Homeric Catalogue of Ships
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The Homeric Catalogue of Ships is a famous passage in Book 2 of Homer’s Iliad that lists the Greek contingents, their leaders, and their homelands who sailed to fight in the Trojan War.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epic catalogue
ⓘ
part of literary work ⓘ poetic passage ⓘ |
| associatedWith | oral epic tradition ⓘ |
| author | Homer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek literature ⓘ |
| describes |
Greek contingents in the Trojan War
ⓘ
homelands of Greek forces ⓘ leaders of Greek forces ⓘ number of ships ⓘ |
| function |
enumeration of allied forces
ⓘ
geographical survey of Greek world ⓘ |
| genre | dactylic hexameter poetry ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
source for study of Greek ethnography
ⓘ
source for study of Mycenaean geography ⓘ |
| influenced | later epic catalogues ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Epic poetry ⓘ |
| locatedInWork | Book 2 of the Iliad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentions |
Achaean forces
ⓘ
Achilles NERFINISHED ⓘ Agamemnon NERFINISHED ⓘ Ajax son of Oileus NERFINISHED ⓘ Ajax son of Telamon NERFINISHED ⓘ Arcadians NERFINISHED ⓘ Argive forces ⓘ Argos NERFINISHED ⓘ Athenians NERFINISHED ⓘ Boeotians NERFINISHED ⓘ Cretans ⓘ Danaans NERFINISHED ⓘ Diomedes NERFINISHED ⓘ Ithaca NERFINISHED ⓘ Lacedaemonians NERFINISHED ⓘ Menelaus NERFINISHED ⓘ Mycenae NERFINISHED ⓘ Myrmidons NERFINISHED ⓘ Nestor NERFINISHED ⓘ Odysseus NERFINISHED ⓘ Pylos NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhodes NERFINISHED ⓘ Sparta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
formulaic structure
ⓘ
length and detail ⓘ |
| partOf | Iliad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | mythical Trojan War ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Homeric scholarship
ⓘ
classical philology ⓘ historical geography ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | Archaic Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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