Dionysiaca – reported speech: hypothetical – Direct Speech in Greek Epic Poetry

There are 36 examples of hypothetical reported speech in the Dionysiaca. I here distinguish between potential τις-speech (what X hopes/fears/predicts an anonymous Y will say), messenger speech (what X asks Y to report to Z), desired speech (what X desires Y will say to X) and procatalepsis (what X thinks addressee Y will say as a counter argument).

nr.	book	from line	to line	speaker	mortal/god	anonymous?	type of hypothetical speech (ch. 3.)	narrative level	dialogue?	addressee
1	1	129	129	waves	natural element	yes	messenger speech	2nd	single speech	bull
2	1	330	330	Hera	god		first person potential speech	2nd	soliloquy	herself
3	2	304	304	someone	unspecified	yes	potential τις-speech	2nd	soliloquy	himself
4	4	220	221	Harmonia 1	mortal		messenger speech	2nd	single speech	Aphrodite
5	8	90	90	someone	mortal	yes	potential τις-speech	2nd	soliloquy	himself
6	8	250	250	someone	unspecified	yes	potential τις-speech	2nd	soliloquy	himself
7	11	30	31	Dionysus	god		first person potential speech	2nd	soliloquy	himself
8	11	318	324	Ampelus	mortal		desired speech	2nd	single speech	Dionysus
9	15	286	286	someone	unspecified	yes	potential τις-speech	2nd	soliloquy	himself
10	15	347	347	someone	unspecified	yes	potential τις-speech	2nd	soliloquy	himself
11	16	225	225	rocks	natural element	yes	messenger speech	2nd	soliloquy	themselves
12	16	364	364	Pitys and Daphne	natural element		desired speech	2nd	single speech	Nicaea
13	18	318	319	Pherespondus	mortal		messenger speech	2nd	single speech	Deriades
14	21	40	40	someone	unspecified	yes	potential τις-speech	2nd	soliloquy	himself
15	27	49	49	you	god		procatalepsis	2nd	single speech	speaker of the speech in which it is embedded
16	29	43	44	someone	unspecified	yes	potential τις-speech	2nd	soliloquy	himself
17	30	185	185	someone	unspecified	yes	potential τις-speech	2nd	soliloquy	himself
18	33	262	262	someone	unspecified	yes	potential τις-speech	2nd	soliloquy	himself
19	35	49	53	Bacchante	mortal	yes	desired speech	2nd	single speech	Indian soldier
20	38	209	209	you	mortal		procatalepsis	3rd	single speech	speaker of the speech in which it is embedded
21	39	143	144	someone	unspecified	yes	potential τις-speech	2nd	soliloquy	himself
22	39	145	148	someone	unspecified	yes	potential τις-speech	2nd	soliloquy	himself
23	40	156	157	someone	unspecified	yes	potential τις-speech	2nd	soliloquy	himself
24	40	546	546	you	god		procatalepsis	3rd	single speech	speaker of the speech in which it is embedded
25	42	286	290	Dionysus	god		first person potential speech	2nd	soliloquy	himself
26	42	292	292	Dionysus	god		first person potential speech	2nd	soliloquy	himself
27	42	294	294	Dionysus	god		first person potential speech	2nd	soliloquy	himself
28	42	296	300	Dionysus	god		first person potential speech	2nd	soliloquy	himself
29	45	92	93	you	mortal		procatalepsis	2nd	single speech	speaker of the speech in which it is embedded
30	45	170	171	you	mortal		procatalepsis	2nd	single speech	speaker of the speech in which it is embedded
31	46	175	175	someone	unspecified	yes	potential τις-speech	2nd	soliloquy	himself
32	47	433	434	you	mortal		procatalepsis	2nd	single speech	speaker of the speech in which it is embedded
33	48	513	513	Aura	mortal		desired speech	2nd	single speech	Dionysus
34	48	549	549	someone	unspecified	yes	potential τις-speech	2nd	soliloquy	himself
35	48	559	560	Ariadne	mortal		messenger speech	2nd	single speech	Theseus
36	48	803	803	Horae	god		messenger speech	2nd	single speech	Athena