Eoien

Eoien or Ehoien ( ancient Greek Ἠοῖαι Ēhoíai ), also known under the title catalog of women or women Catalog ( Κατάλογος γυναικῶν ) is preserved in fragments epic , which the Greek poet Hesiod attributed. The genealogies of Greek heroes, the heroines, are presented in the form of a catalog . The individual sections begin with the words ἢ οἵη , from Greek ἢ “or” and οἷος “like for example”. Only the first heroine is only introduced with οἵη . The name of the work, which was quoted with the words ἐν ταῖς Ἠοίαις "in the E (h) oien" or similar expressions, was derived from the beginnings of these sections in ancient times.

literature

• Paul Dräger : Studies on Hesiod's women's catalogs. Stuttgart 1997 (= Palingenesia. Volume 61). Steiner, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-515-07028-1 .
• Martina Hirschberger: Gynaikôn Katalogos and Megalai Ehoiai. A commentary on the fragments of two Hesiodean epics (= contributions to antiquity. Volume 198). Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-598-77810-4 .
• Martin Litchfield West : The Hesiodic Catalog of Women. Its Nature, Structure, and Origins. Oxford 1985.