Current sentence-level mythic, historical, and other tags
| Passage | Sentence | Bucket | Confidence | Greek | English | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.36.1 | 1 | mythic | high | γενομένης δὲ Ἐτεοκλεῖ τῆς τελευτῆς ἡ βασιλεία περιῆλθεν ἐς τὸ Ἄλμου γένος. | Upon the death of Eteocles, the kingdom passed into the family of Almus. | Succession after Eteocles belongs to the mythic royal genealogy of Thebes. |
| 9.36.1 | 2 | mythic | high | Ἄλμῳ δὲ αὐτῷ μὲν θυγατέρες Χρυσογένεια ἐγένετο καὶ Χρύση· | Almus himself had daughters named Chrysogeneia and Chryse. | Genealogy of Almus and his daughters Chrysogeneia and Chryse belongs to mythic family tradition. |
| 9.36.1 | 3 | mythic | high | Χρύσης δὲ τῆς Ἄλμου καὶ Ἄρεως ἔχει φήμη γενέσθαι Φλεγύαν, | It is said that Chryse, daughter of Almus, bore a son, Phlegyas, by Ares. | This is a genealogy involving Ares and the birth of Phlegyas, a mythic figure. |
| 9.36.1 | 4 | mythic | high | καὶ τὴν ἀρχὴν τὴν Ἐτεοκλέους ἀποθανόντος ἄπαιδος ὁ Φλεγύας ἔσχεν οὗτος. | After Eteocles died without issue, Phlegyas succeeded to his throne. | Dynastic succession after Eteocles' death belongs to mythic genealogy and legend. |
| 9.36.1 | 5 | other | high | τῇ μὲν δὴ χώρᾳ τῇ πάσῃ Φλεγυαντίδα ὄνομα εἶναι μετέθεντο ἀντὶ Ἀνδρηίδος, | Afterward, the inhabitants renamed the entire region Phlegyantis instead of Andreis. | A region is being renamed; this is an antiquarian/geographical note, not a mythic or post-500 BC historical event. |
| 9.36.2 | 1 | mythic | high | πόλις δὲ ἐγένετο ἥ τε ἐξ ἀρχῆς οἰκισθεῖσα ἡ Ἀνδρηὶς καὶ προσέκτισεν ὁ Φλεγύας ὁμώνυμον αὑτῷ, τοὺς τὰ πολεμικὰ ἀρίστους Ἑλλήνων συλλέξας ἐς αὐτήν. | Originally, the city that was founded was Andreis, and Phlegyas later enlarged it, giving it his own name and gathering into it the best warriors among the Greeks. | Phlegyas is a mythic figure, and the city's enlargement/naming is attributed to his legendary activity. |
| 9.36.2 | 2 | historical | medium | καὶ ἀπέστησάν τε ἀνὰ χρόνον ἀπὸ τῶν ἄλλων Ὀρχομενίων ὑπὸ ἀνοίας καὶ τόλμης οἱ Φλεγύαι καὶ ἦγον καὶ ἔφερον τοὺς προσοίκους· | Over time, however, through their arrogance and rash courage, the Phlegyans revolted against the rest of the Orchomenians and began to oppress and harass their neighbours. | Describes a human political/social conflict among Orchomenians and neighbours, not a mythic event. |
| 9.36.2 | 3 | historical | high | τέλος δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ἱερὸν συλήσοντες στρατεύουσι τὸ ἐν Δελφοῖς, | In the end, they even marched against Delphi itself to plunder its sanctuary. | Describes a historical attack on Delphi and plundering of its sanctuary, not a mythic episode. |
| 9.36.2 | 4 | historical | high | ὅτε καὶ Φιλάμμων λογάσιν Ἀργείων ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς βοηθήσας αὐτός τε ἀπέθανεν ἐν τῇ μάχῃ καὶ οἱ τῶν Ἀργείων λογάδες. | At this point, Philammon, together with a picked band of Argives, came to defend Delphi against them; both he and the chosen Argives perished in the battle. | Describes a battle involving Philammon and Argive troops defending Delphi, a historical military event rather than myth. |
| 9.36.3 | 1 | mythic | high | τοὺς δὲ Φλεγύας πολέμῳ μάλιστα Ἑλλήνων χαίρειν μαρτυρεῖ μοι καὶ ἔπη τῶν ἐν Ἰλιάδι περὶ Ἄρεως καὶ Φόβου τοῦ Ἄρεως πεποιημένα, | The fact that the Phlegyans among all the Greeks took particular delight in warfare is testified to me also by the verses from the Iliad about Ares and his son Phobos, composed as follows: | The sentence cites the Iliad and Ares/Phobos, invoking mythic poetry as testimony. |
| 9.36.3 | 2 | mythic | high | τὼ μὲν ἄρʼ εἰς Ἐφύρους πόλεμον μέτα θωρήσσεσθον ἠὲ μετὰ Φλεγύας μεγαλήτορας· Hom. Il. 13.301-2 | They indeed arm themselves for war among the Ephyrians or among the great-hearted Phlegyans. [Homer, Iliad 13.301–302] | Homeric reference to mythic peoples and war setting. |
| 9.36.3 | 3 | other | high | Ἐφύρους δὲ ἐνταῦθα ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν τοὺς ἐν τῇ Θεσπρωτίδι ἠπείρῳ λέγει. | By "Ephyrians" here Homer seems to me to speak of those dwelling in Thesprotian Epirus. | Interpretive geographical/antiquarian identification of Homeric Ephyrians, not an event. |
| 9.36.3 | 4 | mythic | high | τὸ μὲν δὴ Φλεγυῶν γένος ἀνέτρεψεν ἐκ βάθρων ὁ θεὸς κεραυνοῖς συνεχέσι καὶ ἰσχυροῖς σεισμοῖς· τοὺς δὲ ὑπολειπομένους νόσος ἐπιπεσοῦσα ἔφθειρε λοιμώδης, | Now the Phlegyan race was utterly destroyed to its foundations by the god with continual lightning-bolts and powerful earthquakes; and those who survived this were wasted by a pestilential disease that fell upon them. | Destruction of the Phlegyans by Zeus with lightning, earthquakes, and plague is a mythic etiological event affecting the landscape. |
| 9.36.3 | 5 | historical | medium | ὀλίγοι δὲ καὶ ἐς τὴν Φωκίδα διαφεύγουσιν ἐξ αὐτῶν. | Only a few escaped from among them into Phocis. | Refers to an escape into Phocis, a historical movement of people rather than mythic narrative. |
| 9.36.4 | 1 | mythic | high | Φλεγύᾳ δὲ οὐ γενομένων παίδων ἐκδέχεται Χρύσης τὴν ἀρχήν, Χρυσογενείας τε ὢν τῆς Ἄλμου καὶ Ποσειδῶνος. | Since Phlegyas had no children, Chryses succeeded him in his rule; he was the son of Chrysogeneia, daughter of Almus, and of Poseidon. | Genealogy of Phlegyas, Chryses, Chrysogeneia, and Poseidon is mythic succession. |
| 9.36.4 | 2 | mythic | high | τούτῳ δὲ υἱὸς γίνεται τῷ Χρύσῃ Μινύας, καὶ ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ Μινύαι καὶ νῦν ἔτι ὧν ἦρχεν ὀνομάζονται. | To this Chryses was born a son, Minyas, and from him the people whom he ruled still today are called Minyans. | Genealogical claim linking Chryses and Minyas, with an ethnonym derived from a mythic ancestor. |
| 9.36.4 | 3 | mythic | high | πρόσοδοι δὲ ἐγίνοντο τῷ Μινύᾳ τηλικαῦται μέγεθος ὡς ὑπερβαλέσθαι τοὺς πρὸ αὐτοῦ πλούτῳ· θησαυρόν τε ἀνθρώπων ὧν ἴσμεν Μινύας πρῶτος ἐς ὑποδοχὴν χρημάτων ᾠκοδομήσατο. | Minyas amassed revenues so great in amount that he surpassed in wealth all who had lived before him; he was indeed the first among men known to us to have constructed a treasury as a storehouse for riches. | Minyas is a mythic figure, and the sentence concerns his wealth and the first treasury he built, which belongs to mythic antiquarian tradition. |
| 9.36.5 | 1 | other | high | Ἕλληνες δὲ ἄρα εἰσὶ δεινοὶ τὰ ὑπερόρια ἐν θαύματι τίθεσθαι μείζονι ἢ τὰ οἰκεῖα, ὁπότε γε ἀνδράσιν ἐπιφανέσιν ἐς συγγραφὴν πυραμίδας μὲν τὰς παρὰ Αἰγυπτίοις ἐπῆλθεν ἐξηγήσασθαι πρὸς τὸ ἀκριβέστατον, θησαυρὸν δὲ τὸν Μινύου καὶ τὰ τείχη τὰ ἐν Τίρυνθι οὐδὲ ἐπὶ βραχὺ ἤγαγον μνήμης, οὐδὲν ὄντα ἐλάττονος θαύματος. | Indeed, Greeks are inclined to marvel more at things abroad than at their own; this is clearly so, since famous authors have taken pains to describe most precisely the pyramids of Egypt in their writings, while the treasure-house of Minyas and the walls of Tiryns have not received even a brief mention, though these are no less wondrous. | General remark about Greek literary habits and comparative description of monuments; no specific mythic or historical event. |
| 9.36.6 | 1 | mythic | high | Μινύου δὲ ἦν Ὀρχομενός, καὶ ἐπὶ τούτου βασιλεύοντος ἥ τε πόλις Ὀρχομενὸς καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες ἐκλήθησαν Ὀρχομένιοι· | Orchomenus belonged to Minyas, and during his reign both the city of Orchomenus and its people received the name Orchomenians. | Minyas is a mythic eponymous figure, and the sentence explains the city's naming under his reign. |
| 9.36.6 | 2 | other | high | διέμεινε δὲ οὐδὲν ἧσσον καὶ Μινύας ἐπονομάζεσθαι σφᾶς ἐς διάκρισιν ἀπὸ Ὀρχομενίων τῶν ἐν Ἀρκαδίᾳ. | Yet it continued nonetheless that they were also called Minyans, to distinguish themselves from the Orchomenians in Arcadia. | A naming/identification note distinguishing groups; no mythic or historical event. |
| 9.36.6 | 3 | mythic | high | παρὰ τοῦτον τὸν Ὀρχομενὸν βασιλεύοντα Ὕηττος ἀφίκετο ἐξ Ἄργους, φεύγων ἐπὶ τῷ Μολούρου φόνῳ τοῦ Ἀρίσβαντος, ὅντινα ἀπέκτεινεν ἐπὶ γυναικὶ ἑλὼν γαμετῇ· | While Orchomenus reigned, Hyettus arrived from Argos; he was fleeing after killing Molouros, the son of Arisbas, whom he had slain because he had taken Hyettus's wife. | This is a heroic/mythic migration and revenge killing tied to a founder figure, not a post-500 BC historical event. |
| 9.36.6 | 4 | other | high | καὶ αὐτῷ τῆς χώρας ἀπένειμεν Ὀρχομενὸς ὅση νῦν περί τε Ὕηττόν ἐστι τὴν κώμην καὶ ἡ ταύτῃ προσεχής. | Orchomenus granted him a portion of land, the region which now includes the village named Hyettus and its adjacent territory. | Purely geographical/topographical land description with no mythic or historical event. |
| 9.36.7 | 1 | mythic | medium | Ὑήττου δὲ ἐποιήσατο μνήμην καὶ ὁ τὰ ἔπη συνθεὶς ἃς μεγάλας Ἠοίας καλοῦσιν Ἕλληνες· | The poet who composed the verses which the Greeks call the Great Eoeae also made mention of Hyettus, saying: | References a poet and a mythic/legendary local figure in a literary genealogy rather than historical or purely geographical material. |
| 9.36.7 | 2 | mythic | high | Ὕηττος δὲ Μόλουρον Ἀρίσβαντος φίλον υἱόν κτείνας ἐν μεγάροις εὐνῆς ἕνεχʼ ἧς ἀλόχοιο, οἶκον ἀποπρολιπὼν φεῦγʼ Ἄργεος ἱπποβότοιο, ἷξεν δʼ Ὀρχομενὸν Μινυήιον· | "Hyettus, after having slain Molouros, the beloved son of Arisbas, in his own halls on account of the bed of his wife, forsook his home and fled from horse-pasturing Argos. | Genealogical/mythic narrative about Hyettus and violent exile, not a post-500 BC historical event. |
| 9.36.7 | 3 | mythic | high | καί μιν ὅ γʼ ἥρως δέξατο καὶ κτεάνων μοῖραν πόρεν ὡς ἐπιεικές. | He came to Minyan Orchomenus, and there the hero received him kindly and granted him a fitting share of possessions." | Mentions a hero and a legendary gift of possessions at Orchomenus, fitting mythic narrative rather than historical or descriptive material. |
| 9.36.8 | 1 | historical | high | πρῶτος δὲ οὗτος ὁ Ὕηττος δίκην μοιχείας λαβὼν δῆλός ἐστι· καὶ χρόνῳ ὕστερον Δράκοντος Ἀθηναίοις θεσμοθετήσαντος ἐκ τῶν ἐκείνου κατέστη νόμων, οὓς ἔγραφεν ἐπὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς, ἄλλων τε ὁπόσων ἄδειαν εἶναι χρὴ καὶ δὴ καὶ τιμωρίας μοιχοῦ. | This Hyettus is the first recorded to have been punished for adultery; and later, when Draco established laws for the Athenians, among the ordinances enacted during his administration was one that particularly specified impunity for certain actions, but explicitly prescribed punishment for adultery. | Refers to Draco's laws in Athens, a post-500 BC historical/legal development. |
| 9.36.8 | 2 | mythic | high | τὸ δὲ ἀξίωμα τῶν Μινυῶν ἐπὶ τοσοῦτο ἤδη προῆκτο, ὥστε καὶ Νηλεὺς Κρηθέως βασιλεύων Πύλου γυναῖκα ἔσχεν ἐξ Ὀρχομενοῦ Χλῶριν Ἀμφίονος τοῦ Ἰασίου. | The prestige of the Minyans had meanwhile grown to such an extent that Neleus, son of Cretheus, while reigning as king in Pylos, took as his wife Chloris, daughter of Amphion son of Iasius, from Orchomenus. | Neleus and Chloris belong to heroic mythic genealogy, not post-500 BC history. |