batch.motif.greek-odyssey-butler-gutenberg-l3261-l3292
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-odyssey-butler-gutenberg-l3261-l3292
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
passage_locator:
label: BOOK VI / THE MEETING BETWEEN NAUSICAA AND ULYSSES. / BOOK VII / RECEPTION
OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS.; lines 3261-3292
start: '3261'
end: '3292'
translation: The Odyssey
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Alcinous offers Ulysses hospitality, marriage to his daughter, property
if he stays, and a free escort home or wherever he wishes. Ulysses prays that
Alcinous will fulfill this promise so that he may return to his country. Arete
orders a bed prepared for Ulysses in the gatehouse; maids with torches prepare
it, and Ulysses sleeps there while Alcinous sleeps inside with the queen.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Alcinous says he is reasonable and not angry without cause.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Alcinous wishes Ulysses would stay, marry his daughter, and become his son-in-law.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Alcinous offers Ulysses a house and an estate if he stays.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Alcinous says no one will keep Ulysses there against his will.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Alcinous promises to arrange Ulysses' escort on the following day.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Alcinous says Ulysses may sleep during the voyage while the men sail him over
smooth waters to his home or wherever he chooses.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Alcinous refers to a previous voyage in which his people took yellow-haired
Rhadamanthus to see Tityus, son of Gaia, and returned without distress in a single
day.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Ulysses is glad and prays aloud to Father Jove that Alcinous may do as he
has said.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Ulysses says Alcinous will gain an imperishable name among mankind if he fulfills
the promise, and that Ulysses will return to his country.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: Arete tells her maids to set a bed in the gatehouse room and furnish it with
rugs, coverlets, and woollen cloaks.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:11
text: The maids go out with torches, make the bed, and tell Ulysses that his bed
is ready.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:12
text: Ulysses sleeps in a bed in a room over the echoing gateway, while Alcinous
lies in the inner part of the house with the queen beside him.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Alcinous
description: Kingly host who speaks to Ulysses, offers marriage alliance, property,
and escort, and later sleeps in the inner part of the house with his wife.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:9
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Ulysses
description: Guest and stranger who receives Alcinous' offer, prays to Father Jove,
and sleeps in the gatehouse room.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Arete
description: Queen who orders the maids to prepare a bed for Ulysses.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Maids
description: Female attendants who prepare Ulysses' bed while carrying torches and
then summon him to rest.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Father Jove
description: God invoked by Alcinous in an oath-like phrase and addressed by Ulysses
in prayer.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:6
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Minerva
description: Deity named by Alcinous together with Father Jove and Apollo.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Apollo
description: Deity named by Alcinous together with Father Jove and Minerva.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Rhadamanthus
description: Yellow-haired figure whom Alcinous' people previously carried by ship
to see Tityus.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Tityus
description: Son of Gaia whom Rhadamanthus was taken to see.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Gaia
description: Named as the mother of Tityus.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Queen, wife of Alcinous
description: Wife beside whom Alcinous lies in the inner part of the house; in context
this is Arete.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: host and promiser of escort
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Alcinous offers hospitality, property, and an escort to Ulysses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: potential father-in-law
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Alcinous wishes Ulysses would marry his daughter and become his son-in-law.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: guest-stranger
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The maids address Ulysses as stranger, and a bed is prepared for him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:4
label: homeward returner
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Ulysses prays that Alcinous' promise will let him return to his country.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:5
label: queen and household director
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:11
basis: Arete orders the maids to prepare bedding; the queen is later shown beside
Alcinous.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
- id: role:6
label: attendants preparing guest lodging
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The maids make the bed and tell Ulysses it is ready.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:7
label: divine recipient of prayer
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Ulysses prays aloud to Father Jove.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:8
label: deity named in host's invocation
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:7
basis: Alcinous names Minerva and Apollo with Father Jove while speaking.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:9
label: precedent passenger on distant voyage
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Alcinous says his people took Rhadamanthus to see Tityus and returned in
one day.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:10
label: visited figure in distant journey reference
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Tityus is the one whom Rhadamanthus was taken to see.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:11
label: named parent
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Gaia is named as Tityus' parent.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: ships and oarsmen
literal_form: Alcinous' ships and magnificent oarsmen
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: smooth waters
literal_form: smooth waters crossed during Ulysses' promised escort voyage
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:3
label: house and estate
literal_form: house and estate offered by Alcinous if Ulysses stays
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: marriage alliance
literal_form: marriage to Alcinous' daughter and becoming son-in-law
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: prepared guest bed
literal_form: bed in the gatehouse room with red rugs, coverlets, and woollen cloaks
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: sym:6
label: torches
literal_form: torches carried by the maids while preparing the bed
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: sym:7
label: gatehouse lodging
literal_form: room over the echoing gateway where Ulysses sleeps
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Alcinous offers alliance, gifts, and free passage
summary: Alcinous addresses Ulysses as a stranger, offers marriage to his daughter
plus a house and estate if he remains, denies any compulsion, and promises an
escort wherever Ulysses chooses.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:2
label: Precedent of the swift voyage to Tityus
summary: Alcinous supports his promise by citing a previous voyage in which his
people carried Rhadamanthus to see Tityus, son of Gaia, and returned in a single
day.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:8
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: scene:3
label: Ulysses prays for fulfilled return
summary: Ulysses rejoices and prays to Father Jove that Alcinous may fulfill the
promise, bringing fame to Alcinous and return to Ulysses.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:4
label: Guest bed prepared at the gateway
summary: Arete orders a bed prepared in the gatehouse room; maids with torches make
it, summon Ulysses, and he sleeps there while Alcinous lies inside with the queen.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: promised return home by escorted voyage
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: Alcinous promises to arrange an escort by ship to Ulysses' home or wherever
he chooses, and Ulysses prays that this will let him return to his country.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The passage gives only the promise and prayer for return, not the completed
return.
- id: motif:2
label: hospitality exchange between royal host and stranger
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Alcinous offers Ulysses lodging, possible marriage alliance, property, and
safe transport; Arete arranges bedding for him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The taxonomy label is interpretive; the passage itself presents concrete
hospitality rather than explicitly naming a sacred exchange.
- id: motif:3
label: guest's prayer for fulfillment of host's promise
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Ulysses prays aloud to Father Jove that Alcinous may carry out what he has
said, linking Alcinous' fame with Ulysses' return.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: No broader taxonomy reference is assigned beyond the literal prayer scene.
- id: motif:4
label: marriage alliance offered to a stranger
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Alcinous wishes Ulysses would stay, marry his daughter, and become his son-in-law,
with property attached to the offer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The offer is not accepted in this passage.
comparison_claims:
- id: claim:1
claim: Alcinous compares the promised escort for Ulysses to an earlier extraordinary
voyage by his people carrying Rhadamanthus to see Tityus and returning in a single
day, using the earlier trip as evidence of Phaeacian nautical ability.
claim_level: same_function
target: Rhadamanthus' voyage to see Tityus, son of Gaia
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
counter_evidence_refs: []
confidence: medium
limitations: The passage supplies only a brief reported precedent, not a full narrative
of the Rhadamanthus-Tityus episode.
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 3261-3266
quote_or_summary: Alcinous tells the stranger he is not angered without cause, says
reasonableness is best, and invokes Father Jove, Minerva, and Apollo while assessing
Ulysses' character.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 3265-3268
quote_or_summary: Alcinous wishes Ulysses would stay, marry his daughter, become
his son-in-law, and receive a house and estate.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 3268-3271
quote_or_summary: Alcinous says no one shall keep Ulysses there against his will
and promises to address the matter of his escort the next day.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 3271-3274
quote_or_summary: Alcinous says Ulysses can sleep during the voyage while men sail
him over smooth waters to his own home or wherever he wishes.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 3274-3280
quote_or_summary: Alcinous says his people once took yellow-haired Rhadamanthus
to see Tityus, son of Gaia, beyond Euboea, completing the voyage and return in
a single day without distress.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 3282-3285
quote_or_summary: Ulysses is glad and prays to Father Jove that Alcinous may do
as promised, gaining an imperishable name while Ulysses returns to his country.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 3287-3290
quote_or_summary: Arete orders her maids to set a bed in the gatehouse room with
red rugs, coverlets, and woollen cloaks for Ulysses.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 3290-3293
quote_or_summary: The maids go out with torches, make the bed, and tell Ulysses
to come because his bed is ready; he is glad to rest.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain translation; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 3294-3296
quote_or_summary: Ulysses sleeps in a bed in a room over the echoing gateway; Alcinous
lies in the inner part of the house with the queen his wife beside him.
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: medium
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif labels are cautious,
especially the hospitality exchange mapping to the available sacred_exchange taxonomy.
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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