The Catalogue of Ships: A Key to Homeric Poetry
Abstract
The Catalogue of Ships in Iliad 2 is a special passage. It was clearly not composed for the context in which it has been transmitted, and a series of other peculiarities has made it a key to most of the basic Homeric questions. Over the years its aesthetic value has been very differently estimated by scholars. This paper offers a survey of the various opinions, a description and analysis of the text as a testimony to Homeric poetics, a report of its earliest reception, and a discussion of how it can be understood and read with pleasure.
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2026-08-21
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Jensen, M. S. (2026). The Catalogue of Ships: A Key to Homeric Poetry. Classica Et Mediaevalia, 587–614. Retrieved from https://tidsskrift.dk/classicaetmediaevalia/article/view/170889
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