Hesiodic Catalogue of Women
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The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women is an ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Hesiod, that recounts the genealogies and heroic myths of mortal women who bore children to gods and heroes.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hesiodic Catalogue of Women canonical | 1 |
| Hesiodic Catalogue poetry | 1 |
| Hesiodic corpus | 1 |
| Hesiod’s Catalogue of Women (fragmentary) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Hesiodic Catalogue of Women Context triple: [Hesiod's Theogony, relatedWork, Hesiodic Catalogue of Women]
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Hesiod's Theogony
Hesiod's Theogony is an ancient Greek didactic poem that systematically recounts the origins and genealogies of the gods, forming a foundational work of Greek mythology.
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B.
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca is an ancient Greek mythographical handbook that systematically compiles and summarizes the major myths and genealogies of Greek mythology.
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Hesiod's Works and Days
Hesiod's *Works and Days* is an ancient Greek didactic poem that offers moral instruction, agricultural advice, and mythological narratives, including the ages of man and the story of Prometheus and Pandora.
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D.
Hesiod
Hesiod was an early ancient Greek poet, often considered a founder of Greek didactic poetry, known for works such as the Theogony and Works and Days that shaped Greek mythology and moral thought.
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E.
Orphic Mysteries
The Orphic Mysteries were an ancient Greek religious movement centered on the mythical figure Orpheus, emphasizing personal salvation, purification rites, and a dualistic view of the soul’s imprisonment in the body.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Hesiodic Catalogue of Women Target entity description: The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women is an ancient Greek epic poem, traditionally attributed to Hesiod, that recounts the genealogies and heroic myths of mortal women who bore children to gods and heroes.
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A.
Hesiod's Theogony
Hesiod's Theogony is an ancient Greek didactic poem that systematically recounts the origins and genealogies of the gods, forming a foundational work of Greek mythology.
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B.
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca is an ancient Greek mythographical handbook that systematically compiles and summarizes the major myths and genealogies of Greek mythology.
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C.
Hesiod's Works and Days
Hesiod's *Works and Days* is an ancient Greek didactic poem that offers moral instruction, agricultural advice, and mythological narratives, including the ages of man and the story of Prometheus and Pandora.
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D.
Hesiod
Hesiod was an early ancient Greek poet, often considered a founder of Greek didactic poetry, known for works such as the Theogony and Works and Days that shaped Greek mythology and moral thought.
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E.
Orphic Mysteries
The Orphic Mysteries were an ancient Greek religious movement centered on the mythical figure Orpheus, emphasizing personal salvation, purification rites, and a dualistic view of the soul’s imprisonment in the body.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek epic poem
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didactic epic ⓘ fragmentary literary work ⓘ genealogical poem ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Catalogue of Women
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Ehoiai ⓘ |
| author | Hesiod ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| fieldOfStudy |
Greek mythology
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Greek philology ⓘ classics ⓘ |
| focusesOn | mortal women who bore children to gods and heroes ⓘ |
| genre |
epic poetry
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mythological genealogy ⓘ |
| includesCharacter |
Alcmene
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Europa ⓘ Helen of Troy ⓘ Leda ⓘ Tyro ⓘ |
| includesMyth |
genealogy of the Heracleidae
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genealogy of the heroes of the Trojan War ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hellenistic scholarship on genealogy
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later Greek mythographical tradition ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | hexameter catalogue ⓘ |
| literaryPurpose | to organize heroic myth through female descent lines ⓘ |
| meter | dactylic hexameter ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | connects heroic families across the Greek world ⓘ |
| partOf |
Works of Hesiod
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surface form:
Hesiodic corpus
|
| preservedBy | papyrus finds from Egypt ⓘ |
| referencedBy |
Apollodorus of Athens
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surface form:
Apollodorus
Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ
surface form:
Pausanias
scholia on classical authors ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Shield of Heracles
ⓘ
Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ
surface form:
Theogony
Hesiod's Works and Days ⓘ
surface form:
Works and Days
|
| scholarlyDebate |
authenticity of Hesiodic authorship
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original length and structure of the poem ⓘ |
| stateOfPreservation | fragmentary ⓘ |
| structure | series of entries introduced by the formula "or like her" (ἢ οἵη) ⓘ |
| subject |
genealogies of mortal women
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myths of heroic women ⓘ origins of Greek heroic lineages ⓘ unions between gods and mortal women ⓘ |
| survivesAs |
papyrus fragments
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quotations in later authors ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition |
7th century BCE
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Archaic period of Greek literature ⓘ |
| titleInGreek |
Catalogue of Women
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surface form:
Γυναικῶν Κατάλογος
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| traditionalAttribution | Hesiod ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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