batch.motif.greek-plato-symposium-jowett-gutenberg-l1885-l1974
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record_id: batch.motif.greek-plato-symposium-jowett-gutenberg-l1885-l1974
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/symposium-jowett.md
passage_locator:
label: Symposium / SYMPOSIUM / INTRODUCTION. / SYMPOSIUM; lines 1885-1974
start: '1885'
end: '1974'
translation: Symposium
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Agathon praises Love as a tender, beautiful, graceful, just, temperate,
courageous, and wise god. Love is said to dwell in soft souls and among flowers,
to master pleasures and even the God of War, to inspire poetry and arts, to guide
gods such as Apollo, Hephaestus, Athene, and Zeus, and to bring order, peace,
affection, and communal celebration. After the speech, the listeners cheer, and
Socrates remarks to Eryximachus that his earlier prediction about Agathon's wonderful
speech has come true.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Love is described as walking and dwelling in the hearts and souls of gods
and humans, departing from hard souls and remaining where there is softness.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Love is described as tender, young, flexible, graceful, and fair in complexion.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: Love is said to dwell among flowers and scents rather than among bloomless
or fading beauties.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Love is said neither to do nor suffer wrong by force, and all people are said
to serve him voluntarily.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Love is described as master over pleasures and desires, and therefore temperate.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The God of War is described as captive to Love, because the love of Aphrodite
masters him.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:7
text: Love is called a poet and the source of poetry in others, making even previously
unmusical people into poets.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:8
text: The creation of animals is attributed to Love's wisdom, and they are said
to be born and begotten of him.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:9
text: Apollo's arts, the Muses' melody, Hephaestus' metallurgy, Athene's weaving,
and Zeus's empire are attributed to Love's guidance or invention.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:10
text: Love is said to have set in order the empire of the gods after an earlier
time when dreadful deeds occurred under Necessity.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:11
text: Love is praised as giving peace, calming the sea, stilling winds, and bringing
sleep to sufferers.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: obs:12
text: Love is said to empty people of disaffection, fill them with affection, and
bring them together at banquets, sacrifices, feasts, and dances.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: obs:13
text: After Agathon's speech, the audience cheers, and Socrates says his prediction
that Agathon would give a wonderful oration has proved true.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Love
description: A god praised as tender, beautiful, virtuous, wise, a source of arts,
order, peace, and affection.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
- role:3
- role:4
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Aphrodite
description: Named in relation to the love that masters the God of War.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: God of War
description: Described as captive and servant in relation to Love.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Apollo
description: Said to have discovered medicine, archery, and divination under the
guidance of love and desire.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Muses
description: Their melody is attributed to Love.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Hephaestus
description: His metallurgy is attributed to Love.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: Athene
description: Her weaving is attributed to Love.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: Zeus
description: His empire over gods and humans is attributed to Love.
role_refs:
- role:8
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: Necessity
description: Named as the earlier ruler under whom dreadful deeds were done among
the gods.
role_refs:
- role:9
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: Agathon
description: Speaker whose praise of Love is completed and applauded.
role_refs:
- role:10
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:11
name_or_label: Phaedrus
description: Addressee to whom the speech praising Love is dedicated.
role_refs:
- role:11
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: fig:12
name_or_label: Aristodemus
description: Reports that there was a general cheer after Agathon's speech.
role_refs:
- role:12
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:13
name_or_label: Socrates
description: Remarks to Eryximachus that his fear and prophecy about Agathon's speech
were justified.
role_refs:
- role:13
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: fig:14
name_or_label: Eryximachus
description: Answers Socrates that the prophecy concerning Agathon appears true,
but not the part concerning Socrates being in a strait.
role_refs:
- role:14
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
roles:
- id: role:1
label: praised deity
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Love is repeatedly addressed as a god and praised for beauty and virtue.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:10
- id: role:2
label: indwelling presence
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Love is said to walk, dwell, and make his home in soft hearts and souls.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: master of desires
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Pleasures and desires are described as Love's servants, and Love as their
master.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: source of poetry and arts
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Love is called a poet and source of poetry, and multiple arts are attributed
to him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: cosmic and social harmonizer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: Love is said to order the gods' empire, give peace, calm storms, and unite
people in affection and communal rites.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: role:6
label: beloved-associated goddess
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The love of Aphrodite is the means by which Love masters the God of War.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: conquered war god
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The God of War is called captive, while Love is called lord.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:8
label: divine artisan or power guided by Love
assigned_to:
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
basis: Their arts, melody, craft, weaving, or rule are described as due to Love
or discovered under love's guidance.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:9
label: former ruling force
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: Necessity is said to have ruled in the old days when dreadful deeds were
done among the gods.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:10
label: speaker of encomium
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: Agathon is identified as having completed the speech that receives applause.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:11
label: addressee of speech
assigned_to:
- fig:11
basis: The speech is explicitly addressed and dedicated to Phaedrus.
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: role:12
label: reporting witness
assigned_to:
- fig:12
basis: Aristodemus reports the general cheer after Agathon speaks.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:13
label: commenting interlocutor
assigned_to:
- fig:13
basis: Socrates comments that his prediction about Agathon's oration was true.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
- id: role:14
label: responding interlocutor
assigned_to:
- fig:14
basis: Eryximachus responds to Socrates about the prophecy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: soft hearts and souls
literal_form: hearts and souls of gods and humans, described as soft places where
Love walks and dwells
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: flowers and scents
literal_form: the place of flowers and scents where Love sits and abides
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: stormy deep and winds calmed
literal_form: stormy deep and winds stilled by Love
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
- id: sym:4
label: banquets, sacrifices, feasts, and dances
literal_form: communal gatherings and rites over which Love is called lord
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:10
- id: sym:5
label: darkness without Love
literal_form: the artist whom Love does not touch walks in darkness
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Love's dwelling and beauty described
summary: Love is presented as dwelling in soft souls and among flowers and scents,
with tenderness, youth, flexibility, grace, and beauty.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Love's virtues and mastery
summary: Love is praised as just, temperate, courageous, and stronger than the God
of War through the love of Aphrodite.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Love as source of poetry, life, and arts
summary: Love is described as poet, inspirer of poets, creator of animals, source
of artistic fame, and guiding cause behind divine arts and rule.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
- id: scene:4
label: Love orders gods and brings peace
summary: After an older rule of Necessity, Love is said to order the divine empire
and bring good things, peace, calm, sleep, affection, and communal rites.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:9
- fig:11
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
- id: scene:5
label: Response to Agathon's speech
summary: Agathon's speech is applauded, and Socrates discusses with Eryximachus
the fulfillment of his earlier prediction about Agathon's oration.
figure_refs:
- fig:10
- fig:12
- fig:13
- fig:14
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:11
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: divine love as cosmic and social harmonizer
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_beloved
basis: Love is treated as a god who orders the empire of the gods, gives peace,
calms storms, and creates affection among people.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- ev:9
- ev:10
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage is a philosophical encomium rather than a narrative myth;
the taxonomy reference is approximate because the focus is Love as divine power,
not a beloved figure in a plot.
- id: motif:2
label: love as source of wisdom and arts
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: Love is called wise, a poet, source of poetry, creator of animals, and the
guiding or originating cause of several divine arts.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
- ev:7
confidence: high
cautions: The passage attributes cultural and artistic powers to Love rhetorically;
it does not narrate a discrete invention episode.
- id: motif:3
label: love conquers war
taxonomy_refs:
- duality
basis: The God of War is described as captive and servant, while Love is lord and
master through the love of Aphrodite.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The duality of love and war is explicit, but no detailed narrative of
the conquest is given in this passage.
- id: motif:4
label: soft dwelling of a deity within souls
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: Love is said to walk, dwell, and make his home in the soft hearts and souls
of gods and humans.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a figurative characterization within a speech and is not tied
to a provided taxonomy motif family.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 1885-1898
quote_or_summary: Love is said to walk and dwell not on earth or skulls but in the
soft hearts and souls of gods and humans; he departs from hardness and remains
with softness.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/symposium-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 1898-1909
quote_or_summary: Love is described as flexible, symmetrical, graceful, fair, and
as dwelling among flowers and scents rather than bloomless or fading beauties.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/symposium-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 1910-1923
quote_or_summary: Love is praised as just because he neither acts nor suffers by
force, and as temperate because pleasures and desires are his servants rather
than his masters.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/symposium-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 1923-1931
quote_or_summary: 'The God of War is described as no match for Love: he is captive,
Love is lord, and the love of Aphrodite masters him.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/symposium-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 1932-1943
quote_or_summary: Love is called a poet and source of poetry in others; at his touch
even someone previously without music becomes a poet.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/symposium-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 1943-1951
quote_or_summary: The creation of animals is attributed to Love's wisdom, and artists
inspired by Love gain the light of fame, while those untouched by Love walk in
darkness.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/symposium-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: 1951-1959
quote_or_summary: Apollo's medicine, archery, and divination are said to be discovered
under love and desire; the Muses' melody, Hephaestus' metallurgy, Athene's weaving,
and Zeus's empire are all said to be due to Love.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/symposium-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: 1959-1965
quote_or_summary: Love is said to have set in order the empire of the gods; in earlier
days dreadful deeds were done among gods when they were ruled by Necessity, but
since Love's birth every good in heaven and earth has sprung from love of beauty.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/symposium-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:9
type: quote
locator: 1966-1969
quote_or_summary: '"Gives peace on earth and calms the stormy deep, Who stills the
winds and bids the sufferer sleep."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/symposium-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:10
type: summary
locator: 1970-1983
quote_or_summary: Love is said to remove disaffection, fill people with affection,
bring them together at banquets, sacrifices, feasts, and dances, and act as saviour,
pilot, comrade, helper, and leader for gods and humans.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/symposium-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary.
- id: ev:11
type: summary
locator: 1984-1974
quote_or_summary: After Agathon finishes, Aristodemus reports a general cheer; Socrates
says to Eryximachus that his prediction about Agathon's wonderful oration was
true, and Eryximachus partly agrees.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/greek/project-gutenberg/symposium-jowett.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary; locator reflects supplied passage
ending despite internal line-range inconsistency.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal extraction is strong for the supplied passage. Motif labels are cautious
because the speech is rhetorical and philosophical, not a continuous mythic narrative.
No comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not explicitly
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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Used only the supplied passage and metadata. Available taxonomy references were applied only where directly or cautiously supported.
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