Catalog (literature)

A catalog ( ancient Greek κατάλογος katálogos to καταλέγειν katalégein , German 'say' , 'enumerate') is a form of factual representation . It was often used in ancient literature in the epic or Hellenistic historiography . Authors such as Callimachus and Thucydides used catalogs. Another prominent example is the ship catalog in Canto 2 of Homer's Iliad .