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| Passage | Sentence | Bucket | Confidence | Greek | English | Rationale |
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| 2.31.1 | 1 | other | high | ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ Τροιζηνίων ναὸς καὶ ἀγάλματα Ἀρτέμιδός ἐστι Σωτείρας· Θησέα δὲ ἐλέγετο ἱδρύσασθαι καὶ ὀνομάσαι Σώτειραν, ἡνίκα Ἀστερίωνα τὸν Μίνω καταγωνισάμενος ἀνέστρεψεν ἐκ τῆς Κρήτης. | In the marketplace of Troezen there is a temple and statues of Artemis Soteira ("the Saviour"). | A straightforward description of a temple and statues in the agora; the mythic backstory is secondary and this sentence is primarily topographical/descriptive. |
| 2.31.1 | 2 | mythic | high | ἀξιολογώτατον δὲ εἶναι τοῦτο ἔδοξέν οἱ τῶν κατειργασμένων, οὐ τοσοῦτον ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν ὅτι ἀνδρείᾳ τοὺς ἀποθανόντας ὑπὸ Θησέως ὑπερέβαλεν ὁ Ἀστερίων, ἀλλὰ τό τε ἐκ τοῦ λαβυρίνθου δυσέξοδον καὶ τὸ λαθόντα ἀποδρᾶναι μετὰ τὸ ἔργον ἐποίησεν εἰκότα τὸν λόγον ὡς προνοίᾳ θείᾳ καὶ αὐτὸς ἀνασωθείη Θησεὺς καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ. | It was said that Theseus built the temple and gave her the name Soteira after he had defeated Asterion, the son of Minos, and returned safely from Crete. | Theseus, Minos, Asterion, and escape from the Labyrinth are mythic events and their effects on the narrative landscape. |
| 2.31.2 | 1 | mythic | high | ἐν τούτῳ δέ εἰσι τῷ ναῷ βωμοὶ θεῶν τῶν λεγομένων ὑπὸ γῆν ἄρχειν, | In this temple there are altars of the gods who are said to rule beneath the earth. | Altars of gods said to rule beneath the earth refer to chthonic deities and mythic cult. |
| 2.31.2 | 2 | mythic | high | καί φασιν ἐξ Ἅιδου Σεμέλην τε ὑπὸ Διονύσου κομισθῆναι ταύτῃ καὶ ὡς Ἡρακλῆς ἀναγάγοι τὸν κύνα τοῦ Ἅιδου· | They say that Semele was brought up here from Hades by Dionysus, and that Heracles also brought up the hound of Hades. | Semele's return from Hades by Dionysus and Heracles' bringing up Cerberus are mythic underworld deeds. |
| 2.31.2 | 3 | mythic | high | ἐγὼ δὲ Σεμέλην μὲν οὐδὲ ἀποθανεῖν ἀρχὴν πείθομαι Διός γε οὖσαν γυναῖκα, | For my part, I cannot believe from the outset that Semele, being the wife of Zeus, ever died; | Semele is a mythic figure, and the sentence concerns belief about her death. |
| 2.31.2 | 4 | mythic | medium | τὰ δὲ ἐς τὸν ὀνομαζόμενον Ἅιδου κύνα ἑτέρωθι ἔσται μοι δῆλα ὁποῖα εἶναί μοι δοκεῖ. | as for the so-called hound of Hades, I will elsewhere make clear my own thoughts on the matter. | Refers to Cerberus, the hound of Hades, a mythic figure. |
| 2.31.3 | 1 | mythic | high | ὄπισθεν δὲ τοῦ ναοῦ Πιτθέως μνῆμά ἐστι, τρεῖς δὲ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ θρόνοι κεῖνται λίθου λευκοῦ· | Behind the temple is the tomb of Pittheus, and upon it rest three chairs of white stone. | Pittheus is a mythic figure; his tomb and the stone chairs are part of a mythic local landmark tradition. |
| 2.31.3 | 2 | mythic | medium | δικάζειν δὲ Πιτθέα καὶ ἄνδρας δύο σὺν αὐτῷ λέγουσιν ἐπὶ τῶν θρόνων. | They say that Pittheus used to sit upon these chairs, along with two others, to render judgment. | Pittheus is a legendary figure, and the sentence concerns his traditional role in a mythic/heroic past rather than a historical event. |
| 2.31.3 | 3 | mythic | high | οὐ πόρρω δὲ ἱερὸν Μουσῶν ἐστι, ποιῆσαι δὲ ἔλεγον αὐτὸ Ἄρδαλον παῖδα Ἡφαίστου· | Not far away there is a sanctuary of the Muses, which they relate was founded by Ardalus, son of Hephaestus. | A sanctuary founded by Ardalus, son of Hephaestus, is a mythic aetiological tradition about the shrine's origin. |
| 2.31.3 | 4 | mythic | high | καὶ αὐλόν τε εὑρεῖν νομίζουσι τὸν Ἄρδαλον τοῦτον καὶ τὰς Μούσας ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ καλοῦσιν Ἀρδαλίδας. | They also believe that this same Ardalus invented the flute, and from his name they call the Muses "Ardalides." | Aetiological myth about Ardalus inventing the flute and naming the Muses. |
| 2.31.3 | 5 | mythic | medium | ἐνταῦθα Πιτθέα διδάξαι λόγων τέχνην φασί, καί τι βιβλίον Πιτθέως δὴ σύγγραμμα ὑπὸ ἀνδρὸς ἐκδοθὲν Ἐπιδαυρίου καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπελεξάμην. | Here, it is said, Pittheus taught the art of speaking. | Pittheus is a mythic/legendary figure, and the sentence concerns his teaching activity at a location associated with him. |
| 2.31.3 | 6 | mythic | medium | τοῦ Μουσείου δὲ οὐ πόρρω βωμός ἐστιν ἀρχαῖος, Ἀρδάλου καὶ τοῦτον ὥς φασιν ἀναθέντος· | I myself have read a treatise written by Pittheus, published by a man from Epidaurus. | The altar is attributed to Ardalus in a reported founding account, which is tied to mythic antiquity rather than historical period. |
| 2.31.3 | 7 | other | high | ἐπὶ δὲ αὐτῷ Μούσαις καὶ Ὕπνῳ θύουσι, λέγοντες τὸν Ὕπνον θεὸν μάλιστα εἶναι φίλον ταῖς Μούσαις. | Near the sanctuary of the Muses is an ancient altar, also said to have been dedicated by this same Ardalus; upon it they sacrifice to the Muses and to Sleep, claiming Sleep to be the deity most beloved by the Muses. | Describes a cultic practice and altar near the Muses' sanctuary; this is religious/topographical material, not a mythic event or historical event. |
| 2.31.4 | 1 | mythic | high | πλησίον δὲ τοῦ θεάτρου Λυκείας ναὸν Ἀρτέμιδος ἐποίησεν Ἱππόλυτος· | Near the theater is a shrine of Artemis, called Lykeia, built by Hippolytus. | Hippolytus is a mythic figure, and the sentence attributes the shrine's foundation to him. |
| 2.31.4 | 2 | mythic | medium | ἐς δὲ τὴν ἐπίκλησιν οὐδὲν εἶχον πυθέσθαι παρὰ τῶν ἐξηγητῶν, ἀλλὰ ἢ λύκους ἐφαίνετό μοι τὴν Τροιζηνίαν λυμαινομένους ἐξελεῖν ὁ Ἱππόλυτος ἢ Ἀμαζόσι, παρʼ ὧν τὰ πρὸς μητρὸς ἦν, ἐπίκλησις τῆς Ἀρτέμιδός ἐστιν αὕτη· | Regarding the surname Lykeia, I could obtain no explanation from the local guides; but it seemed to me either that Hippolytus had destroyed wolves ravaging the Troezenian land, or else that the epithet derived from the Amazons, from whom he inherited through his mother, for it is known as one of Artemis’s titles among them. | Explains an epithet through Hippolytus and the Amazons, both mythic figures, and the landscape impact is framed as mythic. |
| 2.31.4 | 3 | other | high | εἴη δʼ ἂν ἔτι καὶ ἄλλο οὐ γινωσκόμενον ὑπὸ ἐμοῦ. | Or possibly the name might have another meaning unknown to me. | A speculative note about an unknown meaning of a name; no mythic or historical event. |
| 2.31.4 | 4 | mythic | high | τὸν δὲ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ ναοῦ λίθον, καλούμενον δὲ ἱερόν, εἶναι λέγουσιν ἐφʼ οὗ ποτε ἄνδρες Τροιζηνίων ἐννέα Ὀρέστην ἐκάθηραν ἐπὶ τῷ φόνῳ τῆς μητρός. | In front of the temple they show a stone called sacred, upon which, they say, Orestes once sat and was purified by nine men of Troezen for murdering his mother. | Describes Orestes’ mythic purification after matricide and its associated sacred stone. |
| 2.31.5 | 1 | other | high | εἰσὶ δὲ οὐ μακρὰν τῆς Λυκείας Ἀρτέμιδος βωμοὶ διεστηκότες οὐ πολὺ ἀπʼ ἀλλήλων· | Not far from the sanctuary of Artemis Lykeia are altars standing at short intervals from each other. | Purely topographical description of altars near a sanctuary; no mythic event or later historical event is involved. |
| 2.31.5 | 2 | mythic | high | ὁ μὲν πρῶτός ἐστιν αὐτῶν Διονύσου κατὰ δή τι μάντευμα ἐπίκλησιν Σαώτου, δεύτερος δὲ Θεμίδων ὀνομαζόμενος· Πιτθεὺς τοῦτον ἀνέθηκεν, ὡς λέγουσιν. | The first of these altars is dedicated to Dionysus, who is surnamed Saotes ("the Savior") according to an oracle; the second, it is said, was set up by Pittheus and is called the altar of the Themidai. | Names altars of Dionysus and the Themidai, and cites an oracle and Pittheus; this is cultic-mythic material rather than historical narrative. |
| 2.31.5 | 3 | historical | high | Ἡλίου δὲ Ἐλευθερίου καὶ σφόδρα εἰκότι λόγῳ δοκοῦσί μοι ποιῆσαι βωμόν, ἐκφυγόντες δουλείαν ἀπὸ Ξέρξου τε καὶ Περσῶν. | The altar to Helios Eleutherios ("Sun the Liberator"), it seems to me, they built with very good reason, having freed themselves from slavery under Xerxes and the Persians. | Refers to the aftermath of Xerxes’ Persian invasion, a historical event. |
| 2.31.6 | 1 | other | high | τὸ δὲ ἱερὸν τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος τοῦ Θεαρίου κατασκευάσαι μὲν Πιτθέα ἔφασαν, ἔστι δὲ ὧν οἶδα παλαιότατον. | The temple of Apollo Thearios was said to have been built by Pittheus, and it is the most ancient, as far as I know. | Architectural and antiquarian description of a temple's reputed builder and age; not a mythic event or post-500 BC historical event. |
| 2.31.6 | 2 | historical | high | ἀρχαῖος μὲν οὖν καὶ Φωκαεῦσι τοῖς ἐν Ἰωνίᾳ ναός ἐστιν Ἀθηνᾶς, ὃν Ἅρπαγός ποτε ὁ Μῆδος ἐνέπρησεν, ἀρχαῖος δὲ καὶ ὁ Σαμίοις Ἀπόλλωνος Πυθίου· | Now, ancient also is the temple of Athena among the Phocaeans in Ionia, which Harpagus the Mede once burned down; and ancient, too, is the temple of Apollo Pythios among the Samians. | Harpagus and the burning of the temple are historical (mid-6th century BC) events; the sentence also notes antiquarian temples, but the destruction is the relevant historical impact. |
| 2.31.6 | 3 | other | high | πλὴν πολύ γε ὕστερον τοῦ παρὰ Τροιζηνίοις ἐποιήθησαν. | Yet these temples were built much later than the one belonging to the Troizenians. | A comparative dating remark about temples; purely descriptive/antiquarian, not mythic or historical event. |
| 2.31.6 | 4 | other | high | ἄγαλμα δέ ἐστι τὸ ἐφʼ ἡμῶν ἀνάθημα Αὐλίσκου, τέχνη δὲ Ἕρμωνος Τροιζηνίου· | The present-day statue was dedicated by Auliskos, and is the work of Hermon of Troezen. | A description of a statue's dedication and maker; antiquarian/descriptive rather than mythic or historical event. |
| 2.31.6 | 5 | mythic | medium | τοῦ δὲ Ἕρμωνος τούτου καὶ τὰ τῶν Διοσκούρων ξόανά ἐστι. | This Hermon also crafted the wooden images (xoana) of the Dioscuri. | The Dioscuri are mythic figures, and the sentence concerns cult images of them. |
| 2.31.7 | 1 | other | high | κεῖνται δὲ ἐν στοᾷ τῆς ἀγορᾶς γυναῖκες λίθου καὶ αὐταὶ καὶ οἱ παῖδες. | In the colonnade of the Agora stand images carved in stone depicting women and their children. | Describes statues in the Agora colonnade; purely descriptive/topographical, not mythic or historical event. |
| 2.31.7 | 2 | historical | high | εἰσὶ δὲ ἃς Ἀθηναῖοι Τροιζηνίοις γυναῖκας καὶ τέκνα ἔδωκαν σώζειν, ἐκλιπεῖν σφισιν ἀρέσαν τὴν πόλιν μηδὲ στρατῷ πεζῷ τὸν Μῆδον ἐπιόντα ὑπομεῖναι. | These figures represent those women and children whom the Athenians entrusted to the Troizenians for shelter when they resolved to abandon their city rather than confront the approaching Persian onslaught by land. | Refers to the Athenians’ response to the Persian invasion, a historical event after 500 BC. |
| 2.31.7 | 3 | other | high | λέγονται δὲ οὐ πασῶν τῶν γυναικῶν---οὐ γὰρ δὴ πολλαί τινες ἐκεῖναι---, ὁπόσαι δὲ ἀξιώματι προεῖχον, τούτων εἰκόνας ἀναθεῖναι μόνων. | It is said that images were set up not of all of the women—since indeed they were not many—but only of those who were recognized as distinguished in rank. | Antiquarian note about dedicatory images of distinguished women, not a mythic or post-500 BC historical event. |
| 2.31.8 | 1 | mythic | high | τοῦ δὲ ἱεροῦ τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνός ἐστιν οἰκοδόμημα ἔμπροσθεν, Ὀρέστου καλούμενον σκηνή. | In front of the temple of Apollo stands a building known as "the booth of Orestes." | The building is identified by Orestes, a mythic figure; this is mythic local tradition attached to the landscape. |
| 2.31.8 | 2 | mythic | high | πρὶν γὰρ ἐπὶ τῷ αἵματι καθαρθῆναι τῆς μητρός, Τροιζηνίων οὐδεὶς πρότερον ἤθελεν αὐτὸν οἴκῳ δέξασθαι· καθίσαντες δὲ ἐνταῦθα ἐκάθαιρον καὶ εἱστίων, ἐς ὃ ἀφήγνισαν. | For before he was purified from the guilt of his mother's blood, none among the Troizenians wished to receive him into their home; instead, intending to cleanse him, they placed him here and entertained him while performing rites of purification until he was freed from pollution. | Refers to purification from the guilt of matricide, a mythic event affecting treatment of the hero. |
| 2.31.8 | 3 | other | high | καὶ νῦν ἔτι οἱ ἀπόγονοι τῶν καθηράντων ἐνταῦθα δειπνοῦσιν ἐν ἡμέραις ῥηταῖς. | Even now, the descendants of those who purified him take their meals there on appointed days. | Describes a continuing local ritual/custom and the descendants who perform it, not a mythic or post-500 BC historical event. |
| 2.31.8 | 4 | mythic | high | κατορυχθέντων δὲ ὀλίγον ἀπὸ τῆς σκηνῆς τῶν καθαρσίων φασὶν ἀπʼ αὐτῶν ἀναφῦναι δάφνην, ἣ δὴ καὶ ἐς ἡμᾶς ἔστιν, ἡ πρὸ τῆς σκηνῆς ταύτης. | They say that after the purification rites were buried a short distance from this booth, a laurel sprang up from them, and this very laurel still grows in front of the booth even today. | A wondrous laurel springing from buried purification rites is a mythic/ritual aetiological event affecting the landscape. |
| 2.31.9 | 1 | mythic | high | καθῆραι δέ φασιν Ὀρέστην καθαρσίοις καὶ ἄλλοις καὶ ὕδατι τῷ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἵππου κρήνης. | They say that Orestes was purified both by rites of purification and especially by the water from the Hippocrene spring. | Purification of Orestes is part of the mythic Orestes cycle and concerns a mythic event's effect. |
| 2.31.9 | 2 | other | high | ἔστι γὰρ καὶ Τροιζηνίοις Ἵππου καλουμένη κρήνη, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἐς αὐτὴν διαφόρως τῷ Βοιωτῶν ἔχει· | For also among the Troizenians there is a spring named Hippocrene, though the account about it differs from that of the Boeotians. | A geographical/antiquarian note about a spring and differing local accounts, not a narrated myth or historical event. |
| 2.31.9 | 3 | mythic | high | Πηγάσῳ γὰρ τῷ ἵππῳ καὶ οὗτοι λέγουσι τὸ ὕδωρ ἀνεῖναι τὴν γῆν θιγόντι τοῦ ἐδάφους τῇ ὁπλῇ, | They too say that the water burst forth from the ground when the horse Pegasus struck the soil with his hoof. | Explains a landscape feature as caused by Pegasus, a mythic event. |
| 2.31.9 | 4 | mythic | high | Βελλεροφόντην δὲ ἐλθεῖν ἐς Τροιζῆνα γυναῖκα αἰτήσοντα Αἴθραν παρὰ Πιτθέως, πρὶν δὲ γῆμαι συμβῆναί οἱ φυγεῖν ἐκ Κορίνθου. | But they claim Bellerophon came to Troezen in order to seek from Pittheus Aethra for a wife, yet before the marriage could take place it happened that he fled from Corinth. | Bellerophon is a mythic figure, and the sentence concerns his arrival and flight within a mythic narrative. |
| 2.31.10 | 1 | other | high | καὶ Ἑρμῆς ἐνταῦθά ἐστι Πολύγιος καλούμενος. | Here too is Hermes, called Polygius ("Giver of many blessings"). | A local cult title of Hermes; descriptive and antiquarian, not an event. |
| 2.31.10 | 2 | mythic | high | πρὸς τούτῳ τῷ ἀγάλματι τὸ ῥόπαλον θεῖναί φασιν Ἡρακλέα· καὶ---ἦν γὰρ κοτίνου---τοῦτο μὲν ὅτῳ πιστὰ ἐνέφυ τῇ γῇ καὶ ἀνεβλάστησεν αὖθις καὶ ἔστιν ὁ κότινος πεφυκὼς ἔτι, | Beside this statue, they say Heracles once laid down his club; this club, being made of wild olive, immediately took firm root in the earth, sprouted again, and the olive tree still grows from it to this day. | Heracles and the club taking root are a mythic aetiological event affecting the landscape. |
| 2.31.10 | 3 | mythic | high | τὸν δὲ Ἡρακλέα λέγουσιν ἀνευρόντα τὸν πρὸς τῇ Σαρωνίδι κότινον ἀπὸ τούτου τεμεῖν ῥόπαλον. | They say that afterward Heracles found another wild olive growing near the Saronic gulf and from this he cut himself a new club. | Heracles is a mythic figure, and the sentence describes a mythic episode explaining the origin of his club. |
| 2.31.10 | 4 | other | high | ἔστι δὲ καὶ Διὸς ἱερὸν ἐπίκλησιν Σωτῆρος· ποιῆσαι δὲ αὐτὸ βασιλεύοντα Ἀέτιον τὸν Ἄνθα λέγουσιν. | There is also a temple of Zeus surnamed Soter ("Savior"), built, according to tradition, by Aetius, the son of Anthas, while he was king. | A temple dedication and its attributed builder are antiquarian/descriptive, not a mythic event or post-500 BC historical event. |
| 2.31.10 | 5 | mythic | medium | ὕδωρ δὲ ὀνομάζουσι Χρυσορόαν· αὐχμοῦ δὲ ἐπὶ ἔτη συμβάντος σφίσιν ἐννέα, ἐν οἷς οὐχ ὗεν ὁ θεός, τὰ μὲν ἄλλα ἀναξηρανθῆναί φασιν ὕδατα, τὸν δὲ Χρυσορόαν τοῦτον καὶ τότε ὁμοίως διαμεῖναι ῥέοντα. | The local people name a river Chrysoroas ("Flowing with gold"); when a drought occurred for nine years, during which the god granted no rain, they claim all other waters dried away, whereas the stream Chrysoroas alone continued to flow just as before. | The drought and divine withholding of rain are mythic causal elements, and the river's survival is presented as an effect of that mythic event. |