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source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek-roman/project-gutenberg/myths-legends-ancient-greece-rome-berens.md
passage_locator:
label: THE EPIGONI. / ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF
TROY.; lines 9417-9512
start: '9417'
end: '9512'
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 preparatory and early episodes of the Trojan War:
Telephus is healed by Achilles and becomes a guide; Artemis delays the fleet after
Agamemnon kills her sacred hind and demands Iphigenia''s sacrifice; Philoctetes
is snake-bitten and abandoned; the Greeks land near Troy after Protesilaus dies
fulfilling a prediction; the war settles into a long stalemate; Odysseus frames
Palamedes for treason; and Apollo sends plague after Agamemnon insults Chryses
and refuses to ransom Chryseis.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Telephus consults an oracle about an incurable wound and is told that only
the wounder can cure it.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Telephus goes to the Greek camp, is healed by Achilles, and agrees to guide
the voyage to Troy.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Agamemnon kills a hind sacred to Artemis, after which Artemis sends continuous
calms that stop the fleet from sailing.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Calchas announces that only the sacrifice of Iphigenia can appease Artemis,
and the passage notes that Artemis saves Iphigenia.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Philoctetes possesses the bow and arrows of Heracles and is bitten in the
foot by a venomous snake on Tenedos.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Because the wound emits an unbearable odour, Philoctetes is carried to Lesbos
and abandoned while the fleet continues to Troy.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: The Trojans prepare for invasion with help from neighbouring states, and Hector
commands the army because Priam is too old for active service.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: A prediction states that the first Greek to set foot on enemy soil will die;
Protesilaus lands first and is killed by Hector.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: After landing, the Greeks defeat the Trojans in battle, but fail to storm
Troy and build an entrenched camp on the coast.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: The battlefield between the Greek camp and Troy is a plain watered by the
rivers Scamander and Simois.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: Because the Greeks cannot storm the city and the Trojans avoid a large open-field
battle, the war continues for many years without a decisive engagement.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: Odysseus seeks revenge against Palamedes, who had exposed his attempt to avoid
joining the expedition.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:13
text: Odysseus hides money in Palamedes' tent and arranges a forged letter from
Priam to suggest treason.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:14
text: After the letter is read and money is found, Palamedes is pronounced guilty
and sentenced to be stoned to death.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:15
text: Agamemnon receives Chryseis as spoil after Pedasus is sacked, while Achilles
receives Briseis.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:16
text: Chryses asks to ransom Chryseis, but Agamemnon refuses and drives him away
with insults.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:17
text: Chryses prays to Apollo for vengeance, and Apollo sends a plague on the Greek
camp.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:18
text: Calchas says Apollo sent the plague because his priest was insulted and that
surrendering Chryseis will appease Apollo.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Telephus
description: A wounded man whose incurable wound is healed by Achilles and who then
guides the Greeks toward Troy.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Achilles
description: Greek hero who heals Telephus, leads a failed storming attempt against
Troy, and receives Briseis as spoil.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- ev:11
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Odysseus
description: Greek hero who solicits Telephus as guide, suggests abandoning Philoctetes,
and frames Palamedes.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Agamemnon
description: Commander-in-chief who kills Artemis' sacred hind, is told Iphigenia
must be sacrificed, and refuses Chryses' ransom offer for Chryseis.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Artemis
description: Goddess angered by the killing of her sacred hind; she sends calms
and later saves Iphigenia.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Iphigenia
description: Daughter of Agamemnon named by Calchas as the required sacrifice to
appease Artemis; the passage says Artemis saves her.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Calchas
description: Soothsayer consulted by the Greeks who announces the required appeasement
of Artemis and later explains Apollo's plague.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:13
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Philoctetes
description: Famous archer possessing Heracles' bow and arrows; snake-bitten, foul-wounded,
and abandoned on Lesbos.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Heracles
description: Dying hero who had given Philoctetes the bow and arrows.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Trojans
description: Defenders of Troy who gather help from neighbouring states and oppose
the Greek landing.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Priam
description: King of Troy, too old for active service; a forged letter is made to
appear to come from him.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:10
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Hector
description: Priam's eldest son, commander of the Trojan army, and killer of Protesilaus.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Protesilaus of Phylace
description: Greek who disregards the prediction, lands first on Trojan soil, and
is killed by Hector.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Greek forces
description: The invading fleet and army that land near Troy, build a coastal camp,
and later suffer Apollo's plague.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Palamedes
description: Wise and upright Greek hero framed for treason by Odysseus and sentenced
to be stoned.
role_refs:
- role:17
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:16
name_or_label: Chryses
description: Priest of Apollo and father of Chryseis; he seeks ransom and prays
for vengeance after Agamemnon insults him.
role_refs:
- role:18
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- id: fig:17
name_or_label: Apollo
description: God who sends plague on the Greek camp after his priest Chryses is
insulted.
role_refs:
- role:19
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: fig:18
name_or_label: Chryseis
description: Daughter of Chryses, taken as Agamemnon's share of spoil and the captive
whose surrender is required to appease Apollo.
role_refs:
- role:20
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: fig:19
name_or_label: Briseis
description: Captive allotted to Achilles after a foraging expedition.
role_refs:
- role:20
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: wounded oracle-consulter
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Telephus consults an oracle because his wound is incurable.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: guide to Troy
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: After being healed, Telephus consents to guide the voyage to Troy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: healer of prior wound
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Achilles heals the wound that he had inflicted.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: Greek champion
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Achilles leads the Greeks in a storming attempt and receives a captive allotment.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:11
- id: role:5
label: strategist and deceiver
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Odysseus solicits Telephus, suggests Philoctetes' abandonment, and engineers
Palamedes' ruin through planted evidence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:10
- id: role:6
label: commander who offends divine or priestly powers
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Agamemnon kills Artemis' sacred hind and later insults Apollo's priest Chryses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:12
- id: role:7
label: angered goddess who delays fleet
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Artemis sends calms after her sacred hind is killed and must be appeased.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:8
label: required sacrificial daughter
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Calchas says Iphigenia, Agamemnon's daughter, must be sacrificed, though
Artemis saves her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:9
label: seer diagnosing divine anger
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Calchas identifies the sacrifices or restitution needed to appease Artemis
and Apollo.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:13
- id: role:10
label: abandoned wounded archer
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Philoctetes is bitten by a snake, emits an unbearable odour, and is left
on Lesbos.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:11
label: donor of heroic weapons
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The bow and arrows of Heracles are said to have been given to Philoctetes
by the dying hero.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:12
label: defenders of invaded city
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The Trojans organize allies, contest the landing, and withdraw behind Troy's
walls.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:13
label: aged king
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Priam is too advanced in years for active service.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:14
label: Trojan commander and slayer
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Hector commands the Trojan army and kills Protesilaus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: role:15
label: first-landing casualty
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: Protesilaus lands first despite the prediction and dies by Hector's hand.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:16
label: invading army
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: The Greeks land, build a camp, fight the Trojans, and suffer plague in camp.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:12
- id: role:17
label: falsely condemned hero
assigned_to:
- fig:15
basis: Palamedes is framed with forged correspondence and hidden money, then condemned
despite innocence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:18
label: wronged priest and father
assigned_to:
- fig:16
basis: Chryses seeks to ransom his daughter and prays to Apollo after being insulted.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: role:19
label: plague-sending deity
assigned_to:
- fig:17
basis: Apollo sends a dreadful pestilence after his priest is insulted.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: role:20
label: captive woman taken as spoil
assigned_to:
- fig:18
- fig:19
basis: Chryseis and Briseis are allotted as spoils after the sack of Pedasus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: sacred hind
literal_form: hind sacred to Artemis
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: sacrificial daughter
literal_form: Iphigenia named as sacrifice to appease Artemis
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: heroic bow and arrows
literal_form: bow and arrows of Heracles possessed by Philoctetes
associated_figures:
- fig:8
- fig:9
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: venomous snake
literal_form: snake biting Philoctetes in the foot
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs:
- serpent
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: fatal first footfall
literal_form: first step on enemy soil under a death prediction
associated_figures:
- fig:13
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:6
label: rivers of the battlefield
literal_form: rivers Scamander and Simois watering the plain between camp and Troy
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:7
label: forged letter and hidden money
literal_form: letter attributed to Priam and money concealed in Palamedes' tent
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:11
- fig:15
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:8
label: divine plague
literal_form: pestilence sent by Apollo into the Greek camp
associated_figures:
- fig:14
- fig:16
- fig:17
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
- id: sym:9
label: captive ransom refused
literal_form: Chryseis held by Agamemnon despite Chryses' ransom request
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:16
- fig:18
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Telephus healed and enlisted as guide
summary: Telephus learns from an oracle that his wounder can heal him, goes to the
Greek camp, is healed by Achilles, and agrees to guide the voyage to Troy.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Artemis delays the second departure
summary: Agamemnon kills Artemis' sacred hind; the goddess sends calms, and Calchas
says Iphigenia must be sacrificed, though Artemis saves her.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Philoctetes bitten and abandoned
summary: At Tenedos, Philoctetes is bitten by a venomous snake; because of the unbearable
wound, he is taken to Lesbos and left behind.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:8
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Trojans prepare and Hector commands
summary: The Trojans gather neighbouring allies, and Hector assumes command because
Priam is too old for active service.
figure_refs:
- fig:10
- fig:11
- fig:12
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Fatal Greek landing
summary: A prediction makes the Greeks hesitate to land; Protesilaus steps ashore
first and is killed by Hector.
figure_refs:
- fig:10
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:14
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Greek foothold and siege conditions
summary: The Greeks land and defeat the Trojans, but fail to storm Troy; they build
a coastal camp, and the war becomes prolonged on the plain by the Scamander and
Simois.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:10
- fig:14
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:7
label: Palamedes framed and condemned
summary: Odysseus plants money and arranges a forged letter implying that Palamedes
has aided Priam; Palamedes is convicted and sentenced to death by stoning.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:11
- fig:15
symbol_refs:
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:8
label: Chryses' prayer and Apollo's plague
summary: After Pedasus is sacked, Agamemnon refuses Chryses' ransom request for
Chryseis; Chryses prays to Apollo, who sends plague until Chryseis is surrendered.
figure_refs:
- fig:4
- fig:7
- fig:14
- fig:16
- fig:17
- fig:18
- fig:19
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Wound healed by the one who inflicted it
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The oracle says only the one who inflicted Telephus' wound can cure it, and
Achilles heals him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives the motif in summary form without further ritual or
medical detail.
- id: motif:2
label: Divine obstruction of voyage after sacrilege
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Artemis sends continuous calms after Agamemnon kills her sacred hind, preventing
the fleet from sailing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage frames this as divine anger and appeasement, not as a broader
weather myth.
- id: motif:3
label: Appeasement through demanded human sacrifice
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: Calchas says the sacrifice of Iphigenia alone will appease Artemis, though
Artemis saves her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage refers back to another chapter for the fuller episode.
- id: motif:4
label: Hero abandoned because of polluted or unbearable wound
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Philoctetes' snake wound emits an unbearable odour, leading to his abandonment
on Lesbos.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not elaborate on later recovery or return.
- id: motif:5
label: Foretold death of first warrior to touch enemy soil
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: A prediction says the first to land will fall to the Fates; Protesilaus lands
first and dies.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The language calls him a sacrifice to the Fates, but no formal ritual
sacrifice is described.
- id: motif:6
label: False accusation by planted tokens and forged message
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Odysseus hides money and uses a forged letter to make Palamedes appear guilty
of treason.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: This is a narrative deception pattern rather than one of the supplied
taxonomy families.
- id: motif:7
label: Divine plague after insult to priest
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Apollo sends pestilence because Agamemnon insulted Chryses, Apollo's priest,
and refused to surrender Chryseis.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
confidence: high
cautions: The passage states the cause through Calchas' interpretation.
- id: motif:8
label: Ransom refused for captive child leading to divine vengeance
taxonomy_refs:
- stolen_beloved
- divine_judgment
basis: Chryses seeks to ransom his daughter Chryseis; Agamemnon refuses, Chryses
prays, and Apollo sends plague.
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: Chryseis is a captive daughter rather than a lover; the supplied taxonomy
reference is only approximate.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 9417-9422
quote_or_summary: Telephus' incurable wound is explained by an oracle as curable
only by the wounder; he is healed by Achilles and agrees to guide the Greeks to
Troy.
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 9424-9430
quote_or_summary: Agamemnon kills Artemis' sacred hind; Artemis sends calms; Calchas
says Iphigenia's sacrifice is required, and the passage notes Artemis saves her.
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 9432-9439
quote_or_summary: At Tenedos, Philoctetes, holder of Heracles' bow and arrows, is
bitten by a venomous snake; his wound's odour leads to his abandonment on Lesbos.
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 9441-9446
quote_or_summary: The Trojans gather neighbouring allies; Priam is too old for active
service, so Hector commands the army.
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 9448-9454
quote_or_summary: A prediction says the first Greek to set foot on enemy soil will
die; Protesilaus lands first and is killed by Hector.
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 9455-9461
quote_or_summary: The Greeks land, defeat the Trojans, fail to storm Troy despite
Achilles' leadership, and establish an entrenched coastal camp.
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 9463-9466
quote_or_summary: The plain between the Greek camp and Troy is watered by the rivers
Scamander and Simois and becomes the site of Greek-Trojan battles.
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: lines 9468-9472
quote_or_summary: The Greeks recognize they cannot take Troy by storm; the less
numerous Trojans avoid open battle, and the war drags on for many 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:9
type: summary
locator: lines 9474-9481
quote_or_summary: Odysseus seeks revenge on Palamedes, a wise and upright hero who
exposed Odysseus' attempt to avoid joining the army.
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: lines 9483-9498
quote_or_summary: Odysseus hides money in Palamedes' tent and uses a forged letter
from Priam; Palamedes is accused, found with the money, convicted, and sentenced
to stoning.
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: lines 9500-9506
quote_or_summary: During foraging, Pedasus is sacked; Agamemnon receives Chryseis,
daughter of Apollo's priest Chryses, and Achilles receives Briseis.
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:12
type: summary
locator: lines 9507-9512
quote_or_summary: Chryses comes to ransom his daughter; Agamemnon refuses and insults
him; Chryses prays to Apollo, who sends a pestilence on the Greek camp.
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:13
type: summary
locator: lines 9512
quote_or_summary: Achilles consults Calchas, who says Apollo sent the plague because
his priest was insulted and that surrendering Chryseis will appease Apollo.
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: Extraction uses only the provided passage. Some locator line numbers are
approximate within the supplied stable range because the passage text is wrapped.
No comparison claims are made because the passage itself does not support external
comparative assertions.
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: |-
Taxonomy refs are limited to those supplied in the request; most symbols and motifs are expressed as plain labels where no supplied taxonomy ref fits securely.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:greek-roman-berens-myths-legends-gutenberg__l9417-l9512
passage_sha256=c205591430490000d0c0177d05d500fd4e34e08a98ec30227d64e07adb48fc7f