Catalogue of Ships
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The Catalogue of Ships is a famous passage in Homer’s Iliad that lists the Greek contingents, their leaders, and their homelands assembled for the Trojan War.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epic catalogue
ⓘ
poetic passage ⓘ section of the Iliad ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Trojan War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Homer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek literature ⓘ |
| describes |
Greek contingents at Troy
ⓘ
homelands of the Greek leaders ⓘ leaders of the Achaean forces ⓘ number of ships brought to Troy ⓘ |
| features |
Achaean contingents
ⓘ
Argive contingents ⓘ Boeotian contingents ⓘ Ithacan contingent ⓘ Myrmidon contingent ⓘ Spartan contingents NERFINISHED ⓘ leaders such as Achilles ⓘ leaders such as Agamemnon ⓘ leaders such as Ajax the Greater ⓘ leaders such as Ajax the Lesser ⓘ leaders such as Diomedes ⓘ leaders such as Menelaus ⓘ leaders such as Nestor ⓘ leaders such as Odysseus ⓘ |
| function |
display of poetic memory and skill
ⓘ
enumeration of Greek forces ⓘ geographical survey of Greek world ⓘ |
| genre | epic poetry ⓘ |
| hasInterpretation |
poetic construct rather than historical record
ⓘ
possible reflection of Mycenaean political geography ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hellenistic scholarship
ⓘ
later epic catalogues ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedInWork | Book 2 of the Iliad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | dactylic hexameter ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed listing of commanders
ⓘ
length and density of place names ⓘ traditional formulaic language ⓘ |
| partOf | Iliad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Trojan Battle Order in the Iliad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
other epic catalogues in Greek and Latin poetry ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Homeric scholarship
ⓘ
classical philology ⓘ historical geography of ancient Greece ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | mythical age of heroes ⓘ |
| tradition | oral epic tradition ⓘ |
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