Current sentence-level mythic, historical, and other tags
| Passage | Sentence | Bucket | Confidence | Greek | English | Rationale |
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| 8.4.1 | 1 | mythic | high | μετὰ δὲ Νύκτιμον ἀποθανόντα Ἀρκὰς ἐξεδέξατο ὁ Καλλιστοῦς τὴν ἀρχήν· | After the death of Nyctimus, Arcas, the son of Callisto, assumed the rule. | Arcas and Callisto belong to mythic genealogy and succession narrative. |
| 8.4.1 | 2 | mythic | high | καὶ τόν τε ἥμερον καρπὸν ἐσηγάγετο οὗτος παρὰ Τριπτολέμου καὶ τὴν ποίησιν ἐδίδαξε τοῦ ἄρτου καὶ ἐσθῆτα ὑφαίνεσθαι καὶ ἄλλα, τὰ ἐς ταλασίαν μαθὼν παρὰ Δρίστα. | It was he who introduced cultivated crops from Triptolemus, taught people the making of bread, and instructed them in weaving garments and other skills related to spinning wool, having learned these arts from Dristas. | Triptolemus is a mythic figure and the sentence attributes cultural inventions to him. |
| 8.4.1 | 3 | mythic | medium | ἀπὸ τούτου δὲ βασιλεύσαντος Ἀρκαδία τε ἀντὶ Πελασγίας ἡ χώρα καὶ ἀντὶ Πελασγῶν Ἀρκάδες ἐκλήθησαν οἱ ἄνθρωποι. | From his reign onward, the land, formerly known as Pelasgia, was named Arcadia, and its inhabitants, previously called Pelasgians, were called Arcadians. | Names the renaming of Arcadia and its people from Pelasgia/Pelasgians, tied to an early eponymous reign and mythic ethnogenesis. |
| 8.4.2 | 1 | mythic | high | συνοικῆσαι δὲ οὐ θνητῇ γυναικὶ αὐτόν, ἀλλὰ νύμφῃ Δρυάδι ἔλεγον· | They said that he married not a mortal woman, but a Dryad nymph. | Marriage to a Dryad nymph is a mythic motif, not historical or merely descriptive. |
| 8.4.2 | 2 | other | high | Δρυάδας γὰρ δὴ καὶ Ἐπιμηλιάδας, τὰς δὲ αὐτῶν ἐκάλουν Ναΐδας, καὶ Ὁμήρῳ γε ἐν τοῖς ἔπεσι Ναΐδων νυμφῶν μάλιστά ἐστι μνήμη. | For indeed there are Dryads and Epimeliads, and of these some were called Naiads; it is notably the Naiad nymphs whom Homer expressly mentions in his verses. | Antiquarian/mythological classification of nymph types and Homeric mention; no specific mythic event or historical event. |
| 8.4.2 | 3 | mythic | high | τὴν δὲ νύμφην ταύτην καλοῦσιν Ἐρατώ, καὶ ἐκ ταύτης φασὶν Ἀρκάδι Ἀζᾶνα καὶ Ἀφείδαντα γενέσθαι καὶ Ἔλατον· | This particular nymph they call Erato, and from her, they say, Arkas had three sons—Azan, Apheidas, and Elatus. | Names a nymph and traces descent from Arkas, a mythic genealogy. |
| 8.4.3 | 1 | historical | medium | ἐγεγόνει δὲ αὐτῷ πρότερον ἔτι Αὐτόλαος νόθος. | Autolaus, an illegitimate son, had been born to him earlier still. | A genealogical note about Autolaus being an illegitimate son; this is non-mythic familial history rather than geography or myth. |
| 8.4.3 | 2 | mythic | high | τοῖς δὲ παισίν, ὡς ηὐξήθησαν, διένειμεν Ἀρκὰς τριχῇ τὴν χώραν. | When the genuine sons came of age, Arcas divided the land among them into three parts. | Arcas is a mythic figure dividing the land among his sons. |
| 8.4.3 | 3 | mythic | high | καὶ ἀπὸ μὲν Ἀζᾶνος ἡ Ἀζανία μοῖρα ὠνομάσθη. | The portion given to Azan was called Azania after him. | Eponymous naming from the mythic figure Azan. |
| 8.4.3 | 4 | historical | medium | παρὰ τούτων δὲ ἀποικισθῆναι λέγουσιν, ὅσοι περὶ τὸ ἄντρον ἐν Φρυγίᾳ τὸ καλούμενον Στεῦνος καὶ Πέγκαλαν ποταμὸν οἰκοῦσιν. | They say it was from these people that colonists went forth to settle the region in Phrygia around the cave called Steunos and the river Pencalas. | Describes a colonization tradition and settlement in Phrygia, a post-mythic historical/antiquarian event affecting a place-name and landscape. |
| 8.4.3 | 5 | mythic | medium | Ἀφείδας δὲ Τεγέαν καὶ τὴν προσεχῆ ταύτης ἔλαχεν. | Apheidas obtained Tegea and the territory adjoining it. | Apheidas is a heroic/legendary figure; this assigns Tegea in a mythic context rather than describing a later historical event. |
| 8.4.3 | 6 | mythic | medium | ἐπὶ τούτῳ δὲ καὶ ποιηταὶ καλοῦσιν Ἀφειδάντειον κλῆρον τὴν Τεγέαν. | And because of him, the poets call the land of Tegea the "Apheidantian allotment." | Refers to a mythic figure/event as the reason poets use a traditional place-name. |
| 8.4.4 | 1 | mythic | high | Ἔλατος δὲ ἔσχε τὸ ὄρος τὴν Κυλλήνην, ἔτι τότε οὖσαν ἀνώνυμον· | Elatus held the mountain of Cyllene, which at that time was still unnamed. | Names a mythic figure, Elatus, taking possession of a mountain and explains the origin of the mountain's name. |
| 8.4.4 | 2 | mythic | high | χρόνῳ δὲ ὕστερον μετῴκησεν ὁ Ἔλατος ἐς τὴν νῦν καλουμένην Φωκίδα, καὶ τοῖς τε Φωκεῦσιν ἤμυνεν ὑπὸ Φλεγυῶν πολέμῳ πιεζομένοις καὶ Ἐλατείας πόλεως ἐγένετο οἰκιστής. | Later, Elatus migrated to the region now called Phocis, aided the Phokians when they were oppressed in war by the Phlegyans, and became the founder of the city Elateia. | Elatus is a legendary figure, and the sentence explains the mythic foundation of Elateia and the Phokians' conflict with the Phlegyans. |
| 8.4.4 | 3 | mythic | high | παῖδα δὲ Ἀζᾶνι μὲν Κλείτορα, Ἀφείδαντι δὲ Ἄλεον, Ἐλάτῳ δέ φασιν εἶναι πέντε, Αἴπυτον Περέα Κυλλῆνα Ἴσχυν Στύμφηλον. | It is said that Azan had a son named Cleitor, Apheidas a son Aleus, and Elatus five sons: Aepytus, Pereus, Cyllen, Ischys, and Stymphalus. | Genealogical descent from Arcadian figures is mythic material. |
| 8.4.5 | 1 | mythic | high | ἐπὶ δὲ Ἀζᾶνι τῷ Ἀρκάδος τελευτήσαντι ἆθλα ἐτέθη πρῶτον· | After Azan, the son of Arcas, had died, funeral games were first established honoring him. | Aznus is a mythic figure, and the founding of funeral games for him is a mythic event affecting local tradition. |
| 8.4.5 | 2 | historical | low | εἰ μὲν καὶ ἄλλα, οὐκ οἶδα, ἱπποδρομίας δὲ ἐτέθη. | Whether there were other contests, I do not know, but certainly a horse-race was instituted. | Describes the institution of a contest, a post-mythic civic/historical matter. |
| 8.4.5 | 3 | mythic | high | Κλείτωρ μὲν δὴ ὁ Ἀζᾶνος ἐν Λυκοσώρᾳ τε ᾤκει καὶ ἦν τῶν βασιλέων δυνατώτατος καὶ Κλείτορα ᾤκισεν ἀφʼ αὑτοῦ πόλιν, | This Azanian, Cleitor, lived in Lykosoura, was the most powerful among the kings, and founded the city of Cleitor, naming it after himself. | Founding a city by an ancestral/epic figure like Cleitor is mythic city-foundation material. |
| 8.4.5 | 4 | other | high | Ἄλεος δὲ εἶχε τὴν πατρῴαν λῆξιν· | Aleus, meanwhile, inherited and held his ancestral territory. | A genealogical/territorial notice about ancestral landholding, with no mythic or post-500 BC historical event. |
| 8.4.6 | 1 | mythic | high | ἀπὸ δὲ Ἐλάτου τῶν παίδων Κυλλήνην τὸ ὄρος καλοῦσιν ἀπὸ Κυλλῆνος, καὶ ἀπὸ Στυμφήλου πηγή τε ὀνομάζεται καὶ πόλις Στύμφηλος ἐπὶ τῇ πηγῇ. | From Elatus' children they call the mountain Cyllene, after Cyllen, and from Stymphalus a spring is named, as well as the city Stymphalus by the spring. | The place-names are explained from Elatus' children Cyllen and Stymphalus, i.e. mythic eponymous origins. |
| 8.4.6 | 2 | mythic | high | τὰ δὲ ἐς τὸν θάνατον Ἴσχυος τοῦ Ἐλάτου πρότερον ἔτι ἐν τῇ συγγραφῇ τῇ Ἀργολίδι ἐδήλωσα. | Regarding the death of Ischys, son of Elatus, I have previously related this in my writings on Argolis. | Refers to the death of Ischys, a mythic figure, and cross-references a prior mythic narrative. |
| 8.4.6 | 3 | mythic | high | παῖδα δὲ Περεῖ ἄρρενα μέν φασιν οὐδένα, Νέαιραν δὲ γενέσθαι θυγατέρα· ταύτην γυναῖκα ἔσχεν Αὐτόλυκος, οἰκῶν μὲν ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῷ Παρνασσῷ, λεγόμενος δὲ Ἑρμοῦ παῖς εἶναι, Δαιδαλίωνος δὲ ὢν τῷ ἀληθεῖ λόγῳ. | As for Pereus, they say he had no male child, but a daughter, Neaera; this woman became the wife of Autolykos, who lived on Mount Parnassus, and was reputed to be the son of Hermes, though in truth he was the son of Daedalion. | Autolykos’ reputed divine parentage and the named mythic genealogy place this in mythic material. |
| 8.4.7 | 1 | mythic | high | Κλείτορι δὲ τῷ Ἀζᾶνος οὐ γενομένων παίδων, ἐς Αἴπυτον Ἐλάτου περιεχώρησεν ἡ Ἀρκάδων βασιλεία· | Since Clitor, son of Azan, had no children, the royal power of the Arcadians passed to Aepytus, the son of Elatus. | Dynastic succession among Arcadian kings belongs to mythical genealogy and legendary history. |
| 8.4.7 | 2 | mythic | high | τὸν δὲ Αἴπυτον ἐξελθόντα ἐς ἄγραν θηρίων μὲν τῶν ἀλκιμωτέρων οὐδέν, σὴψ δὲ οὐ προϊδόμενον ἀποκτίννυσι. | Aepytus, while hunting, was killed not by any of the fiercer beasts, but by a snake which he failed to discover beforehand. | Aepytus’ death by a snake is a mythic narrative event. |
| 8.4.7 | 3 | other | high | τὸν δὲ ὄφιν τοῦτον καὶ αὐτός ποτε εἶδον· | I myself have seen this serpent. | First-person sighting of a serpent is descriptive/antiquarian, not itself a mythic or historical event. |
| 8.4.7 | 4 | other | high | κατὰ ἔχιν ἐστὶ τὸν μικρότατον, τέφρᾳ ἐμφερής, στίγμασιν οὐ συνεχέσι πεποικιλμένος· | It resembles in size the smallest viper; it is ash-colored and speckled with distinct, scattered spots. | Purely descriptive zoological appearance; no mythic or historical event. |
| 8.4.7 | 5 | other | high | κεφαλὴ δέ ἐστιν αὐτῷ πλατεῖα καὶ τράχηλος στενός, γαστέρα δὲ ἔχει μείζονα καὶ οὐρὰν βραχεῖαν· | Its head is broad, the neck slender, the belly large, and its tail short. | Purely descriptive physical features of an animal; no mythic or historical event. |
| 8.4.7 | 6 | other | high | βαδίζει δὲ οὗτός τε καὶ ὄφις ἕτερος ὁ κεράστης καλούμενος ἐνδιδόντες ἐς τὰ πλάγια, ὥσπερ οἱ καρκίνοι. | This serpent, as well as another snake called the horned serpent, moves sideways, just as crabs do. | Purely descriptive zoological comparison of serpent movement; no mythic or historical event. |
| 8.4.8 | 1 | mythic | high | μετὰ δὲ Αἴπυτον ἔσχεν Ἄλεος τὴν ἀρχήν· | After Aepytus, Aleus gained the kingship. | Genealogical succession of kings in Arcadian mythic tradition |
| 8.4.8 | 2 | mythic | high | Ἀγαμήδης μὲν γὰρ καὶ Γόρτυς οἱ Στυμφήλου τέταρτον γένος ἦσαν ἀπὸ Ἀρκάδος, Ἄλεος δὲ τρίτον ὁ Ἀφείδαντος. | Agamedes and Gortys, sons of Stymphalus, were the fourth generation from Arcas, while Aleus, son of Apheidas, was the third. | Genealogical descent from Arcas is mythic family tradition, not historical or merely descriptive. |
| 8.4.8 | 3 | mythic | high | Ἄλεος δὲ τῇ τε Ἀθηνᾷ τῇ Ἀλέᾳ τὸ ἱερὸν ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐν Τεγέᾳ τὸ ἀρχαῖον καὶ αὐτῷ κατεσκεύαστο αὐτόθι ἡ βασιλεία· | Aleus built the ancient sanctuary to Athena Alea in Tegea, and made there his royal residence. | Attributes the founding of a sanctuary and royal residence to Aleus, a mythic/heroic figure and landscape-origin story. |
| 8.4.8 | 4 | mythic | high | Γόρτυς δὲ ὁ Στυμφήλου πόλιν Γόρτυνα ᾤκισεν ἐπὶ ποταμῷ· καλεῖται δὲ Γορτύνιος καὶ ὁ ποταμός. | Gortys, son of Stymphalus, founded the city Gortys by a river, from which the river itself is called Gortynius. | An eponymous foundation by Gortys, son of Stymphalus, is a mythic/legendary founding account. |
| 8.4.8 | 5 | mythic | high | Ἀλέῳ δὲ ἄρσενες μὲν παῖδες Λυκοῦργός τε καὶ Ἀμφιδάμας καὶ Κηφεύς, θυγάτηρ δὲ ἐγένετο Αὔγη. | Aleus had sons Lycurgus, Amphidamas, and Cepheus, and a daughter, Auge. | Genealogical statement naming Aleus's children, including mythic figures. |
| 8.4.9 | 1 | mythic | high | ταύτῃ τῇ Αὔγῃ τῷ Ἑκαταίου λόγῳ συνεγίνετο Ἡρακλῆς, ὁπότε ἀφίκοιτο ἐς Τεγέαν· | According to the account of Hecataeus, it was this Auge with whom Heracles consorted whenever he came to Tegea. | Heracles and Auge are mythic figures, and the sentence concerns their mythic association in Tegea. |
| 8.4.9 | 2 | mythic | high | τέλος δὲ καὶ ἐφωράθη τετοκυῖα ἐκ τοῦ Ἡρακλέους, καὶ αὐτὴν ὁ Ἄλεος ἐσθέμενος ὁμοῦ τῷ παιδὶ ἐς λάρνακα ἀφίησεν ἐς θάλασσαν, | Eventually, however, she was discovered to have given birth by Heracles, and Aleus, perceiving this, cast her together with the child into a chest and let it drift out to sea. | Heracles’ paternity and the casting into the sea are mythic narrative events. |
| 8.4.9 | 3 | mythic | high | καὶ ἡ μὲν ἀφίκετο ἐς Τεύθραντα δυνάστην ἄνδρα ἐν Καΐκου πεδίῳ καὶ συνῴκησεν ἐρασθέντι τῷ Τεύθραντι· | She arrived at the court of Teuthras, a ruler in the plain of the river Caicus, who fell in love with her and married her. | Teuthras and the heroine's arrival and marriage belong to the mythic narrative and its legendary geography. |
| 8.4.9 | 4 | mythic | high | καὶ νῦν ἔστι μὲν Αὔγης μνῆμα ἐν Περγάμῳ τῇ ὑπὲρ τοῦ Καΐκου, γῆς χῶμα λίθου περιεχόμενον κρηπῖδι, ἔστι δὲ ἐν τῷ μνήματι ἐπίθημα χαλκοῦ πεποιημένον, γυνὴ γυμνή. | Even now there is a tomb of Auge in Pergamus above the Caicus, a mound of earth surrounded by a stone base, and on her tomb there is a bronze image of a naked woman. | Auge is a mythic figure, and the sentence describes her tomb and monument. |
| 8.4.10 | 1 | mythic | high | μετὰ δὲ Ἄλιον τελευτήσαντα Λυκοῦργος ὁ Ἀλέου τὴν βασιλείαν πρεσβεῖα ἔσχε· | After the death of Aleus, Lycurgus, the son of Aleus, succeeded to the throne by right of seniority. | Dynastic succession of Lycurgus from Aleus belongs to heroic-era mythic genealogy, not post-500 BC history. |
| 8.4.10 | 2 | mythic | high | παρέσχετο δὲ ἐς μνήμην Ἀρηίθοον ἄνδρα πολεμικὸν δόλῳ καὶ οὐ σὺν τῷ δικαίῳ κτείνας. | But he was remembered for having killed Areithous, a warrior, through treachery and injustice rather than in fair combat. | References the killing of the warrior Areithous, a mythic heroic episode. |
| 8.4.10 | 3 | mythic | high | γενομένων δὲ αὐτῷ παίδων Ἀγκαίου τε καὶ Ἐπόχου, τὸν μὲν νοσήσαντα ἐπιλαμβάνει τὸ χρεών, Ἀγκαῖος δὲ Ἰάσονί τε τοῦ πλοῦ μετέσχεν ἐς Κόλχους καὶ ὕστερον ὁμοῦ Μελεάγρῳ τὸ ἐν Καλυδῶνι κατεργαζόμενος θηρίον ἀπέθανεν ὑπὸ τοῦ ὑός. | Lycurgus had two sons, Ancaeus and Epochus; Epochus was overtaken by sickness and fate, while Ancaeus participated in Jason's expedition to Colchis and afterward, while hunting with Meleager, was slain in Calydon by the boar. | Mentions Jason’s voyage to Colchis, Meleager, and the Calydonian boar, all mythic material. |
| 8.4.10 | 4 | mythic | high | Λυκοῦργος μὲν δὴ πορρωτάτω γήρως ἀφίκετο ἐπιδὼν τοὺς παῖδας ἀμφοτέρους τελευτήσαντας· | Lycurgus lived to an extremely old age, having witnessed the deaths of both his sons. | Lycurgus is a legendary figure, and this sentence concerns his personal life within mythic tradition. |