batch.motif.greek-roman-berens-myths-legends-gutenberg-l6144-l6159
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-roman-berens-myths-legends-gutenberg-l6144-l6159
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek-roman/project-gutenberg/myths-legends-ancient-greece-rome-berens.md
passage_locator:
label: PENATES. / PUBLIC WORSHIP OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS AND ROMANS. / TEMPLES. /
STATUES.; lines 6144-6159
start: '6144'
end: '6159'
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 Greek worship without visible divine representations
before Cecrops, then gives a sequence from engraved stone blocks and rudimentary
sculptural forms to later idealized statues. It also describes a temple interior
with a central statue of the temple's divinity on a pedestal, surrounded by images
of other gods and fenced off by rails.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The Greeks are described as worshipping their gods without visible representations
until the time of Cecrops.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The earliest representations are described as square stone blocks engraved
with the name of the deity represented.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Early sculptural attempts are described as rude stocks with a head, shapeless
trunk, undivided feet, and undefined limbs.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: Later artists are described as producing idealized images of the gods, some
preserved and regarded as examples of pure art.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: A statue of the divinity to whom the temple was dedicated stood on a pedestal
in the center of the edifice.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The central statue was surrounded by images of other gods, all fenced off
by rails.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: The Greeks
description: The worshipping group described in relation to their gods and visible
representations.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Greek gods
description: The deities worshipped by the Greeks and represented by blocks, stocks,
and later statues.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Cecrops
description: Named temporal marker for the point before which visible representations
of the gods are said not to have been used.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Later artists
description: Artists said to have devoted their genius to producing idealized images
of the gods.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Temple divinity
description: The divinity to whom the temple was dedicated, represented by the central
statue on a pedestal.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Other gods
description: Other gods represented by images surrounding the central temple statue.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: worshippers
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage says the Greeks worshipped their gods.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: represented deities
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The gods are the beings represented by the visible forms described in the
passage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: chronological reference figure
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Cecrops is used to mark the period before visible representations were used.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: makers of divine images
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Later artists are said to have produced ideal forms of the gods.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:5
label: central temple dedicatee
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The temple is dedicated to this divinity, whose statue stands in the center.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:6
label: surrounding divine figures
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Images of other gods surround the central statue.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: square stone block as divine representation
literal_form: Square blocks of stone engraved with a deity's name
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: engraved divine name
literal_form: The name of the represented deity engraved on stone
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: rudimentary anthropomorphic stock
literal_form: A stock with a head, shapeless trunk, undivided feet, and undefined
limbs
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: idealized divine statue
literal_form: Later sculptural image presenting an ideal of a god
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: central cult statue
literal_form: Statue of the temple's divinity standing on a pedestal in the center
of the edifice
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: pedestal at temple center
literal_form: Pedestal in the center of the edifice
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:7
label: rails around divine images
literal_form: Rails fencing off the central statue and surrounding images
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Development of divine representation
summary: The passage presents a sequence from worship without visible divine forms,
to engraved stone blocks, to rudimentary stocks, and then to later idealized divine
statues.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:2
label: Temple arrangement of statues
summary: Inside the temple, the dedicated divinity's statue stands centrally on
a pedestal and is surrounded by images of other gods, all fenced off by rails.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Transition from aniconic to anthropomorphic divine representation
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage explicitly contrasts worship without visible representations,
early engraved stone blocks, rudimentary stocks, and later idealized statues of
gods.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: This is a cultic-art pattern rather than a narrative myth motif; no external
comparison is asserted.
- id: motif:2
label: Central temple cult image surrounded by other divine images
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage describes the temple's dedicatee represented by a central statue
on a pedestal, with images of other gods around it and rails marking the space.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives an architectural-cultic arrangement, not a story sequence.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 6144-6147
quote_or_summary: The Greeks worshipped their gods without visible representations
until the time of Cecrops.
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 6147-6149
quote_or_summary: The oldest representations consisted of square stone blocks engraved
with the name of the deity represented.
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 6149-6153
quote_or_summary: The first sculptural attempts were stock-like forms with a head,
shapeless trunk, tapering lower part, undivided feet, and undefined limbs.
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 6153-6156
quote_or_summary: Later artists produced idealized images of the gods, some preserved
and valued as examples of pure art.
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 6158-6159
quote_or_summary: A central pedestal held the statue of the temple's divinity, surrounded
by images of other gods and fenced off by rails.
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. Motif candidates are framed as cultic-art
patterns because the passage is descriptive rather than narrative. No comparison
claims were made.
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 references were applied; listed taxonomy symbols and motif families did not directly match the passage without overinterpretation.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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