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- Title
LISTING THE ARGONAUTS AND THE WARRIORS AT TROY: APOLLONIUS RHODIUS IN THE HOMERIC CATALOGUES OF TRIPHIODORUS.
- Authors
YPSILANTI, MARIA
- Abstract
After some initial remarks on the paratactic-catalogic structure of Triphiodorus' Ἰλίου Ἅλωσις, the present paper discusses elements of the structure and content of the catalogues of lines 152-83 and 17-39 of Triphiodorus' poem. It is argued that, within the general Homeric background of Triphiodorus' catalogues, echoes of Apollonius' catalogue of the Argonauts (1.23-228) can be traced in Triphiodorus' lines. It is further demonstrated that for the presentation of Neoptolemus in lines 53-4 and in the catalogue of the Achaeans of the Horse, Triphiodorus is influenced by the description of another young warrior, Meleager, son of Oeleus, in A. R. 3.518-20. Triphiodorus does not merely imitate Apollonius, as he also does not copy Homer: the partial combination of elements taken from his two epic predecessors helps him create a novel style while he catalogues his heroes, adjusted to the specific narrative circumstances that he establishes.
- Subjects
ARGONAUTS (Greek mythology); EGYPTIAN poetry; POETS; BOWIE, Ewen; APHRODITE (Greek deity)
- Publication
Classical Journal, 2019, Vol 114, Issue 3, p281
- ISSN
0009-8353
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5184/classicalj.114.3.0281