batch.motif.greek-odyssey-butler-gutenberg-l1038-l1133
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-odyssey-butler-gutenberg-l1038-l1133
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
passage_locator:
label: HENRY FESTING JONES. / THE ODYSSEY / BOOK I / BOOK II; lines 1038-1133
start: '1038'
end: '1133'
translation: The Odyssey
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Suitors speculate about Telemachus's intended journey and possible death;
Telemachus secretly gathers wine and barley meal from the storeroom with Euryclea's
help; Minerva, using disguise and divine influence, assembles a crew, secures
a ship, sends the suitors to sleep, summons Telemachus, and enables his nighttime
departure toward Pylos and Sparta with offerings to the gods.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The suitors discuss Telemachus as a threat and speculate that he may seek
allies, obtain poison, perish at sea, or have his property divided after his death.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Telemachus goes to a lofty, spacious storeroom containing gold, bronze, linen,
spare clothes, olive oil, and casks of wine reserved in case Ulysses returns.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Euryclea, an old and faithful housekeeper, is in charge of the storeroom night
and day.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Telemachus asks Euryclea to prepare twelve jars of wine and about twenty measures
of barley meal in leather bags, and to keep the preparations secret.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Telemachus says he is going to Sparta and Pylos to seek news about his father's
return.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Euryclea weeps, calls Telemachus the one hope of the house, warns that the
suitors will scheme against him, and urges him not to travel over the barren ocean.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Telemachus says his plan has heaven's sanction and asks Euryclea to swear
not to tell his mother for ten or twelve days unless questioned after news of
his departure.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Euryclea swears the oath and prepares the wine and barley meal.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Minerva takes Telemachus's shape, recruits crewmen, and obtains a ship from
Noemon son of Phronius.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: After sunset, Minerva puts the ship into the water, equips it, stations it
at the harbour, and encourages the arriving crew.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: Minerva sends the suitors into deep slumber by affecting their drink and making
them drop their cups.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: Minerva takes the form and voice of Mentor and calls Telemachus outside to
the waiting ship.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:13
text: Telemachus and the crew load the secret stores onto the ship.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: obs:14
text: Minerva sits in the stern of the vessel, and Telemachus sits beside her.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:12
- id: obs:15
text: Minerva sends a fair west wind, and the crew hoists sail so the ship travels
through deep blue water at night.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: obs:16
text: The crew fills mixing bowls and makes drink offerings to the immortal gods,
especially to the grey-eyed daughter of Jove.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Telemachus
description: Son of Ulysses who secretly prepares stores and departs by ship to
seek news of his father at Sparta and Pylos.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:11
- ev:13
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Suitors
description: Men in Ulysses's house who discuss Telemachus's possible death and
property and are later put into deep sleep by Minerva.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Euryclea
description: Faithful old housekeeper, daughter of Ops son of Pisenor, who manages
the storeroom and prepares provisions after swearing secrecy.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:6
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Ulysses
description: Absent father of Telemachus whose possible return is anticipated by
stored wine and whose fate Telemachus seeks to learn.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Minerva
description: Goddess who takes Telemachus's shape, later takes Mentor's form and
voice, recruits crew, prepares the ship, induces sleep in the suitors, and sends
a fair wind.
role_refs:
- role:6
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:13
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Noemon son of Phronius
description: Man who provides a ship to Minerva when asked.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Crew
description: Men assembled for the voyage who wait at the ship, load stores, take
oars, hoist sails, and make offerings.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:11
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Mentor
description: The person whose form and voice Minerva assumes when calling Telemachus
outside.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Mother of Telemachus
description: Telemachus's mother, who is not to be told of the departure and does
not know about the stores.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: departing seeker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Telemachus states he is going to Sparta and Pylos to hear about his father's
return and then boards the ship at night.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:13
- id: role:2
label: heir under threat
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The suitors speculate about his death and dividing his property; Euryclea
warns that they will scheme against him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: hostile household rivals
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They speak of Telemachus's death, division of his goods, and are described
as wicked by Euryclea.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: faithful keeper of stores and secret helper
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Euryclea is in charge of the storeroom, swears secrecy, and prepares wine
and meal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: absent father whose return is sought
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Wine is kept in case Ulysses returns, and Telemachus travels to seek news
about his return.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: divine helper
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Minerva recruits the crew, prepares the ship, sends the suitors to sleep,
and provides wind for the voyage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:13
- id: role:7
label: shapeshifting guide
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Minerva takes Telemachus's shape and later the form and voice of Mentor.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:10
- id: role:8
label: ship provider
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Noemon readily lends a ship when Minerva asks him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:9
label: voyage companions
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The crew gathers at the ship, loads stores, rows or mans the benches, hoists
sail, and performs offerings.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:11
- ev:13
- ev:14
- id: role:10
label: assumed identity
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Minerva takes Mentor's form and voice to summon Telemachus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:11
label: uninformed mother
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Telemachus wants Euryclea not to tell his mother and later states his mother
does not know about the stores.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: ship
literal_form: Ship prepared at the harbour and used for Telemachus's nighttime departure.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:11
- ev:13
- id: sym:2
label: stored wine
literal_form: Casks and jars of wine, including wine kept for Ulysses and twelve
jars prepared for the voyage.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: sym:3
label: barley meal
literal_form: About twenty measures of barley meal placed in well-sewn leather bags
for the journey.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:6
- id: sym:4
label: storeroom
literal_form: Lofty and spacious room holding treasure, clothes, oil, and wine under
Euryclea's care.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: sleeping drink
literal_form: The suitors' drink is caused to fuddle them before they drop their
cups and go to sleep.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:6
label: fair west wind
literal_form: Wind from the West sent by Minerva to move the ship through the waves.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
- id: sym:7
label: drink offerings
literal_form: Mixing bowls filled to the brim and offerings made to the immortal
gods, especially Minerva.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
- id: sym:8
label: water
literal_form: Deep blue waves and water through which the ship travels.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:13
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Suitors speculate about Telemachus
summary: The suitors discuss whether Telemachus may bring allies, poison them, die
at sea, or leave property to divide.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Secret provisioning in the storeroom
summary: Telemachus asks Euryclea to prepare wine and barley meal for a journey
and to conceal the plan from his mother.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:9
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:3
label: Warning and oath
summary: Euryclea weeps and warns Telemachus against the voyage; he says the plan
has divine sanction and secures her oath of silence.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:9
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Divine preparation of crew and ship
summary: Minerva, taking Telemachus's shape, gathers a crew, obtains a ship, equips
it, and stations it at the harbour by nightfall.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- id: scene:5
label: Divine sleep and summons
summary: Minerva causes the suitors to fall into heavy sleep, then takes Mentor's
form and voice to summon Telemachus to the ship.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:2
- fig:8
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:6
label: Night departure and offerings
summary: Telemachus and the crew load the stores, board the ship, sail with a wind
sent by Minerva, and make drink offerings as the vessel travels through the night.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:5
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- ev:12
- ev:13
- ev:14
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: secret departure for a quest
taxonomy_refs:
- departure
- mystical_quest
basis: Telemachus secretly provisions a ship and leaves at night to seek news of
his absent father, with his mother kept unaware.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:11
- ev:13
confidence: high
cautions: The passage covers the departure and stated purpose, not the later quest
outcome.
- id: motif:2
label: divine helper enables hero's journey
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_parent_child
basis: Minerva assists Telemachus by recruiting the crew, obtaining and preparing
the ship, inducing sleep in hostile suitors, summoning him, and sending wind.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- ev:13
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy reference is approximate; the passage presents divine aid
but not a parent-child relation with Telemachus.
- id: motif:3
label: shapeshifting divine guide
taxonomy_refs:
- shapeshifter
basis: Minerva takes Telemachus's shape and later the form and voice of Mentor while
directing preparations for the voyage.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:10
confidence: high
cautions: The disguises are instrumental and brief within this passage.
- id: motif:4
label: heir threatened by rivals in the household
taxonomy_refs:
- royal_legitimacy
basis: The suitors discuss Telemachus's possible death and division of his property,
while Euryclea warns that they will scheme against him once he leaves.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The royal-legitimacy taxonomy is only partially supported here through
inheritance and household succession rather than formal kingship.
- id: motif:5
label: ritual offering before or during voyage
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: After the ship is underway, the men fill mixing bowls and make drink offerings
to the immortal gods, especially Minerva.
evidence_refs:
- ev:14
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage describes offerings but does not elaborate on reciprocal obligations
beyond divine assistance already shown.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 1038-1048
quote_or_summary: Suitors say Telemachus may seek friends from Pylos or Sparta,
obtain poison, perish far away like his father, and leave property for them to
divide.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 1049-1060
quote_or_summary: Telemachus enters the storeroom where Ulysses's treasures, clothes,
olive oil, and wine are kept; Euryclea is the faithful housekeeper in charge.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 1061-1072
quote_or_summary: Telemachus asks Euryclea for twelve jars of wine and twenty measures
of barley meal in bags, to be kept secret, for his journey to Sparta and Pylos
seeking news of his father.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 1073-1085
quote_or_summary: Euryclea cries, calls Telemachus the one hope of the house, says
his father is dead abroad, warns that the wicked suitors will plot against him,
and urges him not to cross the barren ocean.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 1086-1093
quote_or_summary: Telemachus tells Euryclea not to fear, says the plan has heaven's
sanction, and asks her not to tell his mother for ten or twelve days unless necessary.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 1094-1098
quote_or_summary: Euryclea swears the oath and then draws wine into jars and gets
barley meal into bags while Telemachus returns to the suitors.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 1099-1105
quote_or_summary: Minerva takes Telemachus's shape, summons crewmen to meet at the
ship by sundown, and asks Noemon son of Phronius for a ship, which he gives readily.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 1106-1112
quote_or_summary: After sunset and darkness, Minerva puts the ship in the water,
equips it, places it at the harbour, and encourages the crew when they arrive.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 1113-1120
quote_or_summary: Minerva enters Ulysses's house, throws the suitors into deep slumber,
fuddles their drink, makes cups fall from their hands, and sends them to town
to sleep.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 1120-1125
quote_or_summary: Minerva takes Mentor's form and voice, calls Telemachus outside,
and tells him the men are aboard and waiting for orders.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 1126-1134
quote_or_summary: At the ship, Telemachus tells the crew to help load the stores,
noting that his mother and the maid servants except one do not know; the men bring
the supplies as told.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:12
type: summary
locator: 1134-1138
quote_or_summary: Telemachus boards the ship; Minerva goes before him, sits in the
stern, and Telemachus sits beside her.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:13
type: summary
locator: 1138-1148
quote_or_summary: The men loose the hawsers and take benches; Minerva sends a fair
west wind; Telemachus orders the sail hoisted, and the ship speeds through deep
blue water with foam at the bows.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:14
type: summary
locator: 1148-1154
quote_or_summary: The crew secures the ship, fills mixing bowls, makes drink offerings
to the immortal gods, especially the grey-eyed daughter of Jove, and sails through
the night until dawn.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif taxonomy mappings
are cautious, especially where available categories are broader than the literal
passage details.
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'
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