catalogue women catalogue women ancient greek known ancient greek epic poem attributed antiquity women title fact lay gods bearing heroes greek mythology divine mortal contrast focus narrative odyssey catalogue structured vast system stemming unions covered heroic age course poem books family trees embellished stories involving members poem amounted heroic mythology way presents systematic account greek built divine scholars currently believe catalogue considered work questions poem authenticity interest study literary social historical topics work treats depth world heroes catalogue offers transition divine sphere terrestrial focus works days virtue subjects status given poem concentration addition heroes provides evidence roles perceptions women greek literature society period composition popularity greek aristocratic communities ruling elite traced heroes epic poetry catalogue map world terms preserves information complex system associations continued political importance long archaic period myths catalogue entirely form narrated held special fascination poets scholars late archaic period roman eras despite popularity reading public poem went circulation pass medieval manuscript tradition preserved today fragments quotations ancient authors catalogue better attested lost works partial lines surviving quarter original poem estimate evidence poem reconstruction elements content distribution content catalogue extensive nature evidence leaves unresolved course past century led scholarly title formula ancient authors commonly referred poem simply catalogue alternate titles employed tenth century encyclopedia known gives expanded version catalogue heroic women late source twelfth century byzantine poet prefers poem heroic earliest popular alternate title feminine formula ancient introduces new sections poem introduction heroine nickname provided standard title similar work reflected use alternate title formula poem recognizable features belonged originally genre poetry simply listed notable catalogue formula tool allows poet resume broken branch family tree jump horizontally new figure line descent characteristic example found introduction daughters cat preceding section poem dealt length extended family sister tracing line generation following war jump backwards order complete account descendants father covering son family formula transitions distant branches example ultimately serves family great hoped win bride son marriage place descendants soon presented content according catalogue books long length unknown likely entire poem consisted lines majority content structured major units descendants found book book followed later books believed rough guide structure found roman era mythological handbook transmitted catalogue primary source details appears followed reflect poem overall arrangement book far best attested book poem extensive overlapping ancient quotations coinciding verses survive entire includes line numbers taken system overlaps sources allows book content assigned approximate line numbers significant overlaps containing opening lines poem catalogue styled continuation canonical poem final verses standing catalogue women book lines end transmitted manuscript tradition following final ordering key deities poet sing tribe slept mortal men bearing children like gods verses topic catalogue comes form invocation introduce new slightly terrestrial topic cat immediately subsequent lines describe significant characteristics heroic age allowed poem subject gods freely interacted days significant detail heroic condition offered passages catalogue men women said equally long lived unclear refers different heroes difference lives heroes today man heroes gods differing heroes described appear lived long life characterized perpetual youth apparently condemned early death gods damaged point implications comparisons unknown addressed asked sing lay race glorious kings lay ends families repeated use introductory phrase implies initial likely woman treated wife debate catalogue included account flood myth creation race humans born stones cast appear figured poem pick catalogue women daughters named maternal grandmother famous like mother lay bearing sons early greek tribes said descend bore bore grandfather son family ultimately entire greek world greatest mythological significance apparently son sons gave names tribes division called son migrated married daughter father daughter named relation greek tribes outlined following table likely largest unified treated account daughters seven sons stretched line book second book sons certainly found catalogue seventh son obscured identified tentatively second father myth similar doubt attends identities daughters families daughters treated middle book lines devoted extended family sons daughters notable concentration narratives folk elements sort largely absent poems beginning doomed love called turned punishment treating families poet turned lines earlier book borne sons river grandfather bore son great grandfather later traced families found form catalogue fierce twins heads arms equal number legs significant epic tradition marriage son daughter produced daughters introduced group marriage followed immortal daughters poem woman later famously known sacrificed greek fleet sail catalogue version events goddess replaced birth reported earliest extant account killing planned sacrifice found catalogue marriage follows followed turn bearing damaged lines unknown helen birth reported leave uncertain lies bears heroic qualities described death hands apollo conflict sequel hunt children singled role death poet turns attention closes account female daughters daughter provides transition families male king forced subjects worship simulated god thunder lighting dragging bronze throwing air real destroyed king subjects alike spared conducted house uncle father river designs guise river lay brothers gave different realms rule received lot fell western house takes center stage sacked killing male save city son granted ability change shape onslaught catalogue poet granted brief ended pointed bee actually defender following account marriage family contest daughter narrated father hand cattle feat accomplished bias help brother poet turned family fragment book breaks likely children followed room book start family brother ruled complicated family life details known played catalogue children mother episode saga gave children ram golden fled according sources driven mad gods took young household slaughtered son jumped sea son sea goddess point marriage daughters given extended group treatment catalogue book uncertain point extant fragments division books fell families covered second book families order likely found 2nd book appear room left book accommodate group children thought opened book recently published evidence casts doubt view book family centered son daughters singled extensive treatment apollo bore killed rage apollo killed arranged apollo serve instead directly following affair comes daughter bore brothers daughter bore apollo grandfather master thief change appearance booty avoid detection daughter mother jason apparently born directly preceding daughter story best preserved studied sections catalogue ability change shape skill father exploited service hunger cursed reason people nicknamed marry bride prices garnered girl return home different form notable victim plot despite characteristic retain custody daughter law strife arose mortal resolve case handed authority text damaged point identity matter dispute nature verdict rendered exactly judgement resolves quarrel obscure ultimately comes losing end bear children instead bears god rule island sacked brief allusion great hero adventures way home attacking horses assaulted going participate closes returning athens care father poet attention stays son male subjects immediately follows wise beautiful having taught arts attempted cheat cattle intervened accomplish marriage gods got way bore gave son winged horse task presented order father law catalogue appears followed immediately marriage daughter king descendants catalogue appears followed order likely introducing river god granddaughter bore turn father affair place catalogue ancient authors cite poem version myth quoting fact far love clandestine deeds produced son father libya families sons covered depth line book following birth daughter bore sons myth mass wedding sons daughters came point little survives narrative catalogue daughters fled introduced practice digging wells making sons followed greece order marry predominant version myth union bore sons daughters offended way cursed madness cured service rewarded granting brother bias shares rule daughter golden liaison birth mother son exile quickly recounted comes quick succession book division books presents special problem reconstruction catalogue appears attribute story book method citation certainly refers present poem concludes appears beginning line followed blank space suggesting pictured clearly ends lines section preceded blank space giving possibility beginning book fragments combine account follows extensive exciting episodes catalogue survive antiquity wished avoid marriage gathered beauty father promised hand beat swift daughter condition accepted challenge lost death given contestants golden girl course threw ran pity toss apple finally accomplished aim couple live happily transformed lion seen presumably means entered holy evidence leaves remains unknown passage fit catalogue possible book simply incorrect came family books possibility introduced context mother family identity catalogue unknown hypothesis allow appear following extended family catalogue later tradition family brother like aliens displaced persons son phoenix sons present bore mother phoenix daughter girl mother tale known later classical literature appears largely familiar form catalogue caught eye friends gathering flowers meadow god transformed bull breath guise abducted carrying crete bore gave necklace figure saga necklace ruled apparently granted lifespan equal generations men death rain blood inspired send briefly described succeeding stepfather sent sea bull sex wife bore equally possible names referred single son daughter surely present myth death athens subsequent sacrifice youths expedition crete beast better traveled sister biography catalogue apparently meant conclude geographically diverse appropriate flourish ruled kidnapped pursued ends earth poet far remarkable races encountered chase including subterranean men black men horse half dogs called episode journey world thought title referred independent work erroneously attributed view publication extensive fragment pictured episode derived contained myth described likely section describing descendants followed mountain bears sons drew destroyed save majority subsequently covered figures descend son local familiar version attributed work intended citation sons father father wife daughter reason entrusted care lay bore throne greek expedition accidentally landed found fighting fellow immediately followed progression known mirror structure catalogue fragments roll myth cover families daughters bore mount slept mother line traced including father helen wife bore line killed sleeping sons children section included daughter bore daughter slept changed spring bearing line traced leader war lay bore possible union delayed book section treating family daughter book began longest extant passage catalogue known shield lines borrowed book according ancient hypothesis shield passage recounts went husband marriage deaths brothers hands returned having accomplished feat lay return night god bore hero bore belongs line mother daughter passages preceding concern daughters married sons married daughter married funeral games honor son caught eye future wife daughter son father contrary better known father mother daughter reported verses directly preceding line remained ultimately belongs little known certain content book possible section including kings athens daughters found family river proposed region based presence persons families sources represent descended daughters notable family belong section daughter island bears slept bore fearing lonely island changed ants men spawning tribe play greek word family belongs notable hero saga father book final book different apparently left structure books book opened nearly line catalogue helen similar style catalogue ships book likely entire catalogue included thirty attested sons attempted win helen able join contest punishment gifts simply sent envoys knew ultimately prevail wise gave sheep cows hope winning helen gifts given cousins catalogue brothers catalogue ships gave gold confident wealthiest heroes helen promising surrounding lands possession gift long journey crete aware helen beauty accounts giving decision bound oath daughter force exact vengeance readily agreed believing given helen hand point come close success reported poet introduces status greatest hero saga central role plan bring heroic age close aid given bride prices age surely won helen hand human earth defeated present bore end heroic age marriage helen war event ultimately brings heroic age end circumstances surrounding transition catalogue unclear directly following birth strife arises gods plan stir trouble mankind exact meaning plan obscure deficiencies text interpretations proposed commonly accepted plans destroy great number men causing war ultimately removing heroes life lived conditions resembling golden age possibility intends destroy race heroes return world order gods slept event great change coming final placed fragment catalogue breaks enigmatic scenes great storm arises strength mankind lines described west finest passage poetry known catalogue parallel prophecy fruitless years image snake snake gives birth appears sets remains snake skin representing regeneration come heroic age comes end world given notable disputed fragments fragments attributed catalogue relatively substantial placed poem content obscure assigned different individuals difficult locate books place poem implications level content narrative connected city libya terminus post composition catalogue approximate year city foundation tells apollo saw hunting native immediately god goes cave wise asks wise consort fated apollo mate bring sea libya queen portion land bear son ode states took story relates opening lines section cat believes catalogue composed argues extent relied text unknown apollo carry libya city argued citation vague poem included catalogue included narrative similar presenting different version myth catalogue treated complete removal easily accommodated related evidence presumably involve transferring fragments concerning traditionally attributed catalogue son certainly appeared poem myth known narrated catalogue virtue found dictionary according dictionary catalogue included variant myth changed killed attempted wife designs woman appeared containing related myth published tentatively attributed text catalogue fragment opens torn apart dogs goddess likely arrives cave born dogs hills return stay point damaged clear dogs delivered madness line begin master goddess returns west include edition fragment calling epic cause author catalogue turn grave knew attributed according scholars believe text archaic today consider catalogue date composition authorship antiquity catalogue universally considered work reports living mount day believed genuine poem works days lines poem called hymn surviving expression doubt found cites number children citation verses passed falsely like passages skepticism stemmed belief common today poetry especially susceptible impossible tell regarded entire catalogue passages event isolated critics like rhodes byzantium apparently found reason doubt going far cite catalogue arguments concerning content authenticity poems modern scholars shared confidence counterparts today catalogue generally considered post composition supposed lived turn seventh century guarantee poem survey epic language hand suggests catalogue early nearly contemporary sees reason catalogue poet calls different critical strain views transmitted poems ultimate products oral tradition hold initial nucleus catalogue arrived final form period assigned scenario account perceived mythological content linguistic character poem issue relation catalogue transmitted broader corpus early greek epic argues poetic linguistic cultural political grounds poet compiled catalogue women attached thinks possible range narrowed period following sees example marriage daughter means union produced similarly son west takes reflection attempts promote interests traditionally closely connected considerations west view establish terminus post prefers later dating assumption assigns portion sixth century contemporaneous composition catalogue west arguments highly influential scholars arrived different conclusions evidence thinks likely reflect composition death dates poem period closely following sacred war connecting content growing influence placing author family trees centered region dominate earlier portions poem hand takes focus catalogue poet perceived interest eastern peoples indicative poet asia minor proposes catalogue composed viewing composition apparent allusion poem died providing ultimate terminus reception catalogue greatest influence felt period poem extra poets era favored antiquarian references direct engagement prominent members canon famous allusion catalogue found included catalogue great literary figures loves beginning commonly known proceeding poet contemporaries including teacher entries engage subjects work homer example portrayed directly preceding comes formula styled woman rendered anne home works days lover boy village near contemporary composed catalogue mythological relationships entitled loves beautiful boys story introduced formula like later poet wrote catalogue women unknown said written masculine equivalent allusions formula catalogue structure poem easily recognized interaction catalogue poetry limited plays aspects direct engagement myths found catalogue popular way rome poets age continued period engagement catalogue poet plain earliest roman author seen engage catalogue wedding alludes catalogue presented defining characteristic heroic age couple sung later book closes catalogue combatants swift female warrior account speed remarkably subtle nod tradition best style picked allusion treatment recast roman allusion way highlights character poem contrast character transmission reconstruction impossible tell exactly complete copy catalogue lost fragments ancient copies found dating period early byzantine times book label century latest catalogue lists contents sixth century works days shield appears time byzantine works corpus poems traveled poet knowledge catalogue cease altogether loss final complete copy medieval times authors cite poem fragments contained ancient authors poem influence clear pseudo early roman era handbook greek mythology example widely believed taken catalogue primary structural model stated explicitly text collection interpretation fragments modern era began sixteenth seventeenth centuries primarily editions earliest collections simply presented ancient quotations organized quoting author work attempts proper reconstruction began recognize early portions poem treated descendants systematic fashion regarded called catalogue women initially separate works joined structured view simply recounted myths involving notable introduced formula attested book proposed books catalogue books nineteenth century progressed important observations structure catalogue noted mass information connected family assigned book ancient citation placing picture catalogue emerging began resemble structure suggest explicitly passing poem reconstructed help work contemporaries largely followed conclusion catalogue semi distinct texts finally demonstrated fact alternate titles single poem years leo paper small fragment found half twentieth century publication pieces added significantly modern text catalogue finds important passages example advanced modern understanding work overall structure appearance actually led major list gods found beginning proceeding divine led believe catalogue organized strictly manner presented unions gods organized extent deity years later publication 28th corpus witnesses poems nearly doubled lion share new texts belonging catalogue new proved poem organized great families way similar poet use formula random method introduction organizing tool overall structure editions translations critical editions extant extant amsterdam robinson cum oxford vol leipzig leipzig berlin leipzig 2nd paris vol leipzig athens leipzig 2nd leipzig 3rd leipzig isbn naples west oxford isbn west opera dies 3rd oxford isbn und den isbn translations poems fragments oxford consulted caution date hymns classical library 3rd cambridge isbn link 1st edition english translation facing greek text obsolete translations ancient quotations german translation isbn italian translation facing greek text based editions west classical library cambridge isbn includes ancient assessments catalogue shield catalogue fragments classical library cambridge isbn english translation facing greek text takes recent scholarship consideration
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