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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Label Occurrences
Ἠοῖαι canonical 2

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Statements (42)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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