hermes
  description: Commanded by Zeus to throw Ixion into Tartarus and bind him to a revolving
    wheel.
  role_refs:
  - role:13
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: fig:18
  name_or_label: Hera
  description: Goddess insulted by Tityus and desired by Ixion in offences leading
    to punishment.
  role_refs:
  - role:14
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  - ev:8
- id: fig:19
  name_or_label: Danaides
  description: Fifty daughters of Danaus, punished in the lower world after killing
    their husbands, except Hypermnestra.
  role_refs:
  - role:9
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: fig:20
  name_or_label: Danaus
  description: King of Argos who commanded his daughters to kill their husbands after
    an oracle warning.
  role_refs:
  - role:15
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: fig:21
  name_or_label: Hypermnestra
  description: One Danaid who is named as the exception to the killing of the husbands.
  role_refs:
  - role:16
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: fig:22
  name_or_label: Cerberus
  description: Being seated at the feet of Aides in the visual representation.
  role_refs:
  - role:17
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: fig:23
  name_or_label: Cyclops
  description: Makers of the helmet that renders its wearer invisible and is worn
    by Aides.
  role_refs:
  - role:18
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
roles:
- id: role:1
  label: blessed dead
  assigned_to:
  - fig:1
  basis: They are destined for Elysium and its delights.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: role:2
  label: underworld royal pair
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  basis: They hold royal court in the golden palace and sit together enthroned.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:10
- id: role:3
  label: underworld ruler and cult recipient
  assigned_to:
  - fig:2
  basis: Aides is represented as enthroned ruler and is worshipped with temples.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  - ev:11
- id: role:4
  label: reincarnating shades
  assigned_to:
  - fig:4
  basis: They are destined to animate other bodies after drinking Lethe.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: role:5
  label: condemned souls
  assigned_to:
  - fig:5
  basis: They are judged and sent to Tartarus for punishment.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: role:6
  label: prior judge or authority in afterlife sequence
  assigned_to:
  - fig:6
  basis: The guilty souls leave Minos before the judgment-hall scene.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: role:7
  label: underworld judge
  assigned_to:
  - fig:7
  basis: He declares the torments awaiting each comer.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: role:8
  label: punitive escorts
  assigned_to:
  - fig:8
  basis: They seize, scourge, and drag sinners to Tartarus.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: role:9
  label: exemplary punished offenders
  assigned_to:
  - fig:9
  - fig:10
  - fig:11
  - fig:12
  - fig:15
  - fig:16
  - fig:19
  basis: They are named among those suffering in Tartarus or the lower world.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
- id: role:10
  label: violator of divine hospitality
  assigned_to:
  - fig:12
  basis: Tantalus is admitted to divine company but offends Zeus, steals divine food,
    and serves his son to the gods.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: role:11
  label: divine punisher
  assigned_to:
  - fig:13
  basis: Zeus condemns Tantalus and strikes or commands punishment for Ixion.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:8
- id: role:12
  label: slain child at divine banquet
  assigned_to:
  - fig:14
  basis: Pelops is killed by Tantalus and served to the gods.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: role:13
  label: agent of punishment
  assigned_to:
  - fig:17
  basis: Hermes is commanded to throw Ixion into Tartarus and bind him.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: role:14
  label: offended goddess
  assigned_to:
  - fig:18
  basis: Tityus insults Hera, and Ixion aspires to her favour.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
  - ev:8
- id: role:15
  label: father issuing lethal command
  assigned_to:
  - fig:20
  basis: Danaus commands his daughters to kill their husbands after an oracle warning.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: role:16
  label: exception among sisters
  assigned_to:
  - fig:21
  basis: Hypermnestra alone is excepted from the daughters who killed their husbands.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: role:17
  label: underworld attendant animal
  assigned_to:
  - fig:22
  basis: Cerberus sits at Aides' feet in the representation.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: role:18
  label: divine makers
  assigned_to:
  - fig:23
  basis: The Cyclops made the helmet worn by Aides.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
symbols:
- id: sym:1
  label: Lethe water of forgetfulness
  literal_form: Gentle, silent stream in Elysium whose waters cause oblivion before
    renewed earthly life.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:4
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: sym:2
  label: Elysian waters and fertile landscape
  literal_form: Rippling brooks, meadows, flowers, groves, birds, and pleasant air
    in Elysium.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:1
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  - tree
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: sym:3
  label: Phlegethon fiery river
  literal_form: River surrounding the judgment-hall, with waves that roll flames of
    fire.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:5
  - fig:7
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  - fire
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: sym:4
  label: Tantalus' receding water and unreachable fruit
  literal_form: Water recedes from Tantalus' lips and fruit-laden branches are carried
    beyond his reach.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:12
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  - tree
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
- id: sym:5
  label: Sisyphus' stone and hill
  literal_form: A huge block of stone rolled up a steep hill and returning to the
    plain.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:15
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:7
- id: sym:6
  label: Ixion's ever-revolving wheel
  literal_form: Wheel to which Ixion is bound in Tartarus.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:16
  - fig:17
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:8
- id: sym:7
  label: Danaides' perforated vessel
  literal_form: A vessel full of holes that the Danaides must try to fill with water.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:19
  taxonomy_refs:
  - water
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:9
- id: sym:8
  label: Aides' keys or two-pronged fork
  literal_form: Attributes held in Aides' hand in representation of the lower-world
    ruler.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:2
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: sym:9
  label: Invisibility helmet
  literal_form: Helmet made by the Cyclops for Aides, rendering the wearer invisible
    and lent to mortals and immortals.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:2
  - fig:23
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: sym:10
  label: Black horses and golden chariot
  literal_form: Aides is sometimes seen in a golden chariot drawn by four black horses.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:2
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
- id: sym:11
  label: Ebony throne
  literal_form: Throne of ebony on which Aides sits beside Persephone.
  associated_figures:
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  taxonomy_refs: []
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
scenes:
- id: scene:1
  label: Blessed route to Elysium
  summary: Happy spirits pass to Aides and Persephone's golden palace, receive a kindly
    greeting, and proceed to Elysium, a pleasant region where their occupations resemble
    earthly delights.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:1
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:2
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: scene:2
  label: Lethe before transmigration
  summary: After a thousand years in Elysium, shades destined for new earthly bodies
    drink Lethe so they begin without remembering the past.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:4
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:1
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: scene:3
  label: Judgment and transfer to Tartarus
  summary: Guilty souls are conducted from Minos to the judgment-hall, where Rhadamanthus
    announces their torments and Furies drag them through the gate into Tartarus.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:5
  - fig:6
  - fig:7
  - fig:8
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:3
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: scene:4
  label: Punished beings in Tartarus
  summary: Tartarus contains fallen Titans, giants, and named sufferers, including
    Tityus, Tantalus, Sisyphus, Ixion, and the Danaides, each associated with a specific
    punishment or condition.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:9
  - fig:10
  - fig:11
  - fig:12
  - fig:13
  - fig:14
  - fig:15
  - fig:16
  - fig:17
  - fig:18
  - fig:19
  - fig:20
  - fig:21
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:4
  - sym:5
  - sym:6
  - sym:7
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
- id: scene:5
  label: Iconography and cult of Aides
  summary: Aides is depicted as a stern underworld ruler enthroned with Persephone,
    attended by Cerberus, carrying rulerly attributes, sometimes riding in a golden
    chariot with black horses and wearing an invisibility helmet; he is also worshipped
    in Greece with temples.
  figure_refs:
  - fig:2
  - fig:3
  - fig:22
  - fig:23
  symbol_refs:
  - sym:8
  - sym:9
  - sym:10
  - sym:11
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:10
  - ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
  label: Mapped afterlife with distinct routes and regions
  taxonomy_refs:
  - afterlife_journey_map
  basis: 'The passage lays out separate postmortem destinations and routes: Elysium
    for the happy, Lethe within Elysium, judgment-hall and Tartarus for the guilty.'
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  confidence: high
  cautions: The passage is a handbook summary rather than a single narrative episode.
- id: motif:2
  label: Underworld judgment followed by assigned punishment
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: Guilty souls pass from Minos to Rhadamanthus, who declares their torments,
    after which Furies drive them to Tartarus.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
  confidence: high
  cautions: Minos's specific judgment action is not described in detail in this line
    range.
- id: motif:3
  label: Forgetfulness before renewed embodiment
  taxonomy_refs:
  - death_rebirth
  basis: The Pythagorean doctrine described here has souls dwell in Elysium, drink
    Lethe, and then animate other bodies on earth without memory of the past.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The passage names transmigration of souls rather than using a rebirth-myth
    narrative; taxonomy mapping is approximate.
- id: motif:4
  label: Theft of divine food
  taxonomy_refs:
  - sacred_theft
  basis: Tantalus steals nectar and ambrosia from the table of the gods and shares
    them with his friends.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  confidence: high
  cautions: This is one offence among several in the Tantalus summary.
- id: motif:5
  label: Impossible or endlessly repeated punishment
  taxonomy_refs: []
  basis: Tantalus cannot reach water or fruit, Sisyphus endlessly rolls a stone that
    returns, Ixion is bound to a revolving wheel, and the Danaides try to fill a vessel
    full of holes.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
  confidence: high
  cautions: No available taxonomy reference directly names this punishment pattern.
- id: motif:6
  label: Offence against divine order punished by descent to Tartarus
  taxonomy_refs:
  - divine_judgment
  basis: Multiple named figures commit offences against gods, kin, or cosmic hierarchy
    and are consigned to Tartarus or the lower world for punishment.
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
  - ev:5
  - ev:6
  - ev:7
  - ev:8
  - ev:9
  confidence: medium
  cautions: The exact nature of judgment varies across the examples and is summarized
    unevenly.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
  claim: The passage's postmortem geography fits the available motif-family pattern
    of an afterlife journey map, with routes, courts, rivers, blessed fields, and
    punitive regions.
  claim_level: same_motif
  target: afterlife_journey_map
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
  - ev:2
  - ev:3
  - ev:4
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: high
  limitations: This is a classification against the supplied motif family, not a claim
    about historical contact or origin.
- id: claim:2
  claim: The Lethe-and-transmigration episode functions as a death-to-new-life pattern
    through forgetfulness and re-embodiment.
  claim_level: same_function
  target: death_rebirth
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: medium
  limitations: The passage frames this as Pythagorean doctrine and does not narrate
    an individual death-and-return episode.
- id: claim:3
  claim: Tantalus' theft of nectar and ambrosia corresponds to the supplied sacred-theft
    motif family because divine substances are taken from the gods' table and distributed
    to others.
  claim_level: same_motif
  target: sacred_theft
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:6
  counter_evidence_refs: []
  confidence: high
  limitations: The passage includes other, more severe offences by Tantalus, so theft
    is not the only causal element in his punishment.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: 4246-4258
  quote_or_summary: Happy spirits pass to the golden palace of Aides and Persephone,
    are greeted, and proceed to the delightful Elysian Fields, where pleasant natural
    features and familiar occupations are found.
  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: 4260-4269
  quote_or_summary: Lethe in Elysium is a stream of oblivion; in the described Pythagorean
    doctrine, shades drink it before animating new earthly bodies after a thousand
    years.
  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: 4271-4281
  quote_or_summary: Guilty souls go from Minos to Hades' judgment-hall, surrounded
    by fiery Phlegethon; Rhadamanthus declares torments and Furies scourge and drag
    sinners into Tartarus.
  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: 4283-4289
  quote_or_summary: Tartarus is a vast gloomy place far below Hades; Titans, Otus
    and Ephialtes, and the principal sufferers Tityus, Tantalus, Sisyphus, Ixion,
    and the Danaides are named there.
  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: 4291-4294
  quote_or_summary: Tityus, an earth-born giant, insults Hera and is punished in Tartarus
    by two vultures perpetually gnawing his liver.
  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: 4296-4310
  quote_or_summary: Tantalus is favoured by the gods but offends Zeus, steals nectar
    and ambrosia, kills Pelops and serves him to the gods, and is punished with receding
    water and unreachable 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:7
  type: summary
  locator: 4312-4316
  quote_or_summary: Sisyphus is described as a tyrant who murdered travellers in some
    accounts and is punished by endlessly rolling a huge stone up a steep hill that
    rolls back.
  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:8
  type: summary
  locator: 4318-4322
  quote_or_summary: Ixion, after being admitted to divine banquets, aspires to Hera's
    favour; Zeus strikes him and commands Hermes to throw him into Tartarus and bind
    him to an ever-revolving wheel.
  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:9
  type: summary
  locator: 4324-4330
  quote_or_summary: The Danaides, daughters of Danaus, marry the sons of AEgyptus
    and kill their husbands by their father's command, Hypermnestra excepted; their
    lower-world punishment is filling a vessel full of holes with water.
  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:10
  type: summary
  locator: 4332-4339
  quote_or_summary: Aides is represented as a stern mature ruler resembling Zeus,
    seated on an ebony throne with Persephone, wearing black hair and beard, holding
    fork or keys, with Cerberus at his feet; he may ride a golden chariot with black
    horses and wear the Cyclops-made invisibility helmet.
  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:11
  type: summary
  locator: '4341'
  quote_or_summary: Aides is said to be worshipped throughout Greece, with temples
    in Elis, Olympia, and Athens.
  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: medium
  notes: Literal extraction is strong because the passage is explicit and descriptive.
    Motif mapping is mostly direct for afterlife map, judgment, and sacred theft,
    but broader rebirth and punishment-pattern labels require review.
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: |-
  All evidence is based only on the provided public-domain passage and metadata.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:greek-roman-berens-myths-legends-gutenberg__l4246-l4341
  passage_sha256=9378e030ee0bd491c077334765bcf50be2541b45bebb6737b201ae2dc252de71