Editing Epic poetry (section)

==== Enumeratio ====
[[Epic catalogue]]s and genealogies are given, called ''[[enumeratio]]''. These long lists of objects, places, and people place the finite action of the epic within a broader, universal context, such as the [[catalog of ships]]. Often, the poet is also paying homage to the ancestors of audience members. Examples:
* In ''[[The Faerie Queene]]'', the list of trees I.i.8–9.
* In ''[[Paradise Lost]]'', the list of demons in Book&nbsp;I.<ref>{{cite journal
 |last=Quint |first=David
 |date=Spring 2007
 |title=Milton's ''Book of Numbers'': Book&nbsp;1 of ''Paradise Lost'' and its catalogue
 |journal=International Journal of the Classical Tradition
 |volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=528–549
 |doi=10.1007/bf02923024 |jstor=30222176
|s2cid=161875103
 }}</ref>
* In the ''[[Aeneid]]'', the list of enemies the Trojans find in [[Etruria]] (Central Italy) in Book&nbsp;VII. Also, the list of ships in Book&nbsp;X.<ref>{{cite book
 |editor=Perkell, Christine
 |year=1999
 |title=Reading Vergil's Aeneid: An interpretative guide
 |series=Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture
 |volume=23 |pages=190–194
 |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press
 |isbn=978-0-8061-3139-9
 |url=http://www.oupress.com/ECommerce/Book/Detail/909/reading%20vergil%20s%20aeneid
}}</ref>
* In the ''[[Iliad]]'',<ref>{{cite journal
 |last=Gaertner |first=Jan Felix
 |year=2001
 |title=The Homeric catalogues and their function in epic narrative
 |journal=[[Hermes (publication)|Hermes]]
 |volume=129 |issue=3 |pages=298–305
 |jstor=4477439
}}</ref> the [[Catalogue of Ships]], the most famous epic catalogue, and the [[Trojan Battle Order]]