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label: ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY. / RETURN
OF THE GREEKS FROM TROY.; lines 9913-10010
start: '9913'
end: '10010'
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: After the sack of Troy, the Greeks suffer divine anger for desecration
and cruelty during their return voyages. Some heroes reach Greece safely, while
Menelaus and Helen are driven to Egypt. Ajax the Lesser is wrecked and killed
after an impious boast. Agamemnon returns to Mycenae and is murdered by Clytemnestra
and Aegisthus. Orestes is saved, later avenges Agamemnon by killing Clytemnestra
and Aegisthus, is pursued by the Furies, and is eventually released after divine
commands and Athena's intervention. Odysseus begins his delayed homeward voyage
and reaches the land of the lotus-eaters, where some companions forget home and
must be forced back to the ships.
language: English
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text: The Greeks commit desecration and cruelty during the sack of Troy, and the
gods' wrath makes their homeward voyage dangerous.
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evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Nestor, Diomedes, Philoctetes, and Neoptolemus arrive safely in Greece after
a prosperous voyage.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The ship carrying Menelaus and Helen is driven by violent tempests to Egypt,
and they reach Sparta only after many years.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Ajax the Lesser is shipwrecked, clings to a rock, boasts that he does not
need the gods' help, and is drowned after Poseidon splits the rock with his trident.
category: sequence
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- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Clytemnestra and Aegisthus conspire against Agamemnon after his return, and
Aegisthus kills him when signaled by Clytemnestra.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Electra saves her young brother Orestes during the massacre after Agamemnon's
death, and Orestes is raised by Strophius with Pylades.
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- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Orestes returns in disguise to Mycenae with Pylades and sends a false report
of his own death to Clytemnestra.
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- ev:6
- id: obs:8
text: Orestes reveals himself to Electra and then kills Clytemnestra and Aegisthus.
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text: The Furies pursue Orestes after he kills his mother.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:10
text: Apollo commands Orestes to go to Taurica-Chersonnesus and bring the statue
of Artemis to Attica as expiation.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: Athena intervenes, and Orestes is finally freed from the Furies' persecution.
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- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: Odysseus sets out for Ithaca with twelve treasure-laden ships and is fated
not to return to his wife and child for another ten years.
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evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:13
text: In the land of the lotus-eaters, a honey-sweet plant causes some of Odysseus's
companions to forget home and desire to remain there.
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- ev:11
- id: obs:14
text: Odysseus forces the affected companions back to the ships.
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name_or_label: The Greeks returning from Troy
description: The victorious Greeks whose acts at Troy call down divine anger during
their return voyages.
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name_or_label: Nestor
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- ev:2
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name_or_label: Diomedes
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- ev:2
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name_or_label: Philoctetes
description: One of those who arrive safely in Greece.
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- role:2
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- ev:2
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name_or_label: Neoptolemus
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- ev:2
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name_or_label: Menelaus
description: His vessel with Helen is driven to Egypt before the eventual return
to Sparta.
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- role:3
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- ev:2
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name_or_label: Helen
description: Travels with Menelaus and reaches Sparta after years of wandering.
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- role:3
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- ev:2
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Ajax the Lesser
description: A Greek hero who offended Athena, was shipwrecked, boasted impiously,
and was overwhelmed by waves.
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- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Pallas-Athene / Athena
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whose intervention frees Orestes.
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- role:5
- role:6
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- ev:3
- ev:9
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name_or_label: Poseidon
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- role:7
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- ev:3
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name_or_label: Agamemnon
description: Returns to Mycenae and is murdered after Clytemnestra prepares a bath
and signals Aegisthus.
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- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Clytemnestra
description: Agamemnon's wife, who forms an alliance with Aegisthus and helps murder
Agamemnon; later killed by Orestes.
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- role:9
- role:10
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- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Aegisthus
description: Son of Thyestes and Clytemnestra's ally; kills Agamemnon and later
dies at Orestes' hands.
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- role:9
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
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name_or_label: Cassandra
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- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:15
name_or_label: Electra
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he returns in disguise.
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- role:12
- role:13
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- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
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name_or_label: Orestes
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Agamemnon, is pursued by the Furies, fulfills Apollo's command, and is restored
to rule.
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- role:14
- role:15
- role:16
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- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
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- role:17
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- ev:5
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name_or_label: Pylades
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Mycenae and later marries Electra.
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- role:18
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- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:9
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name_or_label: The Furies
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- role:19
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- ev:8
- ev:9
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name_or_label: Apollo
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to Taurica-Chersonnesus.
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- role:20
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:21
name_or_label: Artemis
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to Attica.
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- role:21
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:22
name_or_label: Iphigenia
description: Daughter whose sacrifice motivates Clytemnestra's revenge, and later
sister who helps Orestes convey Artemis's statue.
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- role:22
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- ev:4
- ev:8
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name_or_label: Hermione
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- role:23
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: fig:24
name_or_label: Odysseus
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back to the ships.
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- role:24
- role:25
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- ev:10
- ev:11
- id: fig:25
name_or_label: Odysseus's companions
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the ships.
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- role:26
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:26
name_or_label: Lotus-eaters
description: Inhabitants of the land where the lotus plant is the main food and
is offered to Odysseus's men.
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- role:27
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- ev:11
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- fig:1
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- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
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- ev:2
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- fig:6
- fig:7
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- ev:3
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- fig:9
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- fig:11
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- ev:4
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- fig:12
- fig:13
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him at Clytemnestra's signal.
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- ev:4
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- fig:12
- fig:13
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- ev:7
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- fig:14
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- ev:4
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- fig:15
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- ev:5
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- fig:15
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- fig:16
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- ev:6
- ev:7
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- ev:8
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- fig:16
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- ev:8
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- fig:17
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- fig:18
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- fig:19
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- ev:8
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- fig:20
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- fig:21
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- fig:22
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- fig:24
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- ev:11
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- fig:25
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- ev:11
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- fig:26
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- ev:11
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- fig:20
- fig:21
- fig:22
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- ev:8
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- fig:25
- fig:26
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label: twelve ships
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label: Divine anger after Troy
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upon their return journeys.
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- sym:1
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- ev:1
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label: Contrasting returns from Troy
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to Egypt and wander for years before reaching Sparta.
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- fig:5
- fig:6
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- ev:2
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- fig:10
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- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
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- ev:3
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- fig:11
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:14
- fig:22
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- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:5
label: Orestes saved and fostered
summary: Electra saves Orestes, who takes refuge with Strophius and grows up with
Pylades.
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- fig:16
- fig:17
- fig:18
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:6
label: Disguised return and vengeance of Orestes
summary: Orestes returns in disguise with Pylades, sends a false death notice, reveals
himself to Electra, and kills Clytemnestra and Aegisthus.
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- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:15
- fig:16
- fig:18
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- sym:5
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- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:7
label: Pursuit and expiation of Orestes
summary: The Furies pursue Orestes; Apollo orders him to fetch Artemis's statue
from Taurica-Chersonnesus, and Athena finally liberates him.
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- fig:9
- fig:16
- fig:19
- fig:20
- fig:21
- fig:22
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- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:8
label: Odysseus leaves Troy and reaches the lotus-eaters
summary: Odysseus sails for Ithaca but is driven to the lotus-eaters, where some
companions eat lotus and must be forced back to the ships.
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- fig:24
- fig:25
- fig:26
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- sym:1
- sym:8
- sym:9
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- ev:10
- ev:11
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- id: motif:1
label: dangerous return after sacrilege
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- return
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage explicitly links the Greeks' troubled homeward voyages to divine
wrath after desecration and cruelty at Troy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: high
cautions: The passage summarizes multiple nostoi rather than a single complete return
narrative.
- id: motif:2
label: impious boast followed by divine punishment
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Ajax boasts he does not need the gods' help, after which Poseidon destroys
his refuge and he drowns.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The motif is confined to one episode within the larger return narrative.
- id: motif:3
label: returning king murdered at home
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: Agamemnon's safe voyage ends in death when his wife and her ally murder him
on his arrival at Mycenae.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No taxonomy reference for household betrayal is available, so only the
return aspect is indexed.
- id: motif:4
label: avenging son kills parental murderer
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: Orestes returns in disguise to Mycenae and kills Clytemnestra and Aegisthus
to avenge Agamemnon.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The available taxonomy does not include a specific revenge or kin-slaying
category.
- id: motif:5
label: expiatory quest for a sacred object
taxonomy_refs:
- mystical_quest
- divine_judgment
basis: Orestes is pursued for matricide and is commanded by Apollo to undertake
a dangerous journey to bring back Artemis's statue.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage does not detail the quest itself, only its command and outcome.
- id: motif:6
label: liberation from divine pursuers through divine intervention
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The Furies pursue Orestes until Athena's interposition finally frees him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: The passage summarizes the resolution briefly.
- id: motif:7
label: forgetfulness of home through enchanted food
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: The lotus causes oblivion of home and country and threatens the companions'
return until Odysseus forces them back to the ships.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy entry specifically covers magical food or forgetfulness;
indexed under return because it obstructs homecoming.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 9913-10010; RETURN OF THE GREEKS FROM TROY, opening paragraph
quote_or_summary: During the sack of Troy the Greeks commit desecration and cruelty;
the gods' wrath makes their homeward voyage full of dangers and deaths.
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 9913-10010; returns of Nestor, Diomedes, Philoctetes, Neoptolemus,
Menelaus, and Helen
quote_or_summary: Nestor, Diomedes, Philoctetes, and Neoptolemus arrive safely;
Menelaus and Helen are driven by tempests to Egypt and reach Sparta only after
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: lines 9913-10010; Ajax the Lesser episode
quote_or_summary: Ajax the Lesser desecrates Athena's temple, is shipwrecked, clings
to a rock, boasts he needs no divine help, and is drowned when Poseidon splits
the rock with his trident.
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 9913-10010; FATE OF AGAMEMNON, murder scene
quote_or_summary: Clytemnestra, seeking revenge for Iphigenia's sacrifice, allies
with Aegisthus; despite Cassandra's warnings, Agamemnon trusts her welcome, and
Aegisthus kills him at her signal.
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 9913-10010; Electra saves Orestes
quote_or_summary: During the massacre after Agamemnon's death, Electra saves Orestes,
who flees to Strophius and grows up with Pylades in proverbial friendship.
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 9913-10010; Orestes returns in disguise
quote_or_summary: Orestes grows intent on avenging his father, returns in disguise
with Pylades, and sends a messenger falsely reporting Orestes' death in a chariot-race.
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 9913-10010; Orestes' recognition and killings
quote_or_summary: Orestes reveals himself to the grieving Electra, learns of her
treatment and his mother's joy at his supposed death, then kills Clytemnestra
and Aegisthus.
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 9913-10010; Furies and Apollo's command
quote_or_summary: After Orestes kills his mother, the Furies pursue him; at Delphi
Apollo commands him to expiate the crime by going to Taurica-Chersonnesus and
conveying Artemis's statue to Attica.
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 9913-10010; liberation and settlement of Orestes
quote_or_summary: Athena intervenes so that Orestes is freed from the Furies; he
rules Argos, marries Hermione, and gives Electra to Pylades.
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 9913-10010; HOMEWARD VOYAGE OF ODYSSEUS, departure
quote_or_summary: Odysseus sets sail for Ithaca with twelve treasure-laden ships,
though another ten years will pass before he returns to his wife and child.
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 9913-10010; lotus-eaters episode
quote_or_summary: Storms drive Odysseus's fleet to the land of the lotus-eaters;
the honey-sweet lotus causes oblivion of home, and Odysseus must force affected
companions back to the ships.
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 is based only on the supplied public-domain passage. Motif confidence
is lower where available taxonomy lacks exact categories for betrayal, revenge,
magical food, or cult-statue transfer.
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 comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not explicitly compare these episodes to external traditions or motif families beyond the supplied taxonomy indexing.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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