Introduction

Abstract

Zenodotus athetised the lines that mention Meleager (641-2: so Σ A Il. 2.641 Ariston.), but the alleged grounds for doing so are very weak: Brügger et al. (2010) 207. 7 Thus Scodel (2002) 71. All three other instances of μέμνημαι in Homer refer to direct, personal memory: Il. 5.818, 6.222; Od. 24.122. Contrast Moran (1975) 204 and O'Maley (2011) 4, for whom Phoenix's memory is simply of heard stories. In later tradition, Phoenix features among the hunters of the Calydonian boar (Ov. Met. 8.307) alongside Meleager (8.299). For an overview of Meleager's relative chronology, see