batch.motif.greek-odyssey-butler-gutenberg-l8074-l8175
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-odyssey-butler-gutenberg-l8074-l8175
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
passage_locator:
label: BOOK XVI / ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO TELEMACHUS. / BOOK XVII / BOOK XVIII;
lines 8074-8175
start: '8074'
end: '8175'
translation: The Odyssey
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Ulysses, appearing as a poor stranger, is mocked by the suitors but receives
food and wine from Amphinomus. Ulysses warns Amphinomus about human pride, divine
fortune, and the danger awaiting the suitors when the absent husband returns.
Minerva inspires Penelope to appear before the suitors, puts her into sleep, enhances
her beauty, and departs. Penelope appears veiled and attended, the suitors desire
her, and she rebukes Telemachus for allowing a suppliant stranger to be mistreated.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Ulysses throws a dirty, tattered wallet over his shoulder and sits on the
threshold.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The suitors laugh, salute Ulysses, and say they will take the insatiable tramp
to king Echetus, who kills everyone who comes near him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Antinous sets before Ulysses a goat’s paunch filled with blood and fat.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Amphinomus gives Ulysses two loaves and pledges him in a golden goblet of
wine.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: Ulysses tells Amphinomus to fear God, avoid vain glory, and consider the suitors’
wasting of the estate and dishonouring of the wife of one who is certain to return
soon.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: Ulysses says that when the returning man is present, the suitors and he will
not part bloodlessly.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Ulysses makes a drink-offering, drinks, and returns the gold cup to Amphinomus.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:8
text: Amphinomus walks away serious and foreboding evil, but the narration says
Minerva had doomed him to fall by the hand of Telemachus.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:9
text: Minerva puts it into Penelope’s mind to show herself to the suitors so that
they will become more enamoured and she will win honour from her son and husband.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:10
text: Penelope says she detests the suitors and wants to warn her son that their
fair speech conceals mischief.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:11
text: Eurynome advises Penelope to wash and anoint her face before going out, but
Penelope refuses, saying heaven robbed her of beauty when her husband sailed.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:12
text: Minerva sends Penelope into sweet slumber and sheds grace and beauty over
her, making her taller, more commanding, and whiter than sawn ivory.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:13
text: Penelope wakes and wishes Diana would let her die sweetly because she despairs
over the loss of her husband.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:14
text: Penelope comes down attended by two maidens, stands by a bearing-post, and
holds a veil before her face.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:15
text: The suitors are overpowered by the sight of Penelope and each prays to win
her as bed fellow.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:16
text: Penelope rebukes Telemachus for allowing a stranger and suppliant in their
house to be disgracefully ill-treated.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Ulysses
description: Appears in the passage as a badly-off stranger with a dirty old wallet;
speaks privately in warning to Amphinomus and makes a drink-offering.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: the suitors
description: A group in the cloisters who mock Ulysses, waste the estate, dishonour
the wife, and desire Penelope when she appears.
role_refs:
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- ev:9
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Antinous
description: A suitor who sets a goat’s paunch filled with blood and fat before
Ulysses.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Amphinomus
description: A suitor identified as son of Nisus of Dulichium; gives Ulysses loaves
and wine, receives a warning, forebodes evil, and is doomed by Minerva to fall
by Telemachus.
role_refs:
- role:7
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Minerva
description: Goddess who inspires Penelope to appear, sends her into sleep, adorns
her with grace and beauty, and has doomed Amphinomus to fall by Telemachus.
role_refs:
- role:9
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Penelope
description: Wife of the absent husband and mother of Telemachus; refuses ordinary
adornment, is beautified by Minerva, appears veiled before the suitors, and rebukes
Telemachus.
role_refs:
- role:11
- role:12
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Eurynome
description: Old woman attendant who advises Penelope to wash and anoint herself
and goes to summon the maids.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Telemachus
description: Penelope’s son; named as grown up and rebuked for allowing a suppliant
stranger to be ill-treated; Amphinomus is doomed to fall by his hand.
role_refs:
- role:15
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:6
- ev:10
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Jove and the other gods
description: Invoked by the suitors in mock blessing of Ulysses.
role_refs:
- role:16
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: king Echetus
description: Named by the suitors as a mainland king who kills everyone that comes
near him.
role_refs:
- role:17
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Diana
description: Invoked by Penelope in a wish for sweet death.
role_refs:
- role:18
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
roles:
- id: role:1
label: disguised or lowly stranger
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Ulysses is treated as a badly-off stranger or tramp and carries a dirty tattered
wallet.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: warning speaker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Ulysses warns Amphinomus about pride, divine fortune, and the approaching
return that will bring bloodshed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:3
label: ritual drink-offerer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He makes a drink-offering before drinking and returning the cup.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: mocking and violent hosts
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The suitors laugh at Ulysses and threaten to send him to Echetus, who kills
those who approach.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: desiring suitors
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: After Penelope appears, each suitor prays to win her for his bed fellow.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:6
label: provider of meat portion
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Antinous sets a goat’s paunch filled with blood and fat before Ulysses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:7
label: hospitable suitor
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: Amphinomus gives Ulysses two loaves and wine and wishes him better times.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:8
label: doomed hearer of warning
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: He hears Ulysses’ warning, forebodes evil, and is said to be doomed by Minerva
to fall by Telemachus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: role:9
label: divine instigator
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Minerva puts into Penelope’s mind the plan to show herself to the suitors.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: role:10
label: divine beautifier and doom-setter
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: Minerva beautifies Penelope and is said to have doomed Amphinomus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:7
- id: role:11
label: faithful grieving wife
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Penelope speaks of despair over the loss of her dear husband and says heaven
robbed her of beauty when he sailed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:8
- id: role:12
label: veiled public figure
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Penelope appears before the suitors with a veil before her face and attendants
at her sides.
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: role:13
label: maternal rebuker
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Penelope addresses Telemachus and rebukes his conduct toward the stranger
and suppliant.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:14
label: female attendant and advisor
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: Eurynome advises Penelope and goes to summon maids.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:15
label: son under judgment
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: Penelope criticizes Telemachus for allowing the stranger to be mistreated;
the narration also names him as Amphinomus’s future killer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:10
- id: role:16
label: invoked gods
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The suitors invoke Jove and the other gods in their speech to Ulysses.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:17
label: threatening distant king
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The suitors name Echetus as a king who kills everyone that comes near him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:18
label: goddess invoked for death
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: Penelope wishes Diana would let her die sweetly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: tattered wallet
literal_form: dirty old wallet, tattered and torn, hanging by a cord
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: threshold seat
literal_form: threshold where Ulysses sits
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: goat’s paunch
literal_form: goat’s paunch filled with blood and fat
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: golden wine goblet
literal_form: golden goblet of wine used by Amphinomus and Ulysses
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: sym:5
label: drink-offering
literal_form: libation or drink-offering made before drinking
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: sym:6
label: sweet slumber
literal_form: sleep sent by Minerva upon Penelope
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:7
label: divinely enhanced beauty
literal_form: grace, beauty, taller stature, commanding figure, and ivory-white
complexion bestowed on Penelope
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: sym:8
label: veil
literal_form: veil held before Penelope’s face
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:9
label: bearing-post
literal_form: bearing-post supporting the roof of the cloister beside which Penelope
stands
associated_figures:
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Mocked stranger at the threshold
summary: Ulysses sits at the threshold with his tattered wallet while the suitors
laugh at him and threaten to send him to Echetus.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Food, wine, and warning to Amphinomus
summary: Antinous gives Ulysses a meat portion, Amphinomus gives him bread and wine,
and Ulysses responds with a moral warning about the suitors and the imminent return
of the absent husband.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Libation and doom of Amphinomus
summary: Ulysses makes a drink-offering and returns the cup; Amphinomus departs
with foreboding, and the narration states that Minerva has doomed him to die by
Telemachus’s hand.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: scene:4
label: Minerva prepares Penelope’s appearance
summary: Minerva inspires Penelope to show herself to the suitors; after Penelope
speaks with Eurynome, the goddess sends her into sleep and adorns her with beauty.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:6
- sym:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:5
label: Penelope appears veiled before the suitors
summary: Penelope wakes, laments her husband, descends with two maidens, stands
by a bearing-post holding a veil, and the suitors become intensely desirous of
her.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:2
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:8
- sym:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- id: scene:6
label: Penelope rebukes Telemachus
summary: Penelope criticizes Telemachus for permitting the stranger and suppliant
in their house to be mistreated.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:8
- fig:1
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: disguised returning husband among hostile suitors
taxonomy_refs:
- return
basis: Ulysses is present in the house as a poorly treated stranger while his speech
says the dishonoured wife’s husband is certain to return soon and that the suitors
will not part from him bloodlessly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage does not explicitly state in this excerpt that the stranger
is the husband in disguise; that identification comes from the supplied passage
naming him Ulysses and from his warning speech.
- id: motif:2
label: warning ignored by doomed hearer
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: Amphinomus receives Ulysses’ warning, walks away foreboding evil, and yet
is said not to escape destruction because Minerva has doomed him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The doom is narrated, but Amphinomus’s later death is only anticipated
in this passage.
- id: motif:3
label: divine adornment before public appearance
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Minerva sends Penelope into sleep and enhances her beauty before she appears
before the suitors and affects their desire.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:9
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy family directly names this adornment pattern.
- id: motif:4
label: hospitality test involving a suppliant stranger
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A stranger in the house is mocked and threatened by suitors but later Penelope
rebukes Telemachus because the stranger was a suppliant and was disgracefully
ill-treated.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The language of a formal test is not stated; the motif is inferred from
the treatment of the stranger and Penelope’s explicit suppliant language.
- id: motif:5
label: ritual libation before ominous departure
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Ulysses makes a drink-offering, drinks, returns the cup, and Amphinomus departs
with foreboding of evil.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: low
cautions: The libation is explicit, but its relation to exchange or omen is not
elaborated by the passage.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 8074-8081
quote_or_summary: Ulysses puts a dirty tattered wallet over his shoulder, sits on
the threshold, and is mocked by suitors who invoke the gods and threaten to send
him to king Echetus.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 8082-8088
quote_or_summary: Antinous sets a goat’s paunch filled with blood and fat before
Ulysses; Amphinomus gives him two loaves and pledges him in a golden goblet of
wine.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 8089-8112
quote_or_summary: Ulysses addresses Amphinomus, speaks of human vanity, divine changes
of fortune, and warns that the suitors dishonour the wife and estate of one who
will return soon, when bloodshed will follow.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 8113-8120
quote_or_summary: Ulysses makes a drink-offering, drinks, returns the gold cup,
and Amphinomus walks away serious with foreboding; the narration says Minerva
doomed him to fall by Telemachus.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 8121-8130
quote_or_summary: Minerva puts it into Penelope’s mind to show herself to the suitors;
Penelope tells Eurynome she detests them and wants to warn Telemachus of their
hidden mischief.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 8131-8146
quote_or_summary: Eurynome advises Penelope to wash and anoint her face; Penelope
refuses, saying heaven robbed her of beauty when her husband sailed, and asks
for attendants.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 8147-8158
quote_or_summary: Minerva sends Penelope into sweet sleep, sheds grace and beauty
over her, washes her face with ambrosial loveliness, makes her taller and more
commanding, and gives her an ivory-white complexion.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 8159-8165
quote_or_summary: Penelope wakes, describes her sleep as delicious despite misery,
and wishes Diana would let her die sweetly so she no longer despairs over her
lost husband.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: 8166-8173
quote_or_summary: Penelope descends with two maidens, stands by a bearing-post holding
a veil, and the suitors become overpowered and desire to win her as bed fellow.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 8174-8175
quote_or_summary: Penelope addresses Telemachus, says his conduct is improper, and
rebukes him for allowing a stranger and suppliant in the house to be disgracefully
ill-treated.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/odyssey-butler.md
rights_note: Public domain source text; concise summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Extraction is based only on the supplied passage. Motif labels are candidate
descriptions; comparison claims are omitted because the passage itself does not
support cross-textual comparison.
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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No comparison claims were added because the provided excerpt does not itself make or support a cautious comparison to another text or tradition.
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