batch.motif.greek-odyssey-butler-gutenberg-l6096-l6194
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-odyssey-butler-gutenberg-l6096-l6194
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
passage_locator:
label: BOOK XIII / ULYSSES LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO ITHACA. / BOOK XIV / ULYSSES
IN THE HUT WITH EUMAEUS.; lines 6096-6194
start: '6096'
end: '6194'
translation: The Odyssey
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Ulysses reaches Eumaeus's swineherd hut in Ithaca. Eumaeus rescues him
from guard dogs, welcomes him as a stranger, explains his grief over his absent
master and the suitors' consumption of the estate, prepares a bed, sacrifices
two young pigs, serves meat and wine, and speaks about divine regard for lawful
conduct and strangers.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Ulysses leaves the haven and travels through wooded country over a mountain
crest to the place where Minerva said he would find the swineherd.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The swineherd's hut stands by yards and sties that he built during his master's
absence.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The swineherd keeps many pigs and four fierce hounds; the suitors regularly
consume the best boars.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The hounds bark and rush at Ulysses; Ulysses sits down and drops his stick.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The swineherd drives the dogs away by shouting and throwing stones.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The swineherd invites Ulysses inside for bread and wine and asks him to tell
his origin and misfortunes afterward.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: The swineherd prepares a bed of rushes and a chamois skin for Ulysses.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Ulysses blesses the swineherd and asks Jove and the gods to grant him his
heart's desire in return for his welcome.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:9
text: Eumaeus says it would be wrong to insult even a poorer stranger because all
strangers and beggars are from Jove.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:10
text: Eumaeus laments the absence of his master and says that Helen's matter took
his master to Ilius to fight the Trojans for Agamemnon.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:11
text: Eumaeus selects two young pigs, sacrifices them, singes, cuts, spits, and
cooks them; Ulysses sprinkles the meat with white barley meal.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:12
text: Eumaeus serves wine mixed in an ivy-wood bowl and tells Ulysses to eat servant's
pork.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: Eumaeus says the gods do not love the suitors' shameful doings and respect
lawful and right conduct.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:14
text: Eumaeus says the suitors waste Ulysses's estate by force and consume victims
and wine daily.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:15
text: Eumaeus lists Ulysses's herds and flocks and says he must keep sending the
best pigs to the suitors.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Ulysses
description: Ulysses, newly returned to Ithaca, approaches the swineherd's hut and
is treated as an old stranger by Eumaeus.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Eumaeus, the swineherd
description: The swineherd is described as Ulysses's thrifty servant; he builds
and manages the pig yards, rescues Ulysses from the dogs, welcomes him, and feeds
him.
role_refs:
- role:3
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Minerva
description: Minerva had told Ulysses where he would find the swineherd.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: The suitors
description: The suitors consume the best animals and wine from Ulysses's estate
and are described by Eumaeus as acting shamefully and by force.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Jove and the gods
description: Jove and the gods are invoked by Ulysses and cited by Eumaeus as connected
with strangers, beggars, lawful conduct, and judgment.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Ulysses's absent master persona
description: Eumaeus speaks of his absent master as possibly alive in a distant
land and as the rightful owner whose estate is being consumed.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Helen
description: Eumaeus blames Helen's matter for the deaths of many men and for drawing
his master to Ilius.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Agamemnon
description: Eumaeus says his master fought the Trojans in the cause of king Agamemnon.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: returning hero
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage opens with Ulysses leaving the haven and reaching the Ithacan
swineherd's place.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: stranger guest
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Eumaeus addresses Ulysses as an old man and stranger and welcomes him with
shelter, food, and wine.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:3
label: loyal servant
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Eumaeus is called Ulysses's thrifty servant, laments his master, and continues
tending the pigs of the estate.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:9
- id: role:4
label: host and protector
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Eumaeus drives off the dogs, brings Ulysses into the hut, prepares a bed,
and serves a meal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: divine guide
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Minerva had identified where Ulysses would find the swineherd.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:6
label: wasteful intruders
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The suitors consume the estate's animals and wine and are described as acting
without shame or restraint.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: role:7
label: divine guarantors of hospitality and justice
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Eumaeus says strangers and beggars are from Jove and that the gods respect
lawful conduct while disliking shameful acts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: role:8
label: absent rightful master
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Eumaeus grieves over the master who is gone and whose wealth the suitors
consume.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:8
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: mountain route
literal_form: wooded country and mountain crest on the way from the haven to the
swineherd's place
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs:
- mountain
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: swineherd hut
literal_form: hut by the pig yards where Eumaeus receives Ulysses
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: guard hounds
literal_form: four fierce hounds that rush at Ulysses and are driven off by Eumaeus
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: sym:4
label: bread and wine
literal_form: food and drink offered to the stranger in the hut
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: sym:5
label: sacrificed pigs
literal_form: two young pigs selected, sacrificed, cooked, and served
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:6
label: white barley meal
literal_form: white barley meal sprinkled by Ulysses over the cooked meat
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:7
label: ivy-wood bowl
literal_form: bowl of ivy-wood used by Eumaeus to mix wine
associated_figures:
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:8
label: wasted estate animals
literal_form: boars, goats, cattle, sheep, pigs, and wine consumed or demanded by
the suitors
associated_figures:
- fig:4
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Arrival at the swineherd's place
summary: Ulysses follows the route from the haven through wooded mountain country
to the swineherd's hut and yards.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Dog attack and rescue
summary: The hounds rush at Ulysses, who sits and drops his stick; Eumaeus drives
the dogs away with shouting and stones.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Reception in the hut
summary: Eumaeus invites Ulysses into the hut, offers bread and wine, prepares bedding,
and receives Ulysses's blessing.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Speech on strangers and the absent master
summary: Eumaeus states that strangers and beggars are from Jove, laments his absent
master, and connects the master's absence to the Trojan expedition.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: scene:5
label: Sacrificial meal
summary: Eumaeus sacrifices two young pigs, cooks them, serves them to Ulysses with
barley meal, and mixes wine in an ivy-wood bowl.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
- sym:6
- sym:7
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: scene:6
label: Condemnation of the suitors' consumption
summary: Eumaeus contrasts lawful conduct with the suitors' shameless consumption
of Ulysses's estate and lists the wealth being drained.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: return to homeland through humble threshold
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: Ulysses, newly in Ithaca, moves from the haven through a mountain route to
the hut of his loyal swineherd rather than directly to a palace.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The passage shows the return stage and arrival at the swineherd's place;
it does not by itself narrate the entire homecoming resolution.
- id: motif:2
label: hospitality to the stranger under divine sanction
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Eumaeus welcomes the stranger with shelter, bread, wine, bedding, and meat,
and explicitly says strangers and beggars are from Jove.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The available taxonomy has no exact hospitality or xenia label; sacred_exchange
is used as the closest supported family.
- id: motif:3
label: sacrificial meal for a guest
taxonomy_refs:
- sacrifice
basis: Eumaeus selects two young pigs, sacrifices, cooks, and serves them, while
wine and barley meal accompany the meal.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage describes the sacrificial preparation and meal but gives limited
ritual detail.
- id: motif:4
label: divine disapproval of unlawful consumption
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Eumaeus says the blessed gods do not love shameful doings, respect lawful
conduct, and that even raiders fear judgment, while the suitors waste the estate
by force.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage states divine attitudes and fear of judgment but does not
show an actual divine judgment occurring in this excerpt.
- id: motif:5
label: loyal servant preserving household in master's absence
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Eumaeus is described as a thrifty servant who built the yards during the
master's absence, grieves for him, and continues managing the pigs despite suitor
demands.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: No direct taxonomy reference from the supplied list fits this motif exactly.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 6096-6102
quote_or_summary: Ulysses leaves the haven, travels through wooded country over
a mountain crest, and reaches the place where Minerva said he would find the swineherd.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 6102-6123
quote_or_summary: The swineherd sits before his hut by pig yards he built in his
master's absence; the passage details fences, sties, numerous pigs, fierce hounds,
and boars consumed by the suitors.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 6124-6133
quote_or_summary: The hounds bark and rush at Ulysses; he sits and drops his stick,
and the swineherd drives the dogs away with shouting and stones.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 6133-6141
quote_or_summary: Eumaeus tells the old man the dogs nearly attacked him, laments
his lost master, and invites him inside for bread and wine before telling his
story.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 6142-6149
quote_or_summary: Eumaeus leads Ulysses into the hut, lays down rushes and a chamois
skin, and Ulysses asks Jove and the gods to reward the welcome.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 6150-6165
quote_or_summary: Eumaeus says it is wrong to insult even a poorer stranger because
all strangers and beggars are from Jove; he laments his absent master and connects
his absence to Helen, Ilius, the Trojans, and Agamemnon.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 6166-6175
quote_or_summary: Eumaeus sacrifices two young pigs, prepares and cooks them, serves
them to Ulysses, who sprinkles barley meal, and mixes wine in an ivy-wood bowl.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 6176-6188
quote_or_summary: Eumaeus tells the stranger to eat servant's pork, says the suitors
consume fat pigs shamelessly, and states that the gods respect lawful conduct
while the suitors waste the estate by force.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 6189-6194
quote_or_summary: Eumaeus inventories Ulysses's cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, and
estate wealth, explaining that he must keep sending the best pigs to the suitors.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif taxonomy mapping
is strongest for return and sacrifice; hospitality is mapped cautiously to sacred_exchange
because no exact hospitality category was provided. 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: |-
All observations and motif candidates cite passage evidence; no external comparisons were added.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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