Current sentence-level mythic, historical, and other tags
| Passage | Sentence | Bucket | Confidence | Greek | English | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.21.1 | 1 | other | high | ταῦτα μὲν δὴ οὕτω λέγουσι· | These things indeed are related thus. | Reports that these things are told, without narrating a mythic or historical event. |
| 8.21.1 | 2 | other | high | τοῦ Λάδωνος δὲ τῶν πηγῶν ἀπέχει στάδια ἑξήκοντα ἡ Κλειτορίων πόλις, ἡ δὲ ὁδὸς ἡ ἀπὸ τῶν πηγῶν τοῦ Λάδωνός ἐστιν αὐλὼν στενὸς παρὰ τὸν Ἀροάνιον ποταμόν. | The city of the Cleitorians is distant sixty stadia from the sources of the Ladon, and the road from the springs of the Ladon is a narrow valley along the river Aroanius. | Purely geographical and route description: distances, city location, and a narrow valley by a river. |
| 8.21.1 | 3 | other | high | πρὸς δὲ τῇ πόλει διαβήσῃ ποταμὸν καλούμενον Κλείτορα. | Near the city you will cross a river called Cleitor. | A route/geographical note identifying a river near the city; no mythic or historical event. |
| 8.21.1 | 4 | other | high | ἐκδίδωσιν οὖν ὁ Κλείτωρ ἐς τὸν Ἀροάνιον, οὐ πλέον τῆς πόλεως σταδίους ἀπέχοντα ἑπτά. | The Cleitor empties into the Aroanius about seven stadia from the city. | A geographic description of rivers and distance from the city, not a mythic or historical event. |
| 8.21.2 | 1 | other | high | εἰσὶ δὲ ἰχθῦς ἐν τῷ Ἀροανίῳ καὶ ἄλλοι καὶ οἱ ποικιλίαι καλούμενοι· τούτους λέγουσι τοὺς ποικιλίας φθέγγεσθαι κίχλῃ τῇ ὄρνιθι ἐοικός. | In the Aroanius river there are fishes, both of other kinds and those called "poikiliai" (“spotted fish”); these “poikiliai” fish are said to produce a sound similar to that of a thrush. | Describes river fauna and a natural feature, with no mythic or historical event. |
| 8.21.2 | 2 | other | high | ἐγὼ δὲ ἀγρευθέντας μὲν εἶδον, φθεγγομένων δὲ ἤκουσα οὐδὲν καταμείνας πρὸς τῷ ποταμῷ καὶ ἐς ἡλίου δυσμάς, ὅτε δὴ φθέγγεσθαι μάλιστα ἐλέγοντο οἱ ἰχθῦς. | I myself saw them after they had been caught, but though I remained by the river until sunset, the time when they were said particularly to emit their voices, I heard nothing. | Descriptive observation about fish and a river, not mythic or historical event. |
| 8.21.3 | 1 | mythic | high | τῇ δὲ Κλειτορίων πόλει τὸ μὲν ὄνομα ἀπὸ τοῦ παιδὸς ἐτέθη τοῦ Ἀζᾶνος, οἰκεῖται δʼ ἐν ὁμαλῷ, κύκλῳ δὲ ὄρη περιέχοντά ἐστιν οὐ μεγάλα. | The city of Kleitor took its name from the son of Azan, and lies situated in a plain surrounded in a circle by mountains that are not high. | City-name etymology from Azan's son is mythic genealogy; the landscape description is incidental. |
| 8.21.3 | 2 | other | high | Κλειτορίοις δὲ ἱερὰ τὰ ἐπιφανέστατα Δήμητρος τό τε Ἀσκληπιοῦ, τρίτον δέ ἐστιν Εἰλειθυίας εἶναι, καὶ ἀριθμὸν ἐποίησεν οὐδένα ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς· | Among the Cleitorians the most notable sanctuaries are those of Demeter, of Asclepius, and the third is said to be that of Eileithyia, although its sacred songs have no orderly arrangement. | Lists notable sanctuaries and a cultic detail; purely descriptive/antiquarian rather than mythic or historical. |
| 8.21.3 | 3 | mythic | high | Λύκιος δὲ Ὠλὴν ἀρχαιότερος τὴν ἡλικίαν, Δηλίοις ὕμνους καὶ ἄλλους ποιήσας καὶ ἐς Εἰλείθυιαν τε , εὔλινόν τε αὐτὴν ἀνακαλεῖ--- δῆλον ὡς τῇ πεπρωμένῃ τὴν αὐτήν---καὶ Κρόνου πρεσβυτέραν φησὶν εἶναι. | Olen the Lycian, who lived in an earlier age, composed hymns for the Delians, including one to Eileithyia, in which he clearly calls her "spinner of destinies," thus evidently identifying her with Fate, and declares her to be older even than Cronus. | Mentions Eileithyia, Fate, and Cronus, all in a mythic context about divine antiquity. |
| 8.21.4 | 1 | other | high | Κλειτορίοις δὲ καὶ Διοσκούρων, καλουμένων δὲ θεῶν Μεγάλων ἐστὶν ἱερὸν ὅσον τέσσαρα ἀπέχον στάδια ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως· | The Cleitorians have also a sanctuary of the Dioskouroi, whom they call the Great Gods; it lies about four stades distant from the city. | Describes a sanctuary and its location relative to the city; purely topographical/antiquarian. |
| 8.21.4 | 2 | other | high | καὶ ἀγάλματά ἐστιν αὐτοῖς χαλκᾶ. | There are bronze statues of them there. | Describes the presence of bronze statues, a descriptive/antiquarian detail rather than a mythic or historical event. |
| 8.21.4 | 3 | other | high | πεποίηται δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ ὄρους κορυφῆς σταδίοις τριάκοντα ἀπωτέρω τῆς πόλεως ναὸς καὶ ἄγαλμα Ἀθηνᾶς Κορίας. | They have erected, moreover, on the summit of a mountain, about thirty stades beyond the city, a temple and statue of Athena Koria. | Describes the location and existence of a temple and statue, which is geographical/antiquarian rather than mythic or historical. |