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| Passage | Sentence | Bucket | Confidence | Greek | English | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.22.1 | 1 | other | high | Γυθίου δὲ τρεῖς μάλιστα ἀπέχει σταδίους ἀργὸς λίθος· | About three stades from Gythium is a stone named "Argos lithos" ("inactive stone"). | Purely geographical: gives the distance from Gythium to a named stone. |
| 3.22.1 | 2 | mythic | high | Ὀρέστην λέγουσι καθεσθέντα ἐπʼ αὐτοῦ παύσασθαι τῆς μανίας· διὰ τοῦτο ὁ λίθος ὠνομάσθη Ζεὺς Καππώτας κατὰ γλῶσσαν τὴν Δωρίδα. | It is said that Orestes sat down there and was relieved of his madness; thus, in the Dorian dialect, the stone is called Zeus Kappotas. | Refers to Orestes' madness being cured at the stone, a mythic event affecting the landscape's name. |
| 3.22.1 | 3 | mythic | high | ἡ δὲ νῆσος ἡ Κρανάη πρόκειται Γυθίου, καὶ Ὅμηρος Ἀλέξανδρον ἁρπάσαντα Ἑλένην ἐνταῦθα ἔφη συγγενέσθαι οἱ πρῶτον. | Opposite Gythium lies the island of Cranae, where Homer says that Alexander, after abducting Helen, first united with her. | Refers to Homeric myth: Alexander abducting Helen and their first union on Cranae. |
| 3.22.1 | 4 | other | high | κατὰ δὲ τὴν νῆσον ἱερόν ἐστιν Ἀφροδίτης ἐν τῇ ἠπείρῳ Μιγωνίτιδος, καὶ ὁ τόπος οὗτος ἅπας καλεῖται Μιγώνιον. | On the island there is a temple dedicated to Aphrodite Migonitis on the mainland, and the whole place is called Migonium. | A locational note identifying a temple and place-name; no mythic or historical event is described. |
| 3.22.2 | 1 | historical | medium | τοῦτο μὲν δὴ τὸ ἱερὸν ποιῆσαι λέγουσιν Ἀλέξανδρον· | They say that Alexander founded this sanctuary. | Alexander is a historical figure, and the sentence describes the founding of a sanctuary as a later historical event. |
| 3.22.2 | 2 | mythic | high | Μενέλαος δὲ Ἴλιον ἑλὼν καὶ ἔτεσιν ὕστερον ὀκτὼ μετὰ Τροίας πόρθησιν οἴκαδε ἀνασωθεὶς ἄγαλμα Θέτιδος καὶ θεὰς Πραξιδίκας ἱδρύσατο ἐγγὺς τῆς Μιγωνίτιδος. | After Menelaus had captured Ilium, and when, eight years subsequent to the sack of Troy, he had safely returned home, he dedicated the statue of Thetis and images of the goddesses called Praxidikai near Migonium. | Menelaus’ capture of Troy and dedication after the Trojan War are tied to mythic events. |
| 3.22.2 | 3 | other | high | Διονύσου δὲ ὄρος ἱερὸν Λαρύσιον καλούμενόν ἐστιν ὑπὲρ τοῦ Μιγωνίου· | Above Migonium is a mountain sacred to Dionysus named Larysion. | Purely geographical/topographical description of a sacred mountain location. |
| 3.22.2 | 4 | mythic | high | καὶ ἦρος ἀρχομένου Διονύσῳ τὴν ἑορτὴν ἄγουσιν ἄλλα τε ἐς τὰ δρώμενα λέγοντες καὶ ὡς βότρυν ἐνταῦθα ἀνευρίσκουσιν ὡραῖον. | At the beginning of spring they hold there a festival in honor of Dionysus, wherein, among other rites, they recount how at this place was discovered a ripe cluster of grapes. | Recounts a local myth about the discovery of the first ripe grapes at the site, tied to Dionysus and festival ritual. |
| 3.22.3 | 1 | other | high | ἐν ἀριστερᾷ δὲ Γυθίου στάδια προελθόντι ὡς τριάκοντα ἔστιν ἐν τῇ ἠπείρῳ Τρινασοῦ καλουμένης τείχη, φρουρίου ποτὲ ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν καὶ οὐ πόλεως. | On the left, about thirty stades beyond Gythium, upon the mainland, there exist walls of a site called Trinasus, which I believe were once those of a fortress rather than a city. | A route note identifying walls at Trinasus; purely geographical/descriptive and not a mythic or historical event. |
| 3.22.3 | 2 | other | high | γενέσθαι δέ οἱ δοκῶ τὸ ὄνομα ἀπὸ τῶν νησίδων, αἳ ταύτῃ πρόκεινται τῆς ἠπείρου τρεῖς ἀριθμόν. | I think it gets this name from the three small islands situated offshore at that place. | Explains a place-name from nearby islands; geographical/etymological description rather than mythic or historical event. |
| 3.22.3 | 3 | other | high | προελθόντι δὲ ἀπὸ Τρινασοῦ στάδια ὡς ὀγδοήκοντα τοῦ Ἕλους τὰ ἐρείπια ὑπόλοιπα ἦν, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα τριάκοντα | About eighty stades from Trinasus were the surviving ruins of Helos, and thirty stades further along after these ruins... | A route/location description giving distances and ruins, not a mythic or post-500 BC historical event. |
| 3.22.4 | 1 | other | high | προελθόντι που σταδίους ἐπὶ θαλάσσης πόλις ἐστὶν Ἀκρίαι· | Advancing roughly four stades toward the sea, there is a city called Acriae. | Purely topographical: gives distance and location of Acriae by the sea. |
| 3.22.4 | 2 | other | high | θέας δὲ αὐτόθι ἄξια Μητρὸς θεῶν ναὸς καὶ ἄγαλμα λίθου. | Things worthy of seeing there include a temple of the Mother of the Gods, and an image fashioned from stone. | Descriptive note naming a temple and cult image; no event or dated historical action. |
| 3.22.4 | 3 | other | high | παλαιότατον δὲ τοῦτο εἶναί φασιν οἱ τὰς Ἀκρίας ἔχοντες, ὁπόσα τῆς θεοῦ ταύτης Πελοποννησίοις ἱερά ἐστιν, ἐπεὶ Μαγνησί γε, οἳ τὰ πρὸς Βορρᾶν νέμονται τοῦ Σιπύλου, τούτοις ἐπὶ Κοδδίνου πέτρᾳ Μητρός ἐστι θεῶν ἀρχαιότατον ἁπάντων ἄγαλμα· | Those who inhabit Acriae assert that this sanctuary is the oldest among all the shrines dedicated to the goddess in the Peloponnese. | An antiquarian claim about the age of a sanctuary; descriptive, not an event. |
| 3.22.4 | 4 | mythic | medium | ποιῆσαι δὲ οἱ Μάγνητες αὐτὸ Βροτέαν λέγουσι τὸν Ταντάλου. | However, among the Magnesians, who dwell to the north of Mount Sipylus, there is the most ancient image of the Mother of the Gods placed upon the rock called Koddinos. | Refers to a mythic image of the Mother of the Gods and the mythic association of its placement. |
| 3.22.5 | 1 | historical | high | Ἀκριᾶται δὲ καὶ ἄνδρα ποτὲ Ὀλυμπιονίκην παρέσχοντο Νικοκλέα, Ὀλυμπιάσι δύο ἀνελόμενον δρόμου νίκας πέντε· | The Acriatae also once produced an Olympic victor named Nikokles, who obtained five victories in running at two Olympic festivals. | An Olympic victor is a post-mythic historical figure, and this is antiquarian notice of an athletic achievement. |
| 3.22.5 | 2 | other | high | πεποίηται δὲ καὶ μνῆμα τῷ Νικοκλεῖ τοῦ τε γυμνασίου μεταξὺ καὶ τοῦ τείχους τοῦ πρὸς τῷ λιμένι. | There is a memorial for Nikokles set between the gymnasium and the wall near the harbor. | A memorial location between landmarks is topographical/descriptive, not mythic or historical narrative. |
| 3.22.6 | 1 | other | high | ἀπὸ θαλάσσης δὲ ἄνω Γερόνθραι σταδίους ἀπέχουσιν εἴκοσι καὶ ἑκατὸν Ἀκριῶν. | From the sea, Geronthrai lies one hundred and twenty stades inland from Acriae. | Purely geographical location and distance from the sea; no mythic or historical event. |
| 3.22.6 | 2 | mythic | medium | ταύτας οἰκουμένας πρὶν Ἡρακλείδας ἐλθεῖν ἐς Πελοπόννησον, ἐποίησαν ἀναστάτους Δωριεῖς οἱ Λακεδαίμονα ἔχοντες. | These Acriae, inhabited before the Heracleidae came into the Peloponnesus, were desolated by the Dorians who held Lacedaemon. | Refers to the Heracleidae and the Dorian conquest, a legendary/mythic displacement affecting settlement. |
| 3.22.6 | 3 | historical | medium | ἀναστήσαντες δὲ Γερονθρῶν τοὺς Ἀχαιοὺς παρὰ σφῶν ἐποίκους ἀπέστειλαν· | After expelling the Achaeans from Geronthrai, the Dorians sent settlers of their own there. | Describes a population replacement by Dorians in the historical/legendary past, not a mythic event or mere geography. |
| 3.22.6 | 4 | historical | high | ἐπʼ ἐμοῦ δὲ Ἐλευθερολακώνων καὶ οὗτοι μοῖρα ἦσαν. | In my day, these too belonged to the Eleuthero-Laconians. | Refers to the Eleuthero-Laconians in the author's own time, a historical/political status after 500 BC. |
| 3.22.6 | 5 | other | high | κατὰ μὲν δὴ τὴν ἐξ Ἀκριῶν ἐς Γερόνθρας ὁδὸν ἔστι Παλαιὰ καλουμένη κώμη. | On the road that goes from Acriae to Geronthrai is a village called Palaea ("the Old"). | Simple route description naming a village; no mythic or historical event. |
| 3.22.6 | 6 | other | high | ἐν δὲ αὐταῖς Γερόνθραις Ἄρεως ναὸς καὶ ἄλσος· | In Geronthrai itself there is a temple and a precinct sacred to Ares. | A brief topographical description of a temple and sacred precinct in Geronthrai, not a mythic story or post-500 BC historical event. |
| 3.22.7 | 1 | other | high | ἑορτὴν δὲ ἄγουσι τῷ θεῷ κατὰ ἔτος, ἐν ᾗ γυναιξίν ἐστιν ἀπηγορευμένον ἐσελθεῖν ἐς τὸ ἄλσος. | They celebrate an annual festival in honor of the god, during which women are forbidden to enter the grove. | Describes a cult festival and ritual restriction, a geographical/antiquarian detail rather than a mythic or historical event. |
| 3.22.7 | 2 | other | high | περὶ δὲ τὴν ἀγοράν σφισιν αἱ πηγαὶ τῶν ποτίμων εἰσὶν ὑδάτων. | Around the marketplace lie the springs of drinking water. | Purely topographical description of springs around the marketplace; no mythic or historical event. |
| 3.22.7 | 3 | other | high | ἐν δὲ τῇ ἀκροπόλει ναός ἐστιν Ἀπόλλωνος καὶ ἀγάλματος ἐλέφαντος πεποιημένου κεφαλή· | On the acropolis there stands a temple of Apollo, and an image whose head is made of ivory. | A topographical and descriptive notice of a temple and cult image on the acropolis. |
| 3.22.7 | 4 | historical | high | τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ τοῦ ἀγάλματος πῦρ ἠφάνισεν ὁμοῦ τῷ προτέρῳ ναῷ. | The remainder of the statue was destroyed by fire, along with the earlier temple. | Describes the destruction of a statue and earlier temple by fire, an event affecting the remains of a historical sanctuary. |
| 3.22.8 | 1 | other | high | Μαριὸς δὲ ἄλλο Ἐλευθερολακώνων πόλισμα, ὃ ἀπὸ Γερονθρῶν στάδια ἑκατὸν ἀφέστηκεν. | Marios is another town of the Eleutherolakonians, situated one hundred stadia distant from Geronthrai. | A geographical notice identifying a town and its distance from Geronthrai. |
| 3.22.8 | 2 | other | high | ἱερόν ἐστιν αὐτόθι ἀρχαῖον κοινὸν θεῶν ἁπάντων καὶ περὶ αὐτὸ ἄλσος παρεχόμενον πηγάς, εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ ἐν Ἀρτέμιδος ἱερῷ πηγαί· | Here stands an ancient sanctuary common to all the gods, around which extends a grove that affords springs of water; springs are also found in the sanctuary of Artemis. | Purely topographical/descriptive: it describes an ancient sanctuary, grove, and springs, with no mythic or historical event. |
| 3.22.8 | 3 | other | high | ὕδωρ δὲ ἄφθονον εἴπερ ἄλλο τι χωρίον παρέχεται καὶ Μαριός. | Indeed, if any place is specially abundant in water, it is Marios. | A geographical description of Marios being abundant in water; no mythic or historical event. |
| 3.22.8 | 4 | other | high | κώμη δὲ ὑπὲρ τὸ πόλισμά ἐστιν ἐν μεσογαίᾳ καὶ αὐτή, Γλυππία· | Above the town and inland lies a village called Glyppia. | Purely geographical/topographical description of a village's location; no mythic or historical event. |
| 3.22.8 | 5 | other | high | καὶ ἐς κώμην ἑτέραν Σελινοῦντα ἐκ Γερονθρῶν ἐστιν ὁδὸς σταδίων εἴκοσι. | Another road, twenty stadia long, leads from Geronthrai to a different village named Selinous. | Purely a route description giving distance between places; no mythic or historical event. |
| 3.22.9 | 1 | other | high | τάδε μὲν ἀπὸ Ἀκριῶν ἄνω πρὸς ἤπειρον· | These places lie inland, above Acriae. | Purely geographical location description, placing places inland above Acriae. |
| 3.22.9 | 2 | other | high | τὰ δὲ πρὸς θαλάσσῃ, πόλις Ἀσωπὸς Ἀκριῶν ἀπέχει σταδίους ἑξήκοντα. | Nearer the sea is the city of Asopus, sixty stades from Acriae. | Purely geographical location and distance statement, with no mythic or historical event. |
| 3.22.9 | 3 | historical | high | ἐν αὐτῇ δὲ ναός τε Ῥωμαίων βασιλέων καὶ ἀνωτέρω τῆς πόλεως ὅσον τε σταδίους δώδεκα καὶ ἱερόν ἐστιν Ἀσκληπιοῦ· | Within it is a temple of the Roman emperors, and about twelve stades above the city, there is a sanctuary of Asclepius. | Refers to a temple of Roman emperors and a sanctuary of Asclepius, which is descriptive/topographical cultic information tied to historical-period worship. |
| 3.22.9 | 4 | mythic | medium | Φιλόλαον τὸν θεὸν ὀνομάζουσι. | They call the god Philolaus. | Calling someone a god refers to a mythic/divine figure rather than a historical event or mere description. |
| 3.22.9 | 5 | other | high | τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ ἐν τῷ γυμνασίῳ τὰ τιμώμενα μεγέθει μὲν ὑπερβάλλοντα, ἀνθρώπου δὲ ὅμως ἐστί. | The bones honored in the gymnasium are remarkable for their size, though still human. | Describes the size of bones in a gymnasium; this is a descriptive antiquarian detail, not a mythic or historical event. |
| 3.22.9 | 6 | other | high | καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς ἱερόν ἐστιν ἐν τῇ ἀκροπόλει Κυπαρισσίας ἐπίκλησιν. | There is also a sanctuary of Athena on the acropolis, surnamed Cyparissia. | A descriptive note identifying a sanctuary on the acropolis; no mythic event or historical event is narrated. |
| 3.22.9 | 7 | other | high | τῆς δὲ ἀκροπόλεως πρὸς τοῖς ποσὶ πόλεως ἐρείπια καλουμένης Ἀχαιῶν τῶν Παρακυπαρισσίων. | At the foot of this acropolis there are the ruins of a city named the City of the Achaeans of Paracyparissia. | Purely topographical description of ruins at the foot of the acropolis; no mythic or historical event. |
| 3.22.10 | 1 | other | high | ἔστι δὲ ἐν τῇ γῇ ταύτῃ καὶ ἱερὸν Ἀσκληπιοῦ στάδια ἀπέχον ὡς πεντήκοντα Ἀσωποῦ· τὸ δὲ χωρίον, ἔνθα τὸ Ἀσκληπιεῖον, Ὑπερτελέατον ὀνομάζουσιν. | In this land there is also a sanctuary of Asclepius, distant approximately fifty stades from Asopus; the place where the sanctuary of Asclepius stands is called Hyperteleatum. | Topographical note locating a sanctuary and place-name; no mythic or post-500 BC historical event. |
| 3.22.10 | 2 | other | high | ἄκρα δὲ ἀνέχουσα ἐς θάλασσαν ἀφέστηκεν Ἀσωποῦ διακόσια στάδια· καλοῦσι δὲ Ὄνου γνάθον τὴν ἄκραν. | A headland projecting into the sea lies two hundred stades from Asopus, and they call this promontory "Onugnathus" ("Donkey's Jaw"). | Purely geographical description of a headland and its local name. |
| 3.22.10 | 3 | mythic | high | ἐνταῦθά ἐστιν Ἀθηνᾶς ἱερὸν ἄγαλμα οὐκ ἔχον, οὐδὲ ὄροφος ἔπεστιν ἐπʼ αὐτῷ· λέγεται δὲ ὡς ὑπὸ Ἀγαμέμνονος ἐποιήθη. | Here there is a temple of Athena, but it has neither statue nor roof; it is said that it was built by Agamemnon. | Attributed to Agamemnon, a mythic heroic founder figure. |
| 3.22.10 | 4 | mythic | high | ἔστι δὲ καὶ μνῆμα Κινάδου· νεὼς τῆς Μενελάου καὶ οὗτος κυβερνήτης ἦν. | There is also a tomb of Cinadus here, who was likewise a pilot of Menelaus' ship. | Tomb of Cinadus, identified as Menelaus' pilot, belongs to the mythic Trojan-cycle tradition. |
| 3.22.11 | 1 | other | high | ἐσέχει δὲ μετὰ τὴν ἄκραν Βοιατικὸς καλούμενος κόλπος, καὶ Βοιαὶ πόλις πρὸς τῷ πέρατί ἐστι τοῦ κόλπου. | Beyond the headland lies the bay called the Boiatic Gulf, and at the farthest end of this bay stands the city of Boiai. | Purely geographical description of a bay and city location; no mythic or historical event. |
| 3.22.11 | 2 | mythic | high | ταύτην ᾤκισε μὲν Βοιὸς τῶν Ἡρακλειδῶν, συναγαγεῖν δὲ ἄνδρας ἀπὸ τριῶν ἐς αὐτὴν λέγεται πόλεων, Ἤτιδος καὶ Ἀφροδισιάδος καὶ Σίδης. | This city was founded by Boios, one of the Heracleidae, who is said to have gathered inhabitants into it from three cities: Etis, Aphrodisias, and Side. | Foundation by Boios, a Heracleid, is a mythic/heroic settlement tradition. |
| 3.22.11 | 3 | mythic | high | τῶν δὲ πόλεων τῶν ἀρχαίων τὰς μὲν δύο ἐς Ἰταλίαν φεύγοντα Αἰνείαν καὶ ὑπὸ πνευμάτων ἀπενεχθέντα ἐς τοῦτον τὸν κόλπον οἰκίσαι φασί, τὴν Ἠτιάδα Αἰνείου θυγατέρα λέγοντες εἶναι· | Of these ancient cities, it is said that Aeneas, fleeing to Italy and driven by storms into this gulf, established two, naming Etis after his daughter Aineias. | Aeneas' wandering and city-foundation legend are mythic traditions. |
| 3.22.11 | 4 | mythic | high | τὴν τρίτην δὲ κληθῆναι τῶν πόλεων λέγουσιν ἀπὸ τῆς Δαναοῦ Σίδης. | The third city, they claim, was named after Side, the daughter of Danaus. | Names the city after Side, daughter of Danaus, a mythic genealogy. |
| 3.22.12 | 1 | mythic | medium | ἀπὸ δὴ τούτων τῶν πόλεων ἀναστάντες ἐζήτουν ἔνθα οἰκῆσαι σφᾶς χρεὼν εἴη· | Having departed from these cities, they began to seek a new place where it was ordained for them to dwell. | The sentence describes a migration after departure from cities, implying a legendary settlement search rather than a later historical event. |
| 3.22.12 | 2 | mythic | high | καί τι καὶ μάντευμα ἦν αὐτοῖς Ἄρτεμιν ἔνθα οἰκήσουσιν ἐπιδείξειν. | And indeed they had received an oracle that Artemis would show them the place where they should settle. | An oracle from Artemis about where to settle is a mythic foundation narrative. |
| 3.22.12 | 3 | mythic | high | ὡς οὖν ἐκβᾶσιν ἐς τὴν γῆν λαγὼς ἐπιφαίνεται, τὸν λαγὼν ἐποιήσαντο ἡγεμόνα τῆς ὁδοῦ· | When, therefore, they landed on the coast, a hare suddenly appeared before them, and they made this hare their guide along the way. | A hare appearing as a divine/omen-like guide on the voyage is an element of mythic narrative. |
| 3.22.12 | 4 | mythic | high | καταδύντος δὲ ἐς μυρσίνην πόλιν τε οἰκίζουσιν ἐνταῦθα, οὗπερ ἡ μυρσίνη ἦν, | When it disappeared into a myrtle bush, there they then founded their city at the very spot of this myrtle. | The city’s foundation is explained by a mythic sign involving the disappearance into a myrtle bush. |
| 3.22.12 | 5 | mythic | medium | καὶ τὸ δένδρον ἔτι ἐκείνην σέβουσι τὴν μυρσίνην καὶ Ἄρτεμιν ὀνομάζουσι Σώτειραν. | Even now they hold the myrtle tree sacred, and they honor Artemis by the name of Soteira ("Savior"). | Sacred tree and cult title of Artemis reflect a mythic/religious landscape association. |
| 3.22.13 | 1 | other | high | καὶ Ἀπόλλωνος ναὸς ἐν τῇ Βοιατῶν ἀγορᾷ ἐστι καὶ ἑτέρωθι Ἀσκληπιοῦ καὶ Σαράπιδός τε καὶ Ἴσιδος. | In the marketplace of the Boeatae there is a temple of Apollo, and elsewhere are those of Asclepius, Sarapis, and Isis. | Describes temples and their locations in the marketplace; purely geographic/antiquarian. |
| 3.22.13 | 2 | other | high | Ἤτιδος δʼ ἐρείπια ἀπέχει μὲν Βοιῶν οὐ πλέον ἢ σταδίους ἑπτά· | The ruins of Etis lie not more than seven stadia away from Boeae. | A simple topographical note giving the distance from Boeae to the ruins of Etis. |
| 3.22.13 | 3 | other | high | ἰόντι δὲ ἐς αὐτὰ ἄγαλμα Ἑρμοῦ λίθινον ἕστηκεν ἐν ἀριστερᾷ, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἐρειπίοις ἱερὸν Ἀσκληπιοῦ καὶ Ὑγείας ἐστὶν οὐκ ἀφανές. | As one travels toward them, a stone statue of Hermes stands on the left-hand side, and among these ruins there is a sanctuary of Asclepius and Hygieia clearly visible. | Purely topographical and descriptive: route, statue, and visible sanctuary among ruins, with no event narrative. |