Current sentence-level mythic, historical, and other tags
| Passage | Sentence | Bucket | Confidence | Greek | English | Rationale |
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| 5.8.1 | 1 | mythic | high | τούτων δὲ ὕστερον Κλύμενον τὸν Κάρδυος, πεντηκοστῷ μάλιστα ἔτει μετὰ τὴν συμβᾶσαν ἐπὶ Δευκαλίωνος ἐν Ἕλλησιν ἐπομβρίαν ἐλθόντα ἐκ Κρήτης, γένος ἀπὸ Ἡρακλέους ὄντα τοῦ Ἰδαίου, τόν τε ἀγῶνα ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ θεῖναι καὶ Κούρησι τοῖς τε ἄλλοις καὶ Ἡρακλεῖ τῷ προγόνῳ λέγουσιν ἱδρύσασθαι βωμόν, Παραστάτην ἐπωνυμίαν τῷ Ἡρακλεῖ θέμενον. | After these events, about fifty years after the great flood that befell the Greeks during Deucalion's time, it is said that Clymenus, son of Cardys, came from Crete—he who traced his lineage back to Heracles of Ida. | References Deucalion’s flood and descent from Heracles, both mythic genealogical material. |
| 5.8.1 | 2 | mythic | high | Ἐνδυμίων δὲ ὁ Ἀεθλίου Κλύμενόν τε ἔπαυσε τῆς ἀρχῆς καὶ δρόμου τοῖς υἱοῖς ἆθλα ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ τὴν βασιλείαν ἔθηκε. | They say he established the contest at Olympia, and built an altar there for the Curetes and for Heracles, his own ancestor, giving Heracles the surname "Parastates" (the Helper). | Attributes the Olympic contest to Endymion, a legendary figure, and concerns a mythic foundation story. |
| 5.8.2 | 1 | mythic | high | Πέλοψ δὲ ὕστερον γενεᾷ μάλιστα μετὰ Ἐνδυμίωνα τὸν ἀγῶνα τῷ Ὀλυμπίῳ Διὶ ἐποίησεν ἀξιολογώτατα ἀνθρώπων τῶν πρὸ αὐτοῦ. | After Endymion, it was Pelops who later established the contest for Olympian Zeus in a manner most distinguished among all who preceded him. | Pelops is a heroic/mythic figure, and the sentence describes the founding of the Olympic contest in mythic time. |
| 5.8.2 | 2 | mythic | high | Πέλοπος δὲ τῶν παίδων σκεδασθέντων ἐξ Ἤλιδος ἀνὰ πᾶσαν τὴν ἄλλην Πελοπόννησον, Ἀμυθάων ὁ Κρηθέως Ἐνδυμίωνι ἀνεψιὸς πρὸς πατρός---εἶναι γάρ φασι καὶ Ἀέθλιον Αἰόλου, Διὸς δὲ ἐπίκλησιν---, ἔθηκεν ὁ Ἀμυθάων τὰ Ὀλύμπια, μετὰ δὲ αὐτὸν Πελίας τε καὶ Νηλεὺς ἐν κοινῷ. | When the sons of Pelops became scattered from Elis throughout the rest of the Peloponnese, Amythaon, son of Cretheus and cousin to Endymion on his father's side—for they say that Aethlius too was a son of Aeolus, though called a son of Zeus—Amythaon established the Olympic games, and after him Pelias and Neleus jointly maintained them. | Amythaon, Pelias, and Neleus are heroic figures; the sentence concerns the mythical origins of the Olympic games. |
| 5.8.3 | 1 | mythic | high | ἔθηκε δὲ καὶ Αὐγέας καὶ Ἡρακλῆς ὁ Ἀμφιτρύωνος ἑλὼν Ἦλιν· | Augeas also established competitions, as did Heracles, son of Amphitryon, after conquering Elis. | Refers to Heracles and Augeas, a mythic contest-founder tradition tied to the conquest of Elis. |
| 5.8.3 | 2 | mythic | high | ὁπόσους δὲ ἐστεφάνωσεν οὗτος νικῶντας, ἔστιν Ἰόλαος ταῖς Ἡρακλέους δραμὼν ἵπποις. | Among the victors crowned by him was Iolaus, who raced driving the horses belonging to Heracles. | Iolaus and Heracles are mythic figures, and the sentence concerns a mythic victor in a race. |
| 5.8.3 | 3 | other | high | ἦν δὲ ἄρα ἐκ παλαιοῦ καθεστηκὸς ἀγωνίζεσθαι καὶ ἀλλοτρίαις ἵπποις· | From ancient times indeed, it was an established practice to compete even with horses belonging to another. | Describes an ancient custom or practice, not a mythic event or post-500 BC historical event. |
| 5.8.3 | 4 | mythic | high | Ὅμηρος γοῦν ἐν ἄθλοις τεθεῖσιν ἐπὶ Πατρόκλῳ πεποίηκεν ὡς Μενέλαος Αἴθῃ τῇ Ἀγαμέμνονος, τῷ δὲ ἑτέρῳ χρήσαιτο τῶν ἵππων οἰκείῳ. | Homer, for example, in describing the games organized in honor of Patroclus, relates how Menelaus competed with Agamemnon's mare Aethe, while the other horse yoked with her was his own. | Refers to Homeric mythic narrative about Patroclus’ funeral games. |
| 5.8.4 | 1 | mythic | high | ἡνιόχει δὲ καὶ ἄλλως ὁ Ἰόλαος Ἡρακλεῖ τὰς ἵππους· αὐτός τε οὖν ἅρματι καὶ Ἰάσιος ἀνὴρ Ἀρκὰς κέλητος ἐνίκησεν ἵππου δρόμῳ, Τυνδάρεω δὲ οἱ παῖδες ὁ μὲν δρόμῳ, Πολυδεύκης δὲ πυκτεύων. | Iolaus also served otherwise as a charioteer, driving horses for Heracles; hence, he personally won with his chariot, while Iasius, an Arcadian man, won the mounted horse-race; among the sons of Tyndareus, one was victorious in the foot-race, while Polydeuces prevailed in boxing. | Mentions Heracles, Iolaus, Tyndareus' sons, and athletic victories tied to heroic myth. |
| 5.8.4 | 2 | mythic | high | λέγεται δὲ καὶ ἐς αὐτὸν Ἡρακλέα ὡς πάλης τε ἀνέλοιτο καὶ παγκρατίου νίκας. | It is also said that Heracles himself won victories in both wrestling and the pankration. | Mentions Heracles and his victories, a mythic figure and deed. |
| 5.8.5 | 1 | mythic | high | μετὰ δὲ Ὄξυλον---διέθηκε γὰρ τὸν ἀγῶνα καὶ Ὄξυλος---, μετὰ τοῦτον βασιλεύσαντα ἐξέλιπεν ἄχρι Ἰφίτου τὰ Ὀλύμπια. | After Oxylus—for Oxylus had indeed settled the contest—the Olympic games died out following his reign until the time of Iphitos. | Refers to Oxylus and the Olympic games in an early legendary sequence before Iphitos; this is mythic/etiological. |
| 5.8.5 | 2 | historical | high | Ἰφίτου δὲ τὸν ἀγῶνα ἀνανεωσαμένου κατὰ τὰ ἤδη μοι λελεγμένα, τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἔτι ὑπῆρχε τῶν ἀρχαίων λήθη· καὶ κατʼ ὀλίγον ἐς ὑπόμνησιν ἤρχοντο αὐτῶν, καὶ ὁπότε τι ἀναμνησθεῖεν, ἐποιοῦντο τῷ ἀγῶνι προσθήκην. | But when Iphitos renewed the festival according to the manner that I have already described, men still remained forgetful of ancient customs; only gradually did they begin to recollect these traditions, and whenever they recalled something of the past, they added it to the contest. | Refers to Iphitos renewing a festival and later accretions to it; this is antiquarian/historical cult development rather than mythic narrative. |
| 5.8.6 | 1 | other | high | δῆλον δέ· | The evidence for this is quite clear. | A brief connective statement of evidence, not a mythic or historical event. |
| 5.8.6 | 2 | historical | high | ἐξ οὗ γὰρ τὸ συνεχὲς ταῖς μνήμαις ἐπὶ ταῖς Ὀλυμπιάσιν ἐστί, δρόμου μὲν ἆθλα ἐτέθη πρῶτον, καὶ Ἠλεῖος Κόροιβος ἐνίκα· | For from the time when the continuous records of the Olympiads began, the first competitions held were those in running, and the Elean Coroebus was victorious. | Refers to the beginning of the recorded Olympiad sequence and Coroebus' victory, an early historical dating point rather than myth. |
| 5.8.6 | 3 | historical | high | εἰκὼν μὲν δὴ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ τοῦ Κοροίβου, τάφος δὲ ἐπὶ τοῖς πέρασι τῆς Ἠλείας. | There is indeed no statue of Coroebus at Olympia, but his tomb is at the boundaries of Elis. | Refers to Coroebus's tomb, a commemorative/historical landmark, not a mythic event. |
| 5.8.6 | 4 | historical | high | Ὀλυμπιάδι δὲ ὕστερον τετάρτῃ καὶ δεκάτῃ προσετέθη σφίσι δίαυλος· | At the fourteenth Olympiad after this, the double-stadion race was added, and Hypenos of Pisa won the olive wreath in the double-stadion. | Dated Olympic development in the historical period; it records the addition of an athletic event. |
| 5.8.6 | 5 | historical | high | Ὕπηνος δὲ ἀνὴρ Πισαῖος ἀνείλετο ἐπὶ τῷ διαύλῳ τὸν κότινον, τῇ δὲ ἑξῆς ἐπὶ τῷ δολίχῳ Ἄκανθος Λακεδαιμόνιος. | In the Olympiad immediately thereafter, Acanthus of Sparta won the dolichos race. | Olympic victors and their races are historical athletic results, not mythic narrative. |
| 5.8.7 | 1 | historical | high | ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς ὀγδόης καὶ δεκάτης Ὀλυμπιάδος πεντάθλου καὶ πάλης ἀφίκοντο ἐς μνήμην· καὶ τοῦ μὲν Λάμπιδι ὑπῆρξεν, Εὐρυβάτῳ δὲ ἡ νίκη τῆς πάλης, Λακεδαιμονίοις καὶ τούτοις. | In the eighteenth Olympiad, the pentathlon and wrestling events were introduced into memory; Lampis won the pentathlon, and Eurybatus was victorious in wrestling, both men Spartans. | Olympiad dating and named victors are historical athletic records. |
| 5.8.7 | 2 | historical | high | τρίτῃ δὲ Ὀλυμπιάδι καὶ εἰκοστῇ πυγμῆς ἆθλα ἀπέδοσαν· Ὀνόμαστος δὲ ἐνίκησεν ἐκ Σμύρνης συντελούσης ἤδη τηνικαῦτα ἐς Ἴωνας. | In the twenty-third Olympiad, they awarded prizes for boxing, and Onomastus of Smyrna, which by then already belonged to the Ionians, won. | Olympiad dating and the athletic victory of Onomastus are historical events after 500 BC. |
| 5.8.7 | 3 | historical | high | πέμπτῃ δὲ ἐπὶ ταῖς εἴκοσι κατεδέξαντο ἵππων τελείων δρόμον, καὶ ἀνηγορεύθη Θηβαῖος Παγώνδας κρατῶν ἅρματι. | In the twenty-fifth Olympiad, they included a race for full-grown horses, and Pagondas of Thebes was declared victorious with his chariot. | An Olympic victor and a dated athletic event belong to historical record, not myth or mere description. |
| 5.8.8 | 1 | historical | high | ὀγδόῃ δὲ ἀπὸ ταύτης Ὀλυμπιάδι ἐδέξαντο παγκρατιαστήν τε ἄνδρα καὶ ἵππον κέλητα· | In the eighth Olympiad after this one, they admitted a man for the pankration and a horse for the riding race. | Refers to an Olympiad and the introduction of events in a dated historical sequence. |
| 5.8.8 | 2 | historical | high | ἵππος μὲν δὴ Κραννωνίου Κραυξίδα παρέφθη, τοὺς δὲ ἐσελθόντας ἐπὶ τὸ παγκράτιον ὁ Λύγδαμις κατειργάσατο Συρακούσιος. | The horse, in fact, was entered by Krauxidas from Crannon, and Lygdamis of Syracuse overcame those who competed in the pankration. | A race and athletic victors at the games are post-mythic historical notices. |
| 5.8.8 | 3 | other | high | τούτῳ πρὸς ταῖς λιθοτομίαις ἐστὶν ἐν Συρακούσαις μνῆμα· εἰ δὲ καὶ Ἡρακλεῖ τῷ Θηβαίῳ μέγεθος παρισοῦτο ὁ Λύγδαμις, ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ οἶδα, λεγόμενον δὲ ὑπὸ Συρακουσίων ἐστί. | There is a monument to this man beside the stone quarries at Syracuse; whether indeed Lygdamis equaled the stature of Heracles of Thebes, I cannot say, but this is what the Syracusans report. | Describes a monument and local report near the quarries; the Heracles comparison is reported tradition, not asserted mythic event or historical event. |
| 5.8.9 | 1 | historical | high | τὰ δὲ ἐπὶ τοῖς παισὶν ἐς μὲν τῶν παλαιοτέρων οὐδεμίαν ἥκει μνήμην, αὐτοὶ δὲ ἀρέσαν σφίσι κατεστήσαντο Ἠλεῖοι. | Regarding the contests for boys, no tradition reaches back into the more ancient times, but the Eleans themselves established them according to their preference. | Describes the establishment of boys' contests by the Eleans, a local historical institution rather than myth. |
| 5.8.9 | 2 | historical | high | δρόμου μὲν δὴ καὶ πάλης ἐτέθη παισὶν ἆθλα ἐπὶ τῆς ἑβδόμης καὶ τριακοστῆς Ὀλυμπιάδος, καὶ Ἱπποσθένης Λακεδαιμόνιος πάλην, Πολυνείκης δὲ τὸν δρόμον ἐνίκησεν Ἠλεῖος. | Prizes for running and wrestling for boys were first introduced during the thirty-seventh Olympiad; Hipposthenes of Sparta was victorious in wrestling, and Polyneices of Elis in running. | Records the introduction of boys' athletic prizes in the 37th Olympiad and named victors, a dated historical event. |
| 5.8.9 | 3 | historical | high | πρώτῃ δὲ ἐπὶ ταῖς τεσσαράκοντα Ὀλυμπιάδι πύκτας ἐσεκάλεσαν παῖδας, καὶ περιῆν τῶν ἐσελθόντων Συβαρίτης Φιλύτας. | In the forty-first Olympiad, they first introduced boxing for the boys, and Philytas from Sybaris defeated the other contestants. | Olympiad-era athletic competition and victor list are historical, not mythic. |
| 5.8.10 | 1 | historical | high | τῶν δὲ ὁπλιτῶν ὁ δρόμος ἐδοκιμάσθη μὲν ἐπὶ τῆς πέμπτης Ὀλυμπιάδος καὶ ἑξηκοστῆς, μελέτης ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν ἕνεκα τῆς ἐς τὰ πολεμικά· τοὺς δὲ δραμόντας ἀσπίσιν ὁμοῦ πρῶτος Δαμάρετος ἐκράτησεν Ἡραιεύς. | The race of armored infantry (hoplitodromos) was first introduced at the sixty-fifth Olympiad, in my opinion as training for warfare; Damaretus of Heraea was the first victor in this race, in which the contestants ran with shields. | Dates the introduction of the hoplitodromos to the 65th Olympiad and names its first victor, a post-500 BC athletic/historical matter. |
| 5.8.10 | 2 | historical | high | δρόμος δὲ δύο ἵππων τελείων συνωρὶς κληθεῖσα τρίτῃ μὲν Ὀλυμπιάδι ἐτέθη πρὸς ταῖς ἐνενήκοντα, Εὐαγόρας δὲ ἐνίκησεν Ἠλεῖος. | The contest of chariots drawn by a pair of fully grown horses was instituted at the ninety-third Olympiad, and Evagoras of Elis was victorious in it. | Dated to the 93rd Olympiad and names a historical victor in a sporting institution. |
| 5.8.10 | 3 | historical | high | ἐνάτῃ δὲ ἤρεσεν Ὀλυμπιάδι καὶ ἐνενηκοστῇ καὶ πώλων ἅρμασιν ἀγωνίζεσθαι· Λακεδαιμόνιος δὲ Συβαριάδης τὸν στέφανον τῶν πώλων ἔσχε τοῦ ἅρματος. | At the ninety-ninth Olympiad, a chariot race drawn by foals was also adopted, and Sybariades the Lacedaemonian won the crown with the chariot of foals. | Dates an Olympic innovation in the 99th Olympiad and names a recorded victor, so it is post-500 BC historical material. |
| 5.8.11 | 1 | historical | high | προσέθεσαν δὲ ὕστερον καὶ συνωρίδα πώλων καὶ πῶλον κέλητα· | Later on they added a two-horse chariot race for colts, as well as a riding race with colts. | Describes a later addition to athletic contests, a historical institutional change rather than myth or geography. |
| 5.8.11 | 2 | historical | high | ἐπὶ μὲν δὴ τῇ συνωρίδι Βελιστίχην ἐκ Μακεδονίας τῆς ἐπὶ θαλάσσῃ γυναῖκα, Τληπόλεμον δὲ Λύκιον ἀναγορευθῆναι λέγουσιν ἐπὶ τῷ κέλητι, τοῦτον μὲν ἐπὶ τῆς πρώτης καὶ τριακοστῆς τε καὶ ἑκατοστῆς Ὀλυμπιάδος, τῆς δὲ Βελιστίχης τὴν συνωρίδα Ὀλυμπιάδι πρὸ ταύτης τρίτῃ. | They say that Belistiche, a woman from maritime Macedonia, was proclaimed victor with the two-colt chariot, and Tlepolemus the Lycian won the riding race, he at the one hundred thirty-first Olympiad, and Belistiche's chariot three Olympiads earlier. | Records Olympic victors and dated games in the historical period, not mythic narrative. |
| 5.8.11 | 3 | historical | high | πέμπτῃ δὲ ἐπὶ ταῖς τεσσαράκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ἆθλα ἐτέθη παγκρατίου παισί, καὶ ἐνίκα Φαίδιμος Αἰολεὺς ἐκ πόλεως Τρῳάδος. | At the one hundred forty-fifth Olympiad a boys' pankration contest was introduced, and Phaedimus, an Aeolian from a city in the Troad, was victorious. | Dates an Olympic event by Olympiad and reports a named victor, which is historical. |