Ancient sources cited

Ancient sources are in bold, page numbers in italics, with editions indicated in parentheses. Authorship attributions are given as in the Appendix.

Abaris: (New Jacoby 34) test. 1 ix.n; fr. 1 30n

Aeschylus: Ag. 281–311 54; (Radt) fr. 275 102, 108n; (West) fr. eleg. 2 27n

Agias: Returns (West) frs. 1–2 96; frs. 3–9 45, 95–6, 123; fr. 12 123

Alcaeus: fr. 308(d) 62

Alcmeonis: fr. 6 25n; fr. 7 89n

Anth. Pal.: 11.130 26n

Antimachus: (Wyss) test. 12a-b 28; (Matthews) test. 26b 28

ps.-Apollodorus: 1.6.1–2 60n; 3.9.2 94n; epit. 5.24 101n; epit. 7.33–4 125; epit. 7.37 126; epit. 7.40 125n

Apollonius: Arg. 1.20–233 44n; 3.310–13 27n

Archilochus: fr. 3 5n; p.Oxy. 4708 54

Arctinus: Aethiopis (West) frs. 1–2 89n; fr. 1 100, 120–2; fr. 6 122; (Bernabé) test. 8 122; test. 11 100, 121; Sack of Ilion (West) arg. 4 123

Aristides Quintilianus: 1.(§14).34 78n; 1.(§15).35 78n; 1.(§24).47 79

Aristophanes: Birds 967–79 30n; 967–8 30n; Frogs 1033 29; Knights 1343 41n

Aristotle: An. post. 77b 27n; Poet. 1447b 34; 1448a–b 37n; 1449b 36n; 1451a 35n; 1459a–b 26n, 122; 1460a 26n, 37n; Rh. 1414b 41n; 1712a 27n; Soph. el. 171a 27n; (Rose) fr. 508 125n

ps.-Aristotle: Pr. 918b 76n

Aristoxenus: Rhythmics (Pighi) 22.27–8 78n; 24.16 78; (Barker) 2.20 78n; 2.30 78

Athenaeus: 36d–37d 53n

Callimachus: Aetia fr. 119 12n; Epigr. 28 26n

Carcinus: Naupactia (West) test. 36n, 43n, 45n; frs. 2–10 62n; frs. 3–9 36n; fr. 4 44n; fr. 11 36n, 43n, 45n

CEG: 47 33; 83 33; 132 33; 137 32; 143 32-3; 145 33; 326 33; 344 33; 391 33; 403 33, 70-1; 405 70

Cedrenus: 224.4–225.3 101n, 121n; 232.11–16 101n

Charax: (FGrH 103) fr. 5 55n

Choerilus: (Bernabé) frs. 1–2 46n; fr. 2 59

Chrysippus: fr. 908 11n

Cinaethon: Oedipodea (West) fr. 2 53

Clement of Alexandria: Strom. 1.131.1 133n; 1.21.132–133 30n; 6.25.1 125

Conon: see Photius cod. 186

Contest of Homer and Hesiod: 6 4-5; 9 84; 18 53

Crates of Mallos: (Broggiato) fr. 1 41n; fr. 78 42n

Cycle: (Bernabé) test. 1 27n; test. 2 25n; test. 8 27n; test. 14-15 25n

Cyclic Theogony: (Bernabé) test. 25n; fr. 1 25n

Cypria: (West) arg. 1 119n; arg. 6 115n; arg. 11 61; arg. 12 44; fr. 1 115; fr. 2 89n; fr. 4 55; frs. 5–6 42; fr. 31 119; (Bernabé) fr. 34 119

Dictys of Crete: 3.15–4.2 102; 3.20–7 101, 121n; 5.15 101n; p.Oxy. 4944.9–21 101n

Dieuchidas of Megara: (FGrH 485) fr. 6 76n

Diogenes Laertius: 2.46 84n

Dionysius of Argos: (FGrH 308) fr. 2 76n

Dionysius of Halicarnassus: Ant. Rom. 4.63.1 27n; Comp. 11 82; 17 78; 20 78

Dionysius Thrax scholia: 26–8 79n

Empedocles: (Diels-Kranz) fr. B 1 38; fr. B 23.1–10 51n; fr. B 84.1–8 51-2; fr. B 100.8–22 51n; fr. B 112 38; fr. B 123 39, 45; fr. B 133 59

Epimenides: (Bernabé) frs. 40-5 29n; fr. 45 30-1, 53n; frs. 57a–59 62n

Eratosthenes: Cat. 29 ix.n

Eugammon: Telegony (West) test. 125; arg. 1 55, 124; fr. 3 26n; fr. 5 55

Eumelus: Titanomachy (West) fr. 3 60n; fr. 14 25n, 55; Corinthiaca (West) frs. 17–23 62n

Euripides: Hec. 466–74 60n; 1265–74 101n; Ion 205–18 60n; HF 177–80 60n; IA 784–92 82n; IT 224 60n; Or. 140–2 82; 338–44 82n

Euripides scholia: Hec. 471 60n

Eustathius: Od. (Stallbaum) 402.26–8 125n

Heracleides of  Pontus: (Wehrli) fr. 157 viii-ix, 77

Heracleitus: (Diels-Kranz) fr. B 40 38

Herodian: De prosod. cath. (Lentz) 303.7 125n; 382.20–2 125n

Herodotus: 1.47 30n; 1.55 30n; 1.62 30n; 4.36 ix.n, 29; 5.56 30n; 5.92b 30n; 5.99 5n; 6.77 30n; 7.6 viii.n, 29; 7.140–3 29n; 7.220 30n; 8.20 29-30; 8.77 29, 30n; 8.96 29; 9.43 29;

Hesiod: (Most) test. 38 84; test. 42 3n, 116-17; test. 50 42n; test. 52 17, 114; test. 80 116-17

Shield 1–56 114; 28–9 60n; 78–88 114; 87 65n; 104–5 18; 122–43 42; 144-319 55; 156–60 55n; 201–3 85n; 212–13 55n; 272 18; 370–442 19-20, 51; 437–42 50-1; 477–80 17-18

Theog. 1–104 45n; 1–34 41; 22–34 viii, 9, 38, 56; 27–8 48; 30–1 77; 35–105 41; 50 60n; 104–15 45-8; 120 11; 154–206 11; 185–6 60n; 225 1, 19n; 240–64 45; 337–45 9n; 535–64 12; 570–89 55; 573–84 42; 578–84 3; 584 3n; 617–880 11; 886–923 11; 899–900 10; 900 11; 929 11; 954 60n; 965–1020 113-14; 1011–16 125-6; 1013 113-14; 1021–2 113

WD 1–10 3, 41, 48; 11–26 39n; 11–12 1-2, 9n; 20–6 7; 38–41 7; 42–6 6; 47–105 39n; 60–82 55; 80–2 7; 94–104 8; 106–201 7, 39n; 156–73 116; 202–12 53; 220–1 7; 248–85 7; 263–4 7; 287–92 6; 303–6 7; 346–50 6-7; 351 7; 373–5 7; 397–403 7; 397–8 6; 504–28 116; 646–62 56; 650–9 viii; 654–7 4–5, 84n; 660–2 49; 707–23 6–7; 826–8 116–17

Cat. (Most) fr. 1.1–15 46-7; fr. 1.1–6 86; fr. 1.1–2 113; fr. 1.14–18 12-13; frs. 2–6 13; fr. 2 113-14; fr. 10 13; frs. 16–17 39n; fr. 22.20–33 43n; fr. 31.13–33.9 43n; fr. 46.12 94; frs. 47–51 15, 43n; fr. 47 93-5; frs. 53–61 15; frs. 69–71 43n; fr. 69.89 60n; 69.100 65n; fr. 82 94; fr. 138 18, 114; fr. 138.35–6 60n; frs. 139–141 43n; fr. 139 18, 114; frs. 154–6 44, 116; frs. 154b–155.64 54; fr. 155.94–180 114–16

(Most) frs. 185-201 15, 45; fr. 214 53, 84-5; frs. 239–40 15; fr. 242.2 65n; fr. 254 53; fr. 294 11; (Merkelbach-West) frs. 246-62 15

Hesychius: σ.2092 55n

Homer:

Epigoni (West) test. 1 25n, 118; test. 5 25n, 118; fr. 1 46n, 118; fr. 3* 25n

Hymn. Hom. Dem. 1–41 20; 42–90 21; 98–230 83; 105–211 42; 174–5 51; 177–8 51; 206–11 21, 83; 212–74 21; 263–7 83; 268–304 21; 268 1; 459–89 21; 473–84 83

Hymn. Hom. Ap. 1–178 21–2, 41n, 117–18; 30–49 22, 54; 151–76 83; 165–73 84n; 165–76 vii, 56; 179–546 22, 41n, 117–18; 179–387 22; 216–86 22, 54; 388–546 22; 409–39 22, 54; 410 65n; 540–3 27n

Hymn. Hom. Herm 17–183 22; 24–54 75; 43–6 50-1; 52–62 46n, 86; 68–145 54; 115-37 42; 151–2 51; 163–4 51; 184–321 22; 241 51; 322–96 22; 397–502 22; 417–33 39, 86-7; 423 75; 427–33 41; 429–30 40; 454 87; 482–8 87; 503–78 22; 514–15 62; 533–49 49

Hymn. Hom. Aphr. 31–2 1-2; 60–74 42; 148 68n; 196–7 23; 202–17 23; 218–38 23

Hymn. Hom. 6.5–13 42; 6.19–20 84n; 33.9 33n

Iliad 1.1–10 46; 1.1 69-70; 1.3–4 116; 1.8 56; 1.93–100 30n, 52-3; 1.396–406 39n; 1.565–7 40n; 1.580–1 40n; 1.590–4 40n; 1.601–4 85n; 2.295 65n; 2.301–30 30n, 106, 115n; 2.484–779 44-5, 54; 2.484–6 49; 2.599–600 85; 2.631 33n; 2.781–3 39n; 2.815–77 44-5; 5.60 71; 5.392–4 39n; 5.534 71; 6.156–202 43; 6.399–403 100n; 6.466–83 100n; 8.7–27 40n; 8.16 71; 8.80–115 109; 9.185–91 36n, 83; 9.524–5 36n; 13.448–54 43n; 14.78 72; 14.110–27 43n; 14.200–4 39n; 14.246 39n; 14.302 39n; 14.315–28 45; 15.16–24 40n; 15.178–86 40n; 15.187–99 39n; 16.112–13 44n; 16.142 92; 16.168–97 44-5; 16.554 71; 18.39–49 45; 18.394–409 39n; 18.478-608 54–5; 18.535–40 55n; 19.126-31 40n; 20.19–74 39n; 20.213–41 43n; 20.484 71; 21.34–135 61; 21.85–6 70-1; 21.186–91 43n; 21.595–22.24 101n; 24.62–3 85n; 24.257 61; 24.358–676 100n; 24.723–39 100n, 106; 24.804 120

Iliad, Cyclic (Bernabé) test. 120

Odyssey 1.1–11 46-7; 1.150–5 85n; 1.325–52 85n; 3.181 71; 3.262–312 106; 4.351–586 106; 5.121–8 40n; 7.56–66 43n; 7.58–9 60n; 7.206 60n; 8.62–92 85n; 8.62–4 85n; 8.72–5 36; 8.254–389 85n; 8.470–522 85n; 8.492–9 46n; 8.499–500 41; 8.499 40n; 10.120 60n; 11.100–37 30n, 53; 11.134 102n, 107; 11.225–330 45, 54; 11.305–20 39n; 11.363–9 49; 11.405–34 106; 11.566–635 45; 15.225–55 43n; 16.115–20 43n; 16.252 85n; 17.358–9 85n; 19.560–9 49; 20.351–7 30n; 22.330–80 85n; 23.130–6 85n; 23.143–7 85n; 23.296–7 123–5; 24.412–19 124

Odyssey, Cyclic (Bernabé) test. 1–2 124n

(West) fr. unplaced 1 83

Homer scholia: Od. 11.122 125n; 11.134 102n; 23.296 123–5

Horace: Ars P. 146–9 26n

Horace scholia: ps.-Acro 136 28; Porphyrio 146 28

ps.-Hyginus: Fabulae 90–127 98n; 107 101n; 110-11 101; 127 126

Ibycus: (Page) fr. 291 101n; fr. S151.40–5 61n; fr. S224 61n

IG: II² 4968.12–23 30-1; XII.9 56.135 viii.n

Lesches: Little Iliad (West) arg. 96; fr. 1 46n, 47, 122n; fr. 2 122; fr. 3 26n; fr. 5 55, 92, 96-7; fr. 11 99-100; frs. 28–29 122-3; (Bernabé) test. 7 26n, 122; arg. 2 89n; fr. 1 46n, 47, 122n; fr. 16.I 122; fr. dub. 32 90n

Lives of Homer: (West) 10.B.1 41n

Livy: 1.56.3 27n

Lucian: De mort. Peregr. 30 39n

Lycophron: Alexandra 799–804 125n

Lycophron scholia: Alex. 799–800 125; 1268 122

Lycurgus: Leocr. 102 76n; (Conomis) fr. 14.5a ix.n

Malalas: (Thurn) 5.24 101n, 121n

Musaeus: (Bernabé) frs. 62-71 29n

New Jacoby 18: frs. 1–2 89n

Nicander: (FGrH 271–2) fr. 7 125n

Odyssey hypothesis: (Dindorf) 4.4–9 101n

Oppian scholia: Hal. 2.497 55n

Orphica: (Bernabé) fr. 6 38; frs. 8-9 10n; fr. 12 10n; fr. 20 10n; fr. 80.iii 10n; fr. 85 10n; fr. 96 10n; frs. 139-40 10n; fr. 241 10n; fr. 243.9 10n; fr. 707 133n; fr. 1109 viii.n

Panyassis: (West) frs. 19–22 53-4

P.Cair.Zen. 59533: 82n

P.Oxy. 956: 123n

P.Oxy. 4708: 54

P.Oxy. 4944: 9–21 101n

P.Oxy. 5094: 89n

P.Ryl. 53: 123n

P.Sapph.Obbink: ix

Parmenides: (Diels-Kranz) fr. B 1 38, 41; fr. B 1.11–26 59; fr. B 8.50–61 49; fr. B 9.1–5 49; fr. B 13 11n

Pausanias: 4.20.1 30n; 4.27.4 30n; 8.12.5 26n; 9.17.5 30n, 129; 9.31.4–5 116-17; 9.31.4 3n; 10.9.11 29; 10.31.2 25n; 10.26.1 25n; 10.29.6 25n; 10.30.5 25n

Phaenias: (FGrH 1012) fr. 10 84n

Philodemus: On piety (Obbink) 3688–4707 30n

Philoponus: In Arist. An. post. 157.14–17 26n

Philostratus: Heroicus 51.1–4 100-1

Photius: Myr. cod. 186 98; cod. 186 136.ii.36–137.i.26 99; cod. 190 106; cod. 190 150.i.12–19 102n; cod. 190 151.i.29–32 121n; cod. 190 151.ii.37–152.i.1 99-102, 121n; cod. 239 319.i.30–3 26n

Phrynichus: (Snell) fr. 13 61n

Pindar: Nem. 1.67–9 60n; 1.101 60n; 2.1–3 40; 2.2 77; 7.90 60n; Pyth. 6.28–42 109n; 6.47 60n; 8.12–18 60n

Pindar scholia: Isth. 4.58b 122; 6.47 60n; Nem. 1.101 60n; 2.1c 21n; 9.123 12n

Plato: Ion 553c 77; Lach. 184a 55n; Phd. 65b 49-50; Prt. 316d 38n; Resp. 392c–394c 37n; Symp. 178b 11n; Theaet. 152e 38n

ps.-Plato: Hipparch. 228b–c 76n

Pliny: HN. 7.15 27n; 7.204 76n; 25.11 27n

Plutarch: Vit. Sol. 14.2 ix.n; Conv. sept. sap. 153f–54a 4-5; 154a 84n; Quaest. Graec. 294c–d 125n

ps.-Plutarch: De mus. 1132b–c 77n; 1133c 40; 1134f–35b 80n; 1137b 76n; 1141b 76n

Proclus: Chrestomathy (Severyns) 20 26n

Prodicus: Minyas (West) frs. 2–6 45

Ptolemy: Harmonics 2.(§14).73–4 81

Ptolemy the Quail: see Photius cod. 190

Quintilian: Inst. 1.12.3 77; 9.4.51 79; 9.4.55 77, 79

Sappho: (Campbell) test. 1–2 ix.n; test. 14 ix.n; (Lobel-Page) fr. 211 ix.n; p.Sapph.Obbink ix

Seneca: Troades 938–44 101

Servius auctus: ad Aen. 2.44 102n, 125n

Sextus Empiricus: Math. 1.267 102n

Solon: fr. 1 ix-x; fr. 2 ix.n; fr. 5 ix.n

Simonides: (West²) frs. eleg. 10, 11.1–20 41; fr. eleg. 11.19–24 47-8; fr. eleg. 11.29–43 54; frs. eleg. 19–20 vii.n; (PMG) fr. 558 101n

Stephanus of Byzantium: Βούν(ε)ιµα, Τραµπύα 125n

Strabo: 10.1.12 5n

Suda: α.18 ix.n; κ.2722 101n

Tabulae Iliacae: (Sadurska) 1A 26n, 122; 3C 120; 7Ti 122; 9D 121; 10K 25n

Terentianus Maurus: De metr. 1345 77n; 1350 78n; 1409 78n

Terpander: (Campbell) test. 1 76n; test. 14 76n; test. 16 76n; test. 17 76n; fr. 6 76n

Thucydides: 1.15 5n; 2.8.2 29; 2.54 29; 3.104.4 40; 3.104.5 84; 5.26.3 29; 8.1.1 29; 8.104.5 101n

Timotheus: (PMG) fr. 791.229–33 56

Tzetzes: Hist. 9.796–805 29n

Virgil: Aen. 1.1–11 47

Xenophanes: (Diels-Kranz) fr. A 1§18 77, 85n

Xenophon: Hell. 6.2.19 55n

General index

Index entries for poems list only places where the poem is discussed as a whole, or without reference to a specific passage. Cyclic epics are listed under ‘Epic Cycle’.

Abaris of Hyperborea ix, 29–30

Aeolic phase 68–71

agonistic: see flyting

Alcidamas: see Contest of Homer and Hesiod

Antimachus 28

aoidos 75

Archilochus, persona ix, 56; date 5, 9

Argonauts 30, 36, 44, 62, 106

Aristoxenus 78–81

Athens, Athenians 17, 29, 60; Athenian orthography 67–71

Bacis 29–31, 53

Battle of the Frogs and Mice 64

Battus, Divination of Mopsus 30

Boeotia vi, 3, 54, 116–17

caesura 64–5, 78–9

Capture of Oichalia 35, 125

Carcinus, Naupactia 25, 35–6, 43–5, 62

catalogues 44–5

Choerilus 36, 58–9

colon, colometry 63–6, 78–9, 82

Conon 98–9

Contest of Homer and Hesiod vi–viii, 4–5, 56, 84

cosmogony vii, 9–10, 38–40, 115

Cynaethus: see Homer, Hymn to Apollo

dactylic rhythm 34, 63, 73, 77–8

dialects, Greek 66–74

Dictys of Crete 98, 101–2, 121–2

didactic vii, 37, 59; see wisdom poetry

digamma 32, 66

ekphrasis 19, 54–5

Empedocles 11, 34, 38–9, 50–2, 90

epigraphy: see inscriptions

Epimenides, persona viii, 112; Theogony 9, 30, 39, 112; oracles 29, 53

Epic Cycle 23–8, 104–13, 118–26; Cypria 24, 26, 114–15, 118–20; Cyclic Iliad 24, 120; Aethiopis 24, 26–7, 61, 100–2, 104–5, 108–9, 118–22; Little Iliad 24, 26–7, 84, 96–7, 118, 122–3; Sack of Ilion 24, 118, 123; Returns 25–6, 123; Cyclic Odyssey 25, 123–5; Telegony 25, 27, 102, 107–8, 119, 124–6; see Theban epics

Eumelus, Titanomachy 9, 25, 39

flyting 84–5

genealogy 1, 10–13, 39, 43–5, 60, 86, 95–6, 98, 115

Gigantomachy 39, 60, 63

heroic narrative 35–7

Hesiod, persona vi–x, 3–6, 9, 56, 84; Aegimius 35; Astronomy vi, 37; Bird Omens 37, 116–17; Catalogue of Women vi–vii, 12–17, 43–7, 66, 88–95, 111, 113–16; Descent of Peirithous 35; Great Ehoiae 15, 45, 116–17; Great Works 37; Melampodia vi, 12; Precepts of Chiron 37–8; Shield vi–vii, 17–20, 35–6, 46, 50–1, 58, 114; Theogony i, 3, 8–12, 14, 36, 39–49, 58, 60, 67, 89, 111–15; Wedding of Ceyx 35; Works and Days i, vii, x, 1, 3–9, 14, 37–9, 41–2, 46, 51, 59–60, 88–9, 111, 116–17

Homer 1, 110–12; persona vi–x, 4–5, 56, 84; date of Iliad 2–3; Catalogue of Ships 13, 44–5, 54; language 66–74; Hymns 20–3, 36, 40–2, 111; Hymn 1 to Dionysus 20, 98; Hymn to Demeter 21, 42–3, 83; Hymn to Apollo 21–2, 42, 83–4, 117–18; Hymn 7 to Dionysus 55, 64; author of Thebaid and Epigoni 25–6, 83, 118

hymnic prelude 40–2; see Homer, Hymns

Indo-European poetry 36, 50, 71–2; folktale 107–8

initiation 21–3, 59, 83, 85–6

inscriptions 30–3, 70–1

instruments, musical 75–7

kleos 36, 49, 71, 109

Lelantine War 5, 9

Lesches 84; see Epic Cycle

Linus viii

metrical formulae 56, 63-8, 71–2, 93–4

Musaeus 112; persona viii, x, 29; Theogony 9, 30, 39; Thesprotis 125; Titanomachy 9; oracles 29–31, 53

Muses viii, 8–9, 37–8, 48–9, 56, 58–9, 85, 105; invocations 36, 41, 44–8, 113, 120

Near Eastern literature, Baal poems 39; Enuma elish 12, 39; Kumarbi poems 12, 39; Lugalbanda 23

Neoanalysis 104–9

Olympus (poet) ix, 80

Onomacritus viii, 29

oracle 10, 28, 38, 52–3, 108; oracle-collectors 28–31, 53; see Abaris, Bacis, Epimenides, Musaeus, Onomacritus

Orpheus and Orphica 1, 11, 20, 98; persona viii, 56; Derveni Theogony 1, 9–10, 38–9, 59, 112; Eudemian Theogony 9–10, 39; Hymns 20, 112; Rhapsodies 9-10

Panyassis 35, 53, 58, 125

papyri 14, 88–91, 93–4, 98, 113–14

parable 37, 53–4

Parmenides 1, 10–11, 34, 38, 41, 49, 58–9, 64, 90

Phayllus 27

pictorial representations 60–3; Borghese sarcophagus 100, 102, 121; Homer cups 100, 121–2; Tabulae Iliacae 25–6, 120–2

poetic persona vi–x, 36–7, 46, 64

Proclus 24–6, 34, 61, 96, 98, 100, 102–3, 118–23, 125

Prodicus, Minyas 35, 45, 123

proem 8, 15, 40–1, 45–9, 58–9, 113, 120

Ptolemy the Quail 98–102, 121

rhapsode 75–7, 83

riddle 53, 84–5

ritual 21, 43, 51, 83–4, 94

route description 54

Sacred War, First 17–18

Sappho, persona ix–x, 56

simile 50–2

Solon ix–x, 37–8, 56

symposium 5, 58, 85–7

Terpander ix, 20, 56, 76–7

Theban epics 1, 25–6, 35, 60, 83, 112, 118

Theognis 37–8

Theseid 35

type scene 42–3; hospitality scene 83

Typhoeomachy 8, 11–12, 39

wisdom literature 3–4, 10, 37–8, 53, 111

Xenophanes 1, 38, 49, 77, 85, 90