Epic catalogue
An epic catalogue is a long, detailed list of objects, places or people that is characteristic of epic poetry.
Examples
- In The Faerie Queene, the list of trees I.i.8-9.
- In Paradise Lost, the list of demons in Book I.[1]
- In the Aeneid, the list of enemies the Trojans find in Etruria in Book VII. Also, the list of ships in Book X.[2]
- In the Iliad:[3]
- Catalogue of Ships, the most famous epic catalogue
- Trojan Battle Order
References
- ^ Quint, David (Spring 2007). "Milton's Book of Numbers: Book 1 of Paradise Lost and Its Catalogue". International Journal of the Classical Tradition. 13 (4): 528–549. doi:10.1007/bf02923024. JSTOR 30222176.
- ^ Christine Perkell, ed. (1999). Reading Vergil's Aeneid: An Interpretative Guide. Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture. Vol. 23. University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 190–194. ISBN 9780806131399.
- ^ Gaertner, Jan Felix (2001). "The Homeric Catalogues and Their Function in Epic Narrative". Hermes. 129: 298–305. JSTOR 4477439.