Ajax's entry in the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women
M Finkelberg - The Classical Quarterly, 1988 - JSTOR
M Finkelberg
The Classical Quarterly, 1988•JSTORThe list of Helen's suitors in the Catalogue of Women, a late epic poem Hesiod, is directly
related to the Catalogue of Ships in Iliad 2, in that list of future participants in the Trojan war.
1 That the two catalogues t traditional material is demonstrated above all by their agreement
o personages: not only the protagonists of the Trojan saga, but also s figures as Podarces of
Phylace, Elephenor of Euboea, Thoas of Aetolia, or Menestheus of Athens feature in both
Homer and Hesiod, and are characterized by basically the same traditional expressions. 2 …
related to the Catalogue of Ships in Iliad 2, in that list of future participants in the Trojan war.
1 That the two catalogues t traditional material is demonstrated above all by their agreement
o personages: not only the protagonists of the Trojan saga, but also s figures as Podarces of
Phylace, Elephenor of Euboea, Thoas of Aetolia, or Menestheus of Athens feature in both
Homer and Hesiod, and are characterized by basically the same traditional expressions. 2 …
The list of Helen's suitors in the Catalogue of Women, a late epic poem Hesiod, is directly related to the Catalogue of Ships in Iliad 2, in that list of future participants in the Trojan war. 1 That the two catalogues t traditional material is demonstrated above all by their agreement o personages: not only the protagonists of the Trojan saga, but also s figures as Podarces of Phylace, Elephenor of Euboea, Thoas of Aetolia, or Menestheus of Athens feature in both Homer and Hesiod, and are characterized by basically the same traditional expressions. 2 But, though the Hesiodic catalogue is sometimes used as evidence that a given Homeric personage belongs to the authentic tradition, 3 it seems that the exegetic potential of this poem has not yet been exploited in full. As I hope to show, the Catalogue of Women throws light on one of the most controversial issues in Homeric scholarship, that of the representation of Athens and Salamis in the Catalogue of Ships.
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