Translations

Unless otherwise indicated, translations are my own. I have generally preferred to use the Latinised form of Greek names.

Conventions

I employ the following conventions within the text:

• Boldface type highlights indices of allusion.

• Underlining indicates words of interest, especially verbal parallels. Where multiple parallels are indicated simultaneously, I employ a different form of underlining for each parallel.

• The grapheme ~ marks a verbal/thematic parallel and/or an intertextual relation between different passages.

I use ‘Homer’ to refer to the constructed author of the Iliad and Odyssey, even if there are grave uncertainties regarding the historicity of this figure, and I refer to the Theognidea without taking a position on authenticity (thus ‘Thgn.’, never ‘[Thgn.]’).

In the main text, I include scholars’ first names only on their first mention. In citations, I provide scholars’ initials only where the date of a publication would otherwise cause ambiguity, for example to distinguish M. L. West (2012) and S. R. West (2012).

Abbreviations

Abbreviations of journals generally follow L’Année Philologique, except for the occasional shortening (AJP not AJPh, BMCR not BMCRev etc.) and the following additions:

CSCA

California Studies in Classical Antiquity

TC

Trends in Classics

YAGE

Yearbook of Ancient Greek Epic

Abbreviations of ancient authors and texts generally follow OCD⁵ (Online: https://oxfordre.com/classics/page/ocdabbreviations), except for:

AP

Palatine Anthology (Anthologia Palatina)

Σ

Scholion/Scholia

In the case of the Homeric Hymns and Callimachus’ Hymns, I follow the practice of Stephens (2015) xiv: HhDion.; HhDem.; HhAp.; HhHerm.; HhAphr. for the major Homeric Hymns (otherwise Hh. 6 etc.); hZeus, hAp., hArt., hDelos, hAth., hDem. for the Callimachean. I cite the Homeric scholia following the system outlined at Beck et al. (2021) 4–5.

I also employ the following bibliographical abbreviations (a full list of texts and editions used can be found at the start of the bibliography):

BNJ

Worthington, I. (ed.) (2006–21) Brill’s New Jacoby (Online: https://scholarlyeditions.brill.com/bnjo/)

CEG

Hansen, P. A. (1983–89) Carmina Epigraphica Graeca (Berlin)

CGL

Diggle, J. et al. (2021) The Cambridge Greek Lexicon (2 vols.) (Cambridge)

D–K

Diels, H. and Kranz, W. (1951–52⁶ [1903¹]) Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker (3 vols.) (Berlin)

Davies

Davies, M. (2020) Lesser and Anonymous Fragments of Greek Lyric Poetry: A Commentary (Oxford)

EGEF

Tsagalis, C. C. (2017) Early Greek Epic Fragments i: Antiquarian and Genealogical Epic (TC Suppl. 47) (Berlin)

EGF

Davies, M. (1988) Epicorum Graecorum fragmenta (Göttingen)

EGM

Fowler, R. L. (2000–13) Early Greek Mythography (2 vols.) (Oxford)

GDRK

Heitsch, E. (1961–64) Die griechischen Dichterfragmente der römischen Kaiserzeit (2 vols.) (Göttingen)

GEF

West, M. L. (2003) Greek Epic Fragments from the Seventh to the Fifth Centuries bc (Loeb Classical Library 497) (Cambridge, MA)

GP

Gow, A. S. F. and Page, D. L. (1968) The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams (2 vols.) (Cambridge)

HE

Gow, A. S. F. and Page, D. L. (1965) The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigram (2 vols.) (Cambridge)

HNP

Marjanović, L. (1898) Hrvatske narodne pjesme iii: Junačke pjesme (Muhamedovske) (Zagreb)

IEG

West, M. L. (1989–92² [1971–72¹]) Iambi et Elegi Graeci ante Alexandrum Cantati (2 vols.) (Oxford)

K–A

Kassel, R. and Austin, C. (1983–) Poetae Comici Graeci (8 vols.) (Berlin)

Leurini

Leurini, L. (2000² [1992¹]) Ionis Chii Testimonia et Fragmenta (Classical and Byzantine Monographs 23) (Amsterdam)

LfgrE

Snell, B. et al. (1955–2010) Lexikon des frühgriechischen Epos (4 vols.) (Göttingen)

LIMC

(1981–99) Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (16 vols.) (Zurich)

L–M

Laks, A. and Most, G. W. (2016) Early Greek Philosophy (9 vols.) (Loeb Classical Library 524–32) (Cambridge, MA)

LSJ

Liddell, H. G., Scott, R. and Jones, H. S. (1996⁹) A Greek–English Lexicon (with Revised Supplement by P. G. W. Glare) (Oxford)

M–W

Merkelbach, R. and West, M. L. (1967) Fragmenta Hesiodea (Oxford)

OCD⁵

Whitmarsh, T. J. G. (ed.) Oxford Classical Dictionary⁵ (Online: https://oxfordre.com/classics)

PEG

Bernabé, A. (1987–2007) Poetarum Epicorum Graecorum. Testimonia et Fragmenta (4 vols.) (Stuttgart, Munich and Berlin)

Perry

Perry, B. E. (1952) Aesopica: A Series of Texts relating to Aesop or Ascribed to Him or Closely Connected with the Literary Tradition That Bears His Name. Vol. i: Greek and Latin Texts (Urbana)

PLLS

Cairns, F. (ed.) Papers of the Liverpool Latin Seminar (Vols. 1–5, 1975–85); Papers of the Leeds International Latin Seminar (Vols. 6–10, 1988–98); Papers of the Langford Latin Seminar (Vols. 11–, 2003–)

Pf.

Pfeiffer, R. (1949–53) Callimachus (2 vols.) (Oxford)

PMG

Page, D. L. (1962) Poetae Melici Graeci (Oxford)

PMGF

Davies, M. (1991) Poetarum Melicorum Graecorum Fragmenta (Oxford)

Poltera

Poltera, O. (2008) Simonides lyricus: Testimonia und Fragmente. Einleitung, kritische Ausgabe, Übersetzung und Kommentar (Basel)

Rose

Rose, V. (1886) Aristotelis qui ferebantur librorum fragmenta (Leipzig)

SEG

Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum

SH

Lloyd-Jones, H. and Parsons, P. (1983) Supplementum Hellenisticum (Texte und Kommentare 11) (Berlin)

SLG

Page, D. L. (1974) Supplementum Lyricis Graecis: Poetarum Lyricorum Graecorum fragmenta quae recens innotuerunt (Oxford)

Stallbaum

Stallbaum, J. G. (1825–26) Eustathii Archiepiscopi Thessalonicensis Commentarii ad Homeri Odysseam (2 vols.) (Leipzig)

TrGF

Snell, B., Kannicht. R. and Radt, S. L. (1971–2004) Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta (5 vols.) (Göttingen)

van der Valk

van der Valk, M. (1971–87) Eustathii Archiepiscopi Thessalonicensis Commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem Pertinentes (4 vols.) (Leiden)

West

West, M. L. (2003) Homeric Hymns, Homeric Apocrypha, Lives of Homer (Loeb Classical Library 496) (Cambridge, MA)