Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-wg55d Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-05-19T02:19:46.680Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Index

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2022

Max Leventhal
Max Leventhal
Affiliation:
Downing College, Cambridge

Summary

A summary is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button.
Type
Chapter
Information
Poetry and Number in Graeco-Roman Antiquity , pp. 227 - 232
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022
Creative Commons
Creative Common License - CCCreative Common License - BYCreative Common License - NCCreative Common License - ND
This content is Open Access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/cclicenses/

Index

Aelius Theon
Progymnasmata
115.17–18, 180
Aeschylus
Glaukus Potnieus
38.1 TrGF, 29
in Aristophanes’ Frogs, 27–32
Agrippina, 86–87
Alexander Romance (α recension)
1.33.11, 153
Antipater of Sidon
58 HE, 42–52
Antipater of Thessalonica
20.4 GP, 99
46 GP, 91
Antiphanes
9.3–4 GP, 43
Apollonides
22.3 GP, 84
Apollonius of Perga, 75–76
Archimedes
Cattle Problem
algebraic delineation of the arithmetic, 123
modern solution to, 124
prose introduction, 132
Scholium on the Charmides referring to, 114
SH 201, 121–123
SH 201.1, 158, 204
SH 201.1–2, 130
SH 201.3–4, 135
SH 201.27–31, 133, 143
SH 201.41–4, 136, 145
Method, 126
Sand Reckoner, 125
Stomachion, 126, 181
Aristophanes
Frogs
941, 36
956, 35
973–4, 29
1119–23, 28
1262–3, 28
1402, 29
1404, 29
1405–6, 29
1410, 29
influence on Callimachus, 27–34
arithmetic. See logistic
Artemidorus of Tarsus
1 FGE, 203
Asclepiades
25.9 HE, 175
26.3 HE, 175
28 HE, 44
Ausonius
Cento nuptialis, 180
Epistles
14b, 189
Riddle of the Number Three
1 and 3, 172
Preface 9–10, 186
Preface 10–11, 186
Preface 16–17, 185
Boiscus of Cyzicus
SH 233.1, 9
Callimachus
Aetia
fr. 1.1–9, 25–27, 60
fr. 1.3, 61
fr. 1.5, 43, 44
fr. 1.9, 39
fr. 1.9–10, 31
fr. 1.17, 60, 62
fr. 1.17–18, 103
fr. 1.17–24, 35–37
fr. 1.23–4, 88
fr. 1.24, 54
fr. 1b.8–9, 39
fr. 1b.12–15, 31
fr. 7.13–14, 54
fr. 178.12, 99
fr. 178.20, 100
Epigrams
2.1–4, 80
25, 91
26.1–3, 83
30.1–2, 99
35, 81
37.1, 44
56.3–4, 95
56.4, 70
58, 80
fragments
398 Pf., 40
465 Pf., 40
494 Pf., 88
Hymn to Apollo
105–13, 98
113, 87
reception of, 102–108
Hymn to Delos
174–6, 93
206–8, 94
252, 94
Iambi
12, 85–86
Pinakes
434 Pf., 32
Carmen de algorismo, 16
Castorion of Soli
SH 310, 9, 182
Catullus
c. 1, 53–56
c. 1.1, 70
c. 1.6, 186
c. 5, 57
c. 5.3, 61
c. 5.12, 60
c. 5.13, 60
c. 7, 57
c. 7.7–8, 62
c. 7.11, 60
c. 7.11–12, 60
c. 12.10–11, 65
c. 16.12–13, 66
c. 22.1–6, 65
c. 42.1–2, 65
c. 95.1–3, 64
Choerilus of Iasus, 33
combinatorics
theory of, 76, 180–181
Constantinus Cephalas, 162, 190
Contest of Homer and Hesiod
138–48, 114–118
143–5, 5, 204
Crates of Mallos
fr. 48, 6
frr. 44 and 77, 134
Crinagoras
3.5–6 GP, 84
11.1 GP, 44
cultural capital, 18, 139, 178–189, 210
Demetrius
on Homer’s simile describing the Scamander (On Style 209), 110
Diophantus
arithmetic poem in the Arithmetica, 174–176
arithmetic poem on, 165–167
Dioscorides
5.4 HE, 81
Duris of Samos
on Homer’s simile describing the Scamander (76 FGrH F 89), 110
Eratosthenes
addressee of the Cattle Problem, 129
death of, 167
Erigone
Longinus’ criticism of, 107
Library of Alexandria
head of, 150
on Odysseus’ wanderings, 134–136
Erinna
anonymous epigram on (38 FGE), 44
Distaff
SH 401, 42
SH 401.44, 42
epigram attributed to
2 HE, 42
reception in epigram, 41–52
Euclid
arithmetic poem addressed to, 192–194
Elements, 17–19
Euripides
Bacchae
494, 83
in arithmetic poems, 178
in Aristophanes’ Frogs, 27–34
Meleager
531 TrGF, 29
geometry, 17–19, 211
Hedylus
3.2 HE, 175
6.2 HE, 175
Hermogenes
Progymnasmata
15.9–10, 180
Herodotus
Histories
1.47, 197
1.50–1, 176–177
7.228, 174
Hesiod
Melampodia
fr. 278 M–W, 156–160
Homer
Iliad
1.1, 130, 147
2.119–28, 3
2.125, 141
2.127, 141
2.200–2, 144
2.204–5, 145
2.289–90, 51
2.445–73, 2
2.459–65, 51
2.474–7, 2, 141
2.474–83, 3
2.484–93, 1–3, 141
2.485, 131
2.488, 50
2.578–80, 145
3.1–08, 49
3.1–11, 47–48
3.203–29, 46–47
3.214, 46
3.219, 133
3.222, 46
6.236, 84
7.264–5, 77
13.137–43, 105
16.7, 194
16.583, 48
17.755–9, 48
19.306–7, 77
21.257–62, 109–111
Invocation and Catalogue of Ships
reception of, 4–6, 116–117, 139–151, 204–205
Odyssey
1.1, 130
5.64, 137
5.239, 137
9.60–1, 6
9.346, 100
10.204–8, 6–7
10.231, 133
10.257, 133
10.281–2, 133
11.109, 131
12.127–30, 123, 129
24.330–46, 154–156
Scholia
Iliad 2.488, 4
Iliad 21.257–62, 110
Odyssey 10.208, 7
Odyssey 12.128, 132
Odyssey 12.129, 132
Homeric Hymn to Demeter
164–6, 166
Hyginus
Fabulae
97.55, 4
Ilias Latina
161–221, 6
isopsephy
literary background, 75–78
modern criticism, 74
Leonidas of Tarentum
66 HE, 82
72.6 HE, 81
Leonides of Alexandria
1 FGE, 88
2 FGE, 102
4 FGE, 82
6 FGE, 80
7 FGE, 90–96
8 FGE, 86
21 FGE, 96
21.2 FGE, 90
29 FGE, 89
32.1 FGE, 96
33 FGE, 96, 96–111
exclusion from Philip’s Garland, 112
Library of Alexandria, 32, 150
logistic (λογιστικὴ τέχνη), 113–114, 163, 167, 195, 202
Longinus
On the Sublime
9.4–5, 211
33.1–2, 108
34, 109
35.4, 106–108
Lycophron
Alexandra
979–81, 158
1253–8, 152–154
Scholia on Alexandra
980a, 158
Martial
Epigrams
8.3, 68–72
Meleager
1.25–30 HE, 203
39 HE, 92
74 HE, 92
129.8 HE, 84
Metrodorus
collection of arithmetic poems, 189–197
order and content of the arithmetic collection, 198–200
pseudonym, 194–197
Scholia on the arithmetic collection, 175, 191, 198–200
Nero, 73, 88, 89, 90
Optatian
Poem 16, 182
Poem 25, 182–183
oracles, 156–157, 197
Palatine Anthology
7.78.2–3, 167
9.369, 149
10.43, 171
14.1, 206
14.2, 200
14.3, 202
14.3.1–2, 192
14.4, 202
14.6, 170
14.6.3, 177
14.9, 138
14.12, 176
14.48, 177
14.116.1–3, 193
14.117.1–2, 193
14.117–18, 178
14.124, 192
14.125, 191
14.126, 165
14.137, 173
14.139, 170
14.145, 194
14.147, 204
prose introduction to Book 14, 162
Paradoxographus Florentinus
anonymous epigram in (143a.3 FGE), 97
pebbles
imagery of, 103–106
used for counting, 19, 28, 73
Petosiris
funerary epigram for, 77–78
Philemon
fr. 99 KA, 37
Philetas
death of, 167
fr. 8, 137
reference to his Demeter in the Aetia prologue, 31
Philip of Thessalonica
1.1–2 GP, 203
29.1–2 GP, 168
Pigres
fr. 1 IEG, 148
Pindar
Nemeans
3.79, 97
Olympians
2.5, 146
Plato
Laws
819b–c, 163, 172
mathematics at the Academy, 18
Republic
377c, 195
Scholia on the Charmides 165e, 113
Polycrates of Samos, 205–207
Poppaea Augusta, 96
Posidippus
Epigrams
1–19 AB, 105
2.1 AB, 101
3 AB, 101
8.7 AB, 105
19.5 AB, 105
42.1 AB, 168
45.3–4 AB, 169
45.6 AB, 169
47.3–4 AB, 169
47.5–6 AB, 169
49.3 AB, 169
52 AB, 170
54.2 AB, 169
56 AB, 169
113.10–11 AB, 97
123 AB, 100
124 AB, 171
140.5–6 AB, 172
possible composer of the Soros, 49
Pseudo-Apollodorus
Epitome
14, 4
6.2–4, 157
Pythagoras, 205–207
Raymond Queneau
Cent mille milliards de poèmes, 16
riddles, 137–139, 184–186, 197–198
Sappho
Erinna compared with, 45
scale
aesthetics of, 40–41, 45, 46, 55, 72, 75–76, 79–96, 106, 148–150
Simonides
Epigram 9 Sider, 174
sorites problem, 47
Soros (epigram collection), 49
Strabo
Geography
1.2.37, 134
7.3.6–7, 134
14.1.27, 156
Theocritus
Idylls
16.90–1, 160
17.79–85, 152
22.48–50, 105
Thucydides
History
1.10.1–5, 4
6.2.2, 134
Vergil
Eclogues
6.4–5, 70
half-lines used in Ausonius’ Cento nuptialis, 180
Vespasian, 88, 90
Zoilus
FGrH 71 F 19, 6

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure coreplatform@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

  • Index
  • Max Leventhal, Downing College, Cambridge
  • Book: Poetry and Number in Graeco-Roman Antiquity
  • Online publication: 05 May 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009127295.008
Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

  • Index
  • Max Leventhal, Downing College, Cambridge
  • Book: Poetry and Number in Graeco-Roman Antiquity
  • Online publication: 05 May 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009127295.008
Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

  • Index
  • Max Leventhal, Downing College, Cambridge
  • Book: Poetry and Number in Graeco-Roman Antiquity
  • Online publication: 05 May 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009127295.008
Available formats
×