Ἠοῖαι

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Ἠοῖαι is an alternative Greek title for the ancient epic poem known as the Catalogue of Women, traditionally attributed to Hesiod and focused on mythological heroines and their genealogies.

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Ἠοῖαι canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hesiodic poem
ancient Greek epic poem
associatedWithRegion Boeotia
catalogueType catalogue of heroines
contains myths of heroic births
stories of marriages between gods and mortals
culturalContext Archaic Greek myth and religion
dateOfComposition Archaic period of Greece
linked to: Archaic period

probably 6th century BCE or earlier
focusesOn genealogies of heroes
genealogies of heroines
mythological heroines
genre genealogical epic
hasAlternativeName Catalogue of Women
Ehoiai
Hoiai
Ἠοῖαι
influenced Hellenistic scholarship on genealogy
later Greek mythography
language Ancient Greek
literaryTradition Epic Cycle context (broad sense)
mentionedBy Pausanias
scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes
scholia on Pindar
meter dactylic hexameter
narrativeDevice catalogue of women who consorted with gods
openingFormula ἤ οἵη (ē hoia)
partOf Hesiodic corpus
preservedIn later quotations
papyrus fragments
primaryTheme connection between gods and heroic families
role of women in heroic genealogies
relatedWork Shield of Heracles
Theogony
linked to: Hesiod's Theogony

Works and Days
scholarlyDebate authenticity of Hesiodic authorship
original extent of the poem
subjectMatter origins of heroic lineages
unions of mortal women and gods
survivesAs fragmentary text
titleDerivedFrom opening formula ἤ οἵη
traditionallyAttributedTo Hesiod

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Catalogue of Women alternativeTitle Ἠοῖαι
Catalogue of Women hasAlternativeName Ἠοῖαι
subject linked to: Ἠοῖαι