batch.motif.greek-plato-phaedrus-jowett-gutenberg-l3781-l3808
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-plato-phaedrus-jowett-gutenberg-l3781-l3808
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/phaedrus-jowett.md
passage_locator:
label: PHAEDRUS / INTRODUCTION. / ON THE DECLINE OF GREEK LITERATURE. / PHAEDRUS;
lines 3781-3808
start: '3781'
end: '3808'
translation: Phaedrus
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Socrates praises Isocrates as gifted, philosophically inclined, and divinely
inspired toward higher things. Phaedrus proposes departure as the heat lessens.
Socrates suggests praying to the local deities, addresses Pan and the other gods
of the place, asks for inward beauty, harmony between outward and inward self,
wisdom-valuing wealth, and only such gold as a temperate man can bear. Phaedrus
asks to share the prayer because friends should have things in common, and Socrates
says they should go.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Socrates says Isocrates has a genius above the orations of Lysias, will improve
with age, and contains an element of philosophy.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Socrates says a divine inspiration will lead Isocrates to higher things.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Socrates identifies his message about Isocrates as the message of the gods
dwelling in the place.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Phaedrus suggests departing because the heat has abated.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Socrates proposes offering a prayer to the local deities before departure.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:6
text: Socrates prays to Pan and the other gods who haunt the place.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:7
text: Socrates asks for beauty in the inward soul and unity between outward and
inward man.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: Socrates asks to consider the wise wealthy and to possess only as much gold
as a temperate man can bear and carry.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Phaedrus asks for the same prayer for himself, saying friends should have
all things in common.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: Socrates concludes with an instruction to go.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Socrates
description: Speaker who praises Isocrates, invokes local deities, prays to Pan
and the other gods, and concludes the departure.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:8
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Phaedrus
description: Speaker who proposes departure and asks that Socrates' prayer also
apply to him because friends should have things in common.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Isocrates
description: Person described by Socrates as gifted, likely to improve, philosophically
inclined, and divinely inspired toward higher things.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Lysias
description: Person contrasted with Isocrates and associated by Socrates with Phaedrus.
role_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Pan
description: Deity addressed by Socrates as beloved Pan.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: local deities / other gods who haunt this place
description: Deities of the place to whom Socrates says a prayer should be offered
and whom he addresses together with Pan.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
roles:
- id: role:1
label: speaker-prayer-maker
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Socrates proposes prayer and speaks the prayer to Pan and the gods of the
place.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: role:2
label: message-bearer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Socrates says he will deliver the message of the gods dwelling in the place
to Isocrates.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: companion-friend
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Phaedrus responds to Socrates and asks to share the prayer because friends
should have all things in common.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:4
label: inspired-future-philosopher
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: Isocrates is described as having philosophy in his nature and divine inspiration
leading him higher.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:5
label: local divine recipient
assigned_to:
- fig:5
- fig:6
basis: Pan and the other gods who haunt the place are addressed in prayer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: local deities of place
literal_form: Pan and all other gods who haunt this place
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: sym:2
label: inward soul beauty
literal_form: beauty in the inward soul
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:3
label: outward and inward unity
literal_form: the outward and inward man be at one
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: temperate gold
literal_form: such a quantity of gold as a temperate man and he only can bear and
carry
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: sym:5
label: divine inspiration
literal_form: divine inspiration leading Isocrates to things higher still
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Prediction about Isocrates
summary: Socrates predicts that Isocrates will surpass earlier rhetoricians, has
philosophy in his nature, and is led by divine inspiration toward higher things.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Prayer before departure
summary: After Phaedrus proposes departure, Socrates calls for a prayer to the local
deities and prays to Pan and the other gods for inward beauty, inner-outer unity,
wise wealth, and temperate possession of gold.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
- ev:6
- id: scene:3
label: Shared prayer and departure
summary: Phaedrus asks that the same prayer be granted to him because friends should
share things in common, and Socrates says to go.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:8
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Prayer to local deities before departure
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Socrates says a prayer should be offered to the local deities before leaving
and addresses Pan and the other gods of the place.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: high
cautions: This is a passage-level ritual action rather than a full mythic narrative.
- id: motif:2
label: Divine inspiration leading a human to higher pursuits
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
- ascent
basis: Socrates says Isocrates has divine inspiration that will lead him to higher
things and an element of philosophy in his nature.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: The language is evaluative and philosophical; the passage does not narrate
an actual ascent or divine encounter.
- id: motif:3
label: Inner and outer harmony sought through prayer
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
- duality
basis: Socrates prays for beauty in the inward soul and for the outward and inward
man to be at one.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The motif is ethical-philosophical rather than a developed mythic episode.
- id: motif:4
label: Temperance over material wealth
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Socrates prays to reckon the wise wealthy and to have only as much gold as
a temperate man can bear and carry.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: This is a moral-prayer motif, not a narrative myth.
- id: motif:5
label: Sharing a blessing among friends
taxonomy_refs:
- sacred_exchange
basis: Phaedrus asks for the same prayer for himself, stating that friends should
have all things in common.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
confidence: medium
cautions: The sharing is requested verbally; no exchange or divine response is narrated.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 3781-3788
quote_or_summary: Socrates says Isocrates has genius above Lysias' orations, will
improve with age, will surpass former rhetoricians, will not be satisfied with
rhetoric, has divine inspiration leading him higher, and has philosophy in his
nature.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/phaedrus-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 3788-3791
quote_or_summary: Socrates says this is the message of the gods dwelling in the
place and that he will deliver it to Isocrates, while Phaedrus is to give another
message to Lysias.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/phaedrus-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized for extraction.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: 3792-3793
quote_or_summary: "“now as the heat is abated let us depart.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/phaedrus-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source.
- id: ev:4
type: quote
locator: 3794-3795
quote_or_summary: "“Should we not offer up a prayer first of all to the local deities?”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/phaedrus-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source.
- id: ev:5
type: quote
locator: 3798-3801
quote_or_summary: "“Beloved Pan, and all ye other gods who haunt this place, give
me beauty in the inward soul; and may the outward and inward man be at one.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/phaedrus-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source.
- id: ev:6
type: quote
locator: 3801-3804
quote_or_summary: "“May I reckon the wise to be the wealthy, and may I have such
a quantity of gold as a temperate man and he only can bear and carry.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/phaedrus-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source.
- id: ev:7
type: quote
locator: 3806-3807
quote_or_summary: "“Ask the same for me, for friends should have all things in common.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/phaedrus-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source.
- id: ev:8
type: quote
locator: '3808'
quote_or_summary: "“Let us go.”"
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/phaedrus-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is clear dialogue with a prayer and ethical themes. Motif candidates
are mainly philosophical and ritual rather than developed mythic narrative. No
comparison claims were added because the passage does not itself support a comparison
to another tradition or motif family beyond available taxonomy tagging.
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: |-
Used only supplied passage text and metadata; taxonomy references limited to supplied available motif families.
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