The Catalogue of the Ships in Homer's Iliad

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The Catalogue of the Ships in Homer's IliadThe idea that the Catalogue of the Ships reflects conditions in Mycenaean Greece is not a new one, but recent excavation and topographical research justifies a new discussion of the questions. The greater part of this book (Part II) consists of an examination of each place listed in the Catalogue with particular reference to its location. Part I briefly examines the general question of the extent to which the Homeric poems as a whole embody Mycenaean

and religion

statements of method

on demonstrating the extraordinary diversity of this great dramatist

and grief at the loss of a loved one

In this context he argued in the speech that the general Diopeithes

judicious narrator of facts and developments and shows good powers of description

and its themes and conflicts resonate powerfully into the modern era

the Metamorphoses has influenced writers and artists from Shakespeare and Chaucer to Picasso and Ted Hughes

The resulting works remind us of the importance of social ties

and satirical writing

Greek in technique

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