Epic catalogue

An epic catalogue is a long, detailed list of objects, places or people that is a characteristic of epic poetry.

Examples

• In the Iliad:
• Catalogue of Ships, the most famous epic catalogue
• Trojan Battle Order
• In the Odyssey, the catalogue of women in Hades in Book XI.
• In the Argonautica, the catalogue of heroes in Book I.
• In the Aeneid, the list of enemies the Trojans find in Etruria in Book VII. Also, the list of ships in Book X.
• In Ovid's Metamorphoses, the catalogue of Actaeon's dogs (Book I) and of trees (Book X).
• In the Völuspá, the "Dvergatal" or catalogue of dwarfs.
• In The Faerie Queene, the list of trees I.i.8-9 and the list of rivers IV.xii.
• In Paradise Lost, the list of demons in Book I.

References