INDEX

Absyrtus, 97, 100, 103, 128-30, 136 vocationsin,37--41, 71-72, 100,126; Acastus, 49 powerfulfemalesin,65,68, 79, 108-9; Achilles, 25-26, 31, 39, 53, 136; and scale of, 44, 47, 61---02, 64; structure Briseis, 65; and Hector, 108, ll2, 117, of, 99-101, 140, 144--46; and Hom• ll8, 121; and Patroclus, 25, 62---05, eric epic, 44, 48, 93-98 116; as absent hero, 73, 109; as best of Argonauts: passivity of, 102, ll3-14, theGreeks,51,65, 73;ascentralhero, 148. See also under Heracles; Jason. 48; embassy to, 118-20; shield of, see Argus (Argonaut), 49 under Art. See also under Heracles; Argus (Medea's nephew), 109-10, 113, Jason;Medea ll5, ll 7, lZO;andbrothers, 102, 103- Aeetes,48, 100,102,103, 105---0, 109-10, 6, 109, 116 115,121,129,144,146,148 Ariadne, 121-22, 130 Aeneas, 66, 136 Aristophanes, 5, 55; Frogs, 24, 26, 35, 48 Aeschylus, 17, 55, 63; in Aristophanes, Aristotle, 16, 98, 108; Nicomachean Eth- 26,35 ics, 9-10, 128n Aethalides, 86, 90, 92 Art: Cloak of Jason, 56-57, 64, 92-93, Agamemnon, 26, 49, 50, 53. See also 95-97, 143, 144-48; Shield of Achil• under Jason les, 56, 93-98; Song of Orpheus, 92- Aidos, 107, 110-13, 116, 117, 125, 95, 133, 143; (pictorial): and words, 152. See also under Love 97, 146--47 Ajax, 39, 67 Artemis, 30-32, 49, 65, 75 Alcinous, 79, 82, 84, 85, 131, 136, 144. Asclepiades, 3n See also Phaeacians Athena,4,57, 79,109,125 Alexandrian Library, 15, 21, 28, 40n, 95 Author vs. narrator, 6-7. See also Calli- Alexandrian scholars, 21, 32-34, 43, 63- machean narrator vs. Apollonius 64, 116, 132 Book, 18-20, 70-71, 79,152 Amycus, 12, 30, 72-74, 83, 115, 138 Boreads,54,67,69, 75, 78 Andromache, ll6-l 7, 129-30 Breaking off of narrative: in Homer, 58- Antimachus of Colophon, 3n, 45 59; in Argonautica, 75-76, 86, 122, Aphrodite, 88n, 107, 125, 145, 150 138,142 Apollo: inArgonautica, 3 7, 39--44, 48--49, Callimachean narrator of Argonautica: 51-52,53-54, 79,80-82,85, 137;in controlofplotby,68, 74-78, 113-14, Callimachus, 27-28,30,39, 51-52; in ll9-21, 133; and love interest, 17, Roman poetry, 39n 34-35, 74-75, 78, ll3, ll9-20; mal• Apollonius: life of, 1-3, ll, 14-16; and ice of, 48-51, 53, 64, 77-78, 102; and Roman poets, 16n, 34-36, 64n, 124n; Medea, 123-24, 126-27, 151; schol• and Theocritus, 12-13, 72. See also arly concerns of, 8, 39, 40, 43, 76; Callimachean narrator victory of, 64, 68, 113-14, 132--42, Appearance and reality, 48, 53-54, 80, 146; voice of, 16-17; vs. Apollonius, 82,114, 115-17, 118,122,131 7, 17, 34, 41, 43--44, 46, 90, 91-92, Arete, 130-31 133, 143. See also under Phineus Argo, 146--4 7. See also under Metaphors Callimachus: and Aristophanic Euripi• for poetry: boat des, 26, 35; and Homer, 2, 25-34; and Argonautica: aitia in 8, 100; asaition, 142; Roman poets 34-36, 39n; enemies of, as book, 70-71, 78-79, 149;catalogue 2-3, 16, 29, 26-28,32-34, 45,133; of heroes in, 40-41, 49-51, 83; dispar• literary vocabulary of, 26, 27, 29, 86, agement within, 73-74, 82-85, 86- 87, 122, 135, 141; as scholar, 28, 43, 87, 101-2, ll3-14; echoes of Calli• 32-34; Aitia-Prologue, 26-27, 29-30, machus in, 14n, 15n, 40, 51-52, 75, 40, 123-24; Hecak, 29, 32; H:ymn to 81,119, 123-24, 135, 137;echoesof Apollo, 27-28, 44, 80-81, ll9, 135; Homer in, 37--40, 65, 82-83, 93, 96, H:ymn to Artemis, 30-32. See also un• 117,118,121, 129-30, 132,136; in- der Apollo; Recusatio INDEX 159

Chalciope, 102,103, 105n, 109,112, 114- in Callimachus, 30-32, 62; in The• 18 ocritus, 74; in tradition, 30n, 51n. See Circe, 39, 58, 97-98, 100, 103, 130, 135, also under Jason; Medea 136 Herodotus, 19 Colossus ofRhcxles, 29-30, 136 Hesicxl, 2, 21, 31, 32, 95, 131 Concrete poetry, 20-21 Hippcxlamia, 146 Continuity: and Homeric narrative, 28, Homer: ancient criticism of, 28-29, 50n, 86-88; and pseudo-Homeric behav• 64, 77-78,86-90, 119-20, 132;audi• ior, 101--6; and Callimachean narra• ence of( external), 21-24; audience of tive, 133-34; of plot, 98-101. See also (internal), 23-24, 59, 79-85, 102, 152; Discontinuity catalogue in, 50; division of into books, Costume, 47-48, 64, 135 70-71; poetic features of 8, 87; as Cronus, 95, 144 performer, 21-24. See also under Ar• Cyclops, 60, 64n, 104, 144n, 147 gonautica; Callimachus Cyzicus, 54, 60--61, 77-78, 100n Homeric Hymns, 37-39 Demcxlocus, 23, 39 Hylas, 12, 72; and Briseis, 65; and Patro• Dionysus, 48, 130 clus, 65; rape of, 65 Discontinuity: and Apollonius' narrative, Hypsipyle, 54, 56-57, 87-92. See also 92-98; of plot, 98-101, 134. See also Lemnian Women Breaking off of narrative; Continuity Idas, 53, 54; as representing epic values, Empedocles, 93, 94, 143n 113-14, 123, 148 Eros, 109, 149-50 ldmon, 44, 54 Erysichthon, 75 lnnerlife, 84, 91-92, 110n, 111-12, 115, Euphemus: asCallimachus'ancestor, 78- 129 79, 139-42 lphinoe, 87-88 Euripides: 91; in Aristophanes, 5, 26, 35; Jason, passim; and Achilles, 56, 121; and Medea, ln,48,90, 112,128, 138-39, Agamemnon, 49, 50, 51, 58-59, 80; 152 and Argonauts, 49-50, 53, 54, 67, 82; Evil eye, 27n, 119, 137 and Heracles, 47--69, 135; and Odys• Ganymede, 147 seus, 52-53,58,60,82-84, 12l;and Garden of the Hesperides, 134-35 Polydeuces, 72-73; as Callimachean Gegenes, 60, 62, 77, 138 hero, 51-52; as central hero, 54; as Glaucus, 67, 68, 78 love-hero, 56-57, 121-23; as na"ive Golden Fleece: as deception, 130, 139, reader, 57, 89-90, 97; as narrator, 82- 148-49 84, 105, 121-22; as "whoever," 60, Harmodius and Aristogeiton, 62 135; beautiful surface of, 48-49, 59- Hector, Sn, 73, 96,113,116,117,130. 60, 110,122, 148-49, 150-51; hypoc• See also under Achilles; Medea risyof, 103--6, 121-22, 128-30; labor Helen, Sn, 88n of, 56, 67, 113-14, 122-23; mcxlem Hephaestus, 93 defense of, 44n, 47n; timidity of 44, Hera, 94-95, 103, 107-8, 109, 115, 119, 128-30; in tradition, 1, 8. See also 125 hatred offor Heracles, 60, 66; love under Medea of for Jason, 66 Lemnian women, 55-57, 90-91, 98. See Heracles, 47--69, 103, 139, 143,144,145, also Hypsipyle 147; and Achilles, 51, 61--65, 73; and Literary criticism (pre-Alexandrian), 26 Amycus, 72; and Argonauts, 50, 58- Longinus, 30, 44 61, 64, 67, 70, 73, 135; and Odysseus, Love: vs. aidos, 110-12, 125; and anti• 53; and Odysseus' crew, 58; and Ther• epic, 107-9, 121; as deception, 122, sites, 58-59; as absent hero, 65, 73, 80, 149-51 84-85, 101-2, 107, 109; as best of Lycus, 79,83-85, 100,145 Argonauts, 50, 65, 73- 74; as Callima• Lyre, 16-17 chean hero, 135; as central hero of Medea, 39, 97, 100, 103, 106, 107-152; Argonautica, 50-51; as narrator, 53; as and Achilles, 118-20, 126; and Hec• representing epic values, 58, 84-85, tor, 110-12, 118, 121; and Heracles 13 5, 139; authority of, 51, 58-59; com• 107, 112, 123; and Nausicaa, 110, petitiveness of, 60--62; dangerousness 111, 113, 118, 123, 128, 152; and of, 61--62, 64; labors of, 53, 66--68, Odysseus, 126-27; as Callimachean 114, 135;pederastyof,62--65;removal heroine, 123-24, 136-39; as central offrompoem,68, 74-75, 95;inart,47; hero of Argonautica, 107, 123; as spec-