The Homeric Catalogue of Ships (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Homeric Catalogue of Ships

This book is an expansion of the article I contributed to the Sfonrnnl of Hellenic Studies in 1910 called The Homeric Catalogue', in which I endeavoured to show, I believe practically for the first time, that the Catalogue of Ships gave a true picture of the geography and political position of the Heroic Age. An article of thirty pages could not do justice to the theme, and I now present my conclusions under a more substantial guise. The greater part of the book was delivered as a lecture in 1916, and again in 1919. When I came to pub lish it I thought that the reader would be benefited by having a text of the Catalogue to consult: to the text I added a selection of readings. What had been a lecture therefore became a commentary. As a result I find it necessary to say that my commentary is designed to serve the same purpose as my original paper, namely to prove the authenticity and age of the Catalogue. The commentary therefore is not exhaustive, in fact it only contains such information as serves the purpose of my publication, and by no means the whole stock of existing evidence Upon for instance Boeotia or Thessaly. I cite excavations and travels only when they are necessary to prove my contention, and assume ordinary archeological knowledge, which, indeed, I should have difficulty in properly presenting over so wide an area.

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