batch.motif.greek-roman-berens-myths-legends-gutenberg-l4753-l4765
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-roman-berens-myths-legends-gutenberg-l4753-l4765
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek-roman/project-gutenberg/myths-legends-ancient-greece-rome-berens.md
passage_locator:
label: SPHINX. / TYCHE (FORTUNA) AND ANANKE (NECESSITAS). / TYCHE (FORTUNA). / FORTUNA.;
lines 4753-4765
start: '4753'
end: '4765'
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 says that Tyche was worshipped at Rome as Fortuna and was more
important among Romans than Greeks. Later Roman Fortuna is described as bearing
only the cornucopia, without wings or a ball, indicating a role as goddess of
good luck and blessings rather than as a personification of fortune’s fluctuations.
The Romans also worshipped Felicitas as giver of positive good fortune.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Tyche was worshipped in Rome under the name Fortuna.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Fortuna held greater importance among Romans than Tyche did among Greeks,
according to the passage.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: In later times Fortuna is described as not represented with wings or standing
on a ball.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: In later times Fortuna is described as bearing the cornucopia.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The passage distinguishes Roman Fortuna as goddess of good luck and blessings
from the Greek personification of fortune’s fluctuations.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The Romans also worshipped Felicitas as the giver of positive good fortune.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Tyche
description: Greek figure worshipped in Rome under the name Fortuna; associated
with fluctuations of fortune in the passage.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Fortuna
description: Roman form/name under which Tyche was worshipped; later represented
with a cornucopia and regarded as goddess of good luck who brings blessings.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Felicitas
description: Roman figure worshipped as giver of positive good fortune.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: personification of fluctuations of fortune
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage contrasts Greek Tyche with later Roman Fortuna by saying the
Greek figure personified the fluctuations of fortune.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: goddess of good luck and blessings
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage states that Fortuna came to be regarded as goddess of good luck
only, bringing blessings to man.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: giver of positive good fortune
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The passage identifies Felicitas as worshipped by Romans as giver of positive
good fortune.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: cornucopia
literal_form: cornucopia borne by Fortuna
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: wings absent from later Fortuna
literal_form: wings, explicitly not used in later representations of Fortuna
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: ball absent from later Fortuna
literal_form: ball, explicitly not used as a support on which later Fortuna stands
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Roman worship and later representation of Fortuna
summary: Tyche is identified as worshipped at Rome under the name Fortuna; later
Fortuna is represented with a cornucopia and interpreted as a giver of good luck
and blessings rather than as a figure of fortune’s instability.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:2
label: Roman worship of Felicitas
summary: The Romans are said to have worshipped Felicitas as a giver of positive
good fortune in addition to Fortuna.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: deity of good fortune and blessings
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Fortuna is described as goddess of good luck who brings blessings, and Felicitas
is described as giver of positive good fortune.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference directly matches fortune or luck.
- id: motif:2
label: iconographic shift from unstable fortune to beneficent luck
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage notes the absence of wings and ball in later Fortuna, the retention
of the cornucopia, and the resulting interpretation as good-luck goddess rather
than personification of fortune’s fluctuations.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: This is an interpretive motif based on the handbook’s explicit contrast;
the passage gives no narrative episode.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 4753-4757
quote_or_summary: Tyche was worshipped in Rome as Fortuna and held greater importance
among Romans than among Greeks.
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 4758-4760
quote_or_summary: Later Fortuna is described as not winged, not standing on a ball,
and as bearing the cornucopia.
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 4760-4763
quote_or_summary: The passage says Fortuna had come to be regarded as goddess of
good luck who brings blessings, not as the Greek personification of fortune’s
fluctuations.
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 4764-4765
quote_or_summary: The Romans also worshipped Felicitas as giver of positive good
fortune.
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: The passage is a brief handbook description with clear figure names and attributes,
but it contains little narrative material and no supported external comparison
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: |-
No available taxonomy refs were applied because the passage concerns fortune/luck iconography and worship, which are not directly represented in the supplied taxonomy lists.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:greek-roman-berens-myths-legends-gutenberg__l4753-l4765
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