Iliad Book 2
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Iliad Book 2 is the second book of Homer’s epic poem, notable for detailing the Greek forces and their leaders through the extensive Catalogue of Ships.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book of epic poetry
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part of the Iliad ⓘ |
| approximateDateOfTextFixation | 8th century BCE ⓘ |
| author | Homer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsEpisode |
Agamemnon’s deceptive dream
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Catalogue of Achaean ships NERFINISHED ⓘ Catalogue of Trojan allies NERFINISHED ⓘ Testing of the army ⓘ Thersites’ speech and rebuke ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Ancient Greek literature ⓘ |
| features | Catalogue of Ships NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
enumeration of Greek contingents sailing to Troy
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muster of the Achaean army at Troy ⓘ |
| follows | Iliad Book 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesCharacterList |
Achaean leaders
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Trojan leaders and allies ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
epic similes
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extended catalogue ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Epic poetry ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Agamemnon
NERFINISHED
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Athena NERFINISHED ⓘ Hera NERFINISHED ⓘ Nestor NERFINISHED ⓘ Odysseus NERFINISHED ⓘ Thersites NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed enumeration of Achaean forces
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listing Greek leaders and contingents ⓘ |
| partOf | Iliad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedes | Iliad Book 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sequenceInWork | second book of the Iliad ⓘ |
| setting | Trojan War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Homeric scholarship
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classical philology ⓘ |
| theme |
divine influence on human decisions
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leadership and authority ⓘ military organization of the Achaean army ⓘ persuasion and rhetoric in the assembly ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfComposition | Archaic Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workType | segment of oral-formulaic epic ⓘ |
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