Posthomerica – Direct Speech in Greek Epic Poetry

There are 175 speeches in Quintus’ Posthomerica, together 2071 lines or 23.60% of the entire poem. The average length is 11.83 lines. There are 70 individual speaking characters. As far as I have been able to discern, there is no reported speech.

nr.	book	from line	to line	speaker	speech/speaker	mortal/god	anonymous?	disguise?	length	dialogue or not	addressee	battle-exhortations (ch. 2)
1	1	100	114	Andromache	1 of 2	mortal			15	soliloquy	herself
2	1	186	197	Priamus	1 of 5	mortal			12	soliloquy	Zeus
3	1	212	219	Greeks	1 of 1	mortal	collective		8	soliloquy	themselves
4	1	326	334	Penthesilea	1 of 2	mortal			9	single speech	Greeks
5	1	358	372	Trojans	1 of 1	mortal	collective		15	soliloquy	themselves
6	1	409	435	Hippodamea	1 of 1	mortal			27	first part of dialogue	Trojan women	type 1: general to troops
7	1	451	474	Theano	1 of 1	mortal			24	second part of dialogue	Trojan women
8	1	497	507	Aias (son of Telamon)	1 of 8	mortal			11	single speech	Achilles	type 4: other
9	1	553	562	Penthesilea	2 of 2	mortal			10	first part of dialogue	Achilles and Aias (son of Telamon)
10	1	575	591	Achilles	1 of 8	mortal			17	second part of dialogue	Penthesilea
11	1	644	653	Achilles	2 of 8	mortal			10	third part of dialogue	Penthesilea
12	1	723	740	Thersites	1 of 1	mortal			18	first part of dialogue	Achilles
13	1	751	754	someone (Greek)	1 of 1	mortal	yes		4	second part of dialogue	Thersites
14	1	757	765	Achilles	3 of 8	mortal			9	third part of dialogue	Thersites
15	2	10	25	Thymoites	1 of 1	mortal			16	first part of dialogue	Trojans
16	2	27	40	Priamus	2 of 5	mortal			14	second part of dialogue	Trojans
17	2	43	62	Polydamas	1 of 3	mortal			20	third part of dialogue	Priamus
18	2	68	80	Paris	1 of 4	mortal			13	fourth part of dialogue	Polydamas
19	2	87	92	Polydamas	2 of 3	mortal			6	fifth part of dialogue	Paris
20	2	127	135	Priamus	3 of 5	mortal			9	first part of dialogue	Memnon
21	2	148	155	Memnon	1 of 3	mortal			8	second part of dialogue	Priamus
22	2	157	160	Priamus	4 of 5	mortal			4	third part of dialogue	Memnon
23	2	167	172	Zeus	1 of 2	god			6	single speech	Gods
24	2	268	276	Nestor	1 of 14	mortal			9	single speech	Thrasymedes	type 3: general to indivudual
25	2	309	318	Memnon	2 of 3	mortal			10	first part of dialogue	Nestor
26	2	320	337	Nestor	2 of 14	mortal			18	second part of dialogue	Memnon
27	2	390	394	Nestor	3 of 14	mortal			5	single speech	Achilles
28	2	412	429	Memnon	3 of 3	mortal			18	first part of dialogue	Achilles
29	2	431	451	Achilles	4 of 8	mortal			21	second part of dialogue	Memnon
30	2	609	622	Eos	1 of 1	god			14	soliloquy	Memnon
31	3	40	42	Apollo	1 of 3	god			3	first part of dialogue	Achilles
32	3	46	52	Achilles	5 of 8	mortal			7	second part of dialogue	Apollo
33	3	57	59	Apollo	2 of 3	god			3	soliloquy	himself
34	3	68	82	Achilles	6 of 8	mortal			15	single speech	Trojans
35	3	98	127	Hera	1 of 2	god			30	single speech	Apollo
36	3	167	169	Achilles	7 of 8	mortal			3	single speech	Trojans
37	3	190	211	Paris	2 of 4	mortal			22	single speech	Trojans	type 1: general to troops
38	3	246	249	Glaucus	1 of 1	mortal			4	first part of dialogue	Aias (son of Telamon
39	3	253	266	Aias (son of Telamon)	2 of 8	mortal			14	second part of dialogue	Glaucus
40	3	344	348	Aias (son of Telamon)	3 of 8	mortal			5	single speech	Paris
41	3	435	458	Aias (son of Telamon)	4 of 8	mortal			24	soliloquy	Achilles
42	3	463	489	Phoinix	1 of 3	mortal			27	soliloquy	Achilles
43	3	493	503	Agamemnon	1 of 8	mortal			11	soliloquy	Achilles
44	3	518	524	Nestor	4 of 14	mortal			7	single speech	Agamemnon
45	3	560	573	Briseis	1 of 1	mortal			14	soliloquy	Achilles
46	3	608	630	Thetis	1 of 2	god			23	soliloquy	Achilles
47	3	633	654	Calliope	1 of 1	god			22	single speech	Thetis
48	3	770	780	Poseidon	1 of 2	god			11	single speech	Thetis
49	4	20	31	someone (Trojan)	1 of 1	mortal	yes		12	first part of dialogue	Trojans
50	4	34	42	someone (Trojan)	1 of 1	mortal	yes		9	second part of dialogue	Trojans
51	4	49	55	Hera	2 of 2	god			7	single speech	Zeus
52	4	83	87	Diomedes	1 of 5	mortal			5	first part of dialogue	Greeks	type 1: general to troops
53	4	89	99	Aias (son of Telamon)	5 of 8	mortal			11	second part of dialogue	Diomedes
54	4	103	108	Diomedes	2 of 5	mortal			6	third part of dialogue	Aias (son of Telamon
55	4	266	268	Nestor	5 of 14	mortal			3	single speech	Aias (son of Telamon) and Diomedes
56	4	294	299	Phoinix	2 of 3	mortal			6	first part of dialogue	Greeks
57	4	303	322	Nestor	6 of 14	mortal			20	second part of dialogue	Greeks
58	4	409	409	Agamemnon	2 of 8	mortal			1	single speech	Greeks
59	4	490	494	Euryalus	1 of 1	mortal			5	single speech	Greeks
60	4	526	532	someone (Greek)	1 of 1	mortal	yes		7	soliloquy	Menelaos' horses
61	5	123	127	Thetis	2 of 2	god			5	single speech	Greeks
62	5	141	164	Nestor	7 of 14	mortal			24	first part of dialogue	Idomeneus and Agamemnon
63	5	166	174	Agamemnon	3 of 8	mortal			9	second part of dialogue	Nestor
64	5	181	236	Aias (son of Telamon)	6 of 8	mortal			56	first part of dialogue	Odysseus
65	5	239	290	Odysseus	1 of 8	mortal			52	second part of dialogue	Aias (son of Telamon)
66	5	292	305	Aias (son of Telamon)	7 of 8	mortal			14	third part of dialogue	Odysseus
67	5	307	316	Odysseus	2 of 8	mortal			10	fourth part of dialogue	Aias (son of Telamon)
68	5	342	344	Cymothoe	1 of 1	mortal			3	single speech	Nereids
69	5	415	427	Menelaos	1 of 5	mortal			13	first part of dialogue	Agamemnon
70	5	428	431	Agamemnon	4 of 8	mortal			4	second part of dialogue	Menelaos
71	5	465	481	Aias (son of Telamon)	8 of 8	mortal			17	soliloquy	himself
72	5	509	520	Teucrus	1 of 2	mortal			12	soliloquy	Aias (son of Telamon
73	5	532	558	Tecmessa	1 of 1	mortal			27	first part of dialogue	Aias (son of Telamon
74	5	560	567	Agamemnon	5 of 8	mortal			8	second part of dialogue	Tecmessa
75	5	574	597	Odysseus	3 of 8	mortal			24	soliloquy	Greeks
76	5	601	611	Nestor	8 of 14	mortal			11	single speech	Greeks
77	6	9	31	Menelaos	2 of 5	mortal			23	first part of dialogue	Greeks	type 1*: general to troops, inverse exhortation
78	6	41	55	Diomedes	5 of 5	mortal			15	second part of dialogue	Menelaos	type 4: other
79	6	59	67	Calchas	1 of 4	mortal			9	third part of dialogue	Greeks
80	6	72	83	Odysseus	4 of 8	mortal			12	fourth part of dialogue	Greeks
81	6	85	92	Menelaos	3 of 5	mortal			8	fifth part of dialogue	Odysseus
82	6	298	307	Paris	3 of 4	mortal			10	first part of dialogue	Eurypylus	type 3: general to indivudual
83	6	309	314	Eurypylus	1 of 7	mortal			6	second part of dialogue	Paris
84	6	385	389	Eurypylus	2 of 7	mortal			5	single speech	Nireus
85	6	414	424	Eurypylus	3 of 7	mortal			11	first part of dialogue	Machaon
86	6	426	428	Machaon	1 of 1	mortal			3	second part of dialogue	Eurypylus
87	6	431	434	Eurypylus	4 of 7	mortal			4	third part of dialogue	Machaon
88	6	443	451	Teucrus	2 of 2	mortal			9	single speech	Greeks	type 1: general to troops
89	6	604	608	Eurypylus	5 of 7	mortal			5	single speech	Trojans	type 1: general to troops
90	7	38	55	Nestor	9 of 14	mortal			18	first part of dialogue	Podaleirus
91	7	58	65	Podaleirus	1 of 1	mortal			8	second part of dialogue	Nestor
92	7	67	92	Nestor	10 of 14	mortal			26	third part of dialogue	Podaleirus
93	7	179	181	Neoptolemus	1 of 19	mortal			3	first part of dialogue	Odysseus and Diomedes
94	7	183	218	Odysseus	5 of 8	mortal			36	second part of dialogue	Neoptolemus
95	7	220	225	Neoptolemus	2 of 19	mortal			6	third part of dialogue	Odysseus and Diomedes
96	7	262	286	Deidamia	1 of 1	mortal			25	first part of dialogue	Neoptolemus
97	7	288	291	Neoptolemus	3 of 19	mortal			4	second part of dialogue	Deidamia
98	7	294	311	Lycomedes	1 of 1	mortal			18	third part of dialogue	Neoptolemus
99	7	422	430	Diomedes	3 of 5	mortal			9	single speech	Greeks	type 1: general to troops
100	7	513	521	Eurypylus	6 of 7	mortal			9	single speech	Greeks
101	7	642	666	Phoinix	3 of 3	mortal			25	first part of dialogue	Neoptolemus	type 4: other
102	7	668	669	Neoptolemus	4 of 19	mortal			2	second part of dialogue	Phoinix
103	7	689	699	Agamemnon	6 of 8	mortal			11	first part of dialogue	Neoptolemus
104	7	701	704	Neoptolemus	5 of 19	mortal			4	second part of dialogue	Agamemnon
105	8	15	22	Neoptolemus	6 of 19	mortal			8	single speech	Myrmidons	type 1: general to troops
106	8	138	145	Eurypylus	7 of 7	mortal			8	first part of dialogue	Neoptolemus
107	8	147	161	Neoptolemus	7 of 19	mortal			15	second part of dialogue	Eurypylus
108	8	210	216	Neoptolemus	8 of 19	mortal			7	third part of dialogue	Eurypylus
109	8	256	266	Helenus	1 of 1	mortal			11	single speech	Trojans	type 1: general to troops
110	8	431	442	Ganymedes	1 of 1	mortal			12	single speech	Zeus
111	8	452	477	Nestor	11 of 14	mortal			26	single speech	Greeks
112	9	9	22	Antenor	1 of 1	mortal			14	soliloquy	Zeus
113	9	50	60	Neoptolemus	9 of 19	mortal			11	soliloquy	Achilles
114	9	85	109	Deiphobus	1 of 1	mortal			25	single speech	Trojans	type 1: general to troops
115	9	227	229	Automedon	1 of 1	mortal			3	single speech	Neoptolemus
116	9	248	252	Neoptolemus	10 of 19	mortal			5	first part of dialogue	Deiphobus
117	9	261	263	Neoptolemus	11 of 19	mortal			3	second part of dialogue	Deiphobus
118	9	275	283	Neoptolemus	12 of 19	mortal			9	single speech	Greeks	type 1: general to troops
119	9	313	320	Poseidon	2 of 2	god			8	single speech	Apollo
120	9	491	515	Agamemnon	7 of 8	mortal			25	first part of dialogue	Philoctetes
121	9	518	524	Philoctetes	1 of 4	mortal			7	second part of dialogue	Agamemnon
122	9	537	539	Philoctetes	2 of 4	mortal			3	single speech	Greeks	type 1: general to troops
123	10	10	25	Polydamas	3 of 3	mortal			16	first part of dialogue	Trojans
124	10	27	44	Aeneas	1 of 1	mortal			18	second part of dialogue	Trojans
125	10	226	230	Philoctetes	3 of 4	mortal			5	single speech	Paris
126	10	284	305	Paris	4 of 4	mortal			22	first part of dialogue	Oenone
127	10	308	327	Oenone	1 of 2	mortal			20	second part of dialogue	Paris
128	10	373	384	Hecabe	1 of 2	mortal			12	soliloquy	Paris
129	10	392	405	Helena	1 of 2	mortal			14	soliloquy	herself
130	10	424	431	Oenone	2 of 2	mortal			8	soliloquy	herself
131	10	471	476	one of the nymphs	1 of 1	mortal	yes		6	soliloquy	themselves
132	11	137	141	Apollo	3 of 3	god		Polymestor	5	single speech	Aeneas and Eurymachus	type 2: god to mortals
133	11	217	220	Neoptolemus	13 of 19	mortal			4	single speech	Greeks	type 1: general to troops
134	11	491	495	Philoctetes	4 of 4	mortal			5	single speech	Aeneas
135	12	8	20	Calchas	2 of 4	mortal			13	first part of dialogue	Greeks
136	12	25	45	Odysseus	6 of 8	mortal			21	second part of dialogue	Greeks
137	12	51	65	Calchas	3 of 4	mortal			15	third part of dialogue	Greeks
138	12	67	72	Neoptolemus	14 of 19	mortal			6	fourth part of dialogue	Calchas
139	12	74	83	Odysseus	7 of 8	mortal			10	fifth part of dialogue	Neoptolemus
140	12	153	153	Epeius	1 of 1	mortal			1	soliloquy	Athena
141	12	206	213	Themis	1 of 1	god			8	single speech	Gods
142	12	220	242	Odysseus	8 of 8	mortal			23	first part of dialogue	Greeks
143	12	247	258	Sinon	2 of 2	mortal			12	second part of dialogue	Greeks
144	12	254	258	Greeks	1 of 1	mortal	collective		5	third part of dialogue	each other
145	12	261	273	Nestor	12 of 14	mortal			13	fourth part of dialogue	Greeks
146	12	275	280	Neoptolemus	15 of 19	mortal			6	fifth part of dialogue	Nestor
147	12	287	296	Nestor	13 of 14	mortal			10	sixth part of dialogue	Neoptolemus
148	12	298	302	Neoptolemus	16 of 19	mortal			5	seventh part of dialogue	Nestor
149	12	375	386	Sinon	1 of 2	mortal			12	single speech	Trojans
150	12	540	551	Cassandra	1 of 1	mortal			12	first part of dialogue	Trojans
151	12	553	561	someone (Trojan)	1 of 1	mortal	yes		9	second part of dialogue	Cassandra
152	13	15	18	someone (Trojan)	1 of 1	mortal	yes		4	single speech	each other
153	13	191	197	Ilioneus	1 of 1	mortal			7	first part of dialogue	Diomedes
154	13	199	202	Diomedes	4 of 5	mortal			4	second part of dialogue	Ilioneus
155	13	226	236	Priamus	5 of 5	mortal			11	first part of dialogue	Neoptolemus
156	13	238	240	Neoptolemus	17 of 19	mortal			3	second part of dialogue	Priamus
157	13	272	286	Andromache	2 of 2	mortal			15	single speech	Greeks
158	13	334	349	Calchas	4 of 4	mortal			16	single speech	Greeks
159	13	359	373	Menelaos	4 of 5	mortal			15	single speech	Deiphobus
160	13	409	414	Agamemnon	8 of 8	mortal			6	single speech	Menelaos
161	13	469	477	someone at sea	1 of 1	mortal	yes		9	soliloquy	himself
162	13	506	517	Aethra	1 of 1	mortal			12	first part of dialogue	Demophon and Acamas
163	13	527	531	Demophon	1 of 1	mortal			5	second part of dialogue	Aethra
164	14	117	119	Greeks	1 of 1	mortal	collective		3	soliloquy	Zeus
165	14	155	164	Helena	2 of 2	mortal			10	first part of dialogue	Menelaos
166	14	166	168	Menelaos	5 of 5	mortal			3	second part of dialogue	Helena
167	14	185	222	Achilles	8 of 8	mortal			38	single speech	Neoptolemus
168	14	235	245	Neoptolemus	18 of 19	mortal			11	single speech	Greeks
169	14	254	256	Greeks	1 of 1	mortal	collective		3	soliloquy	Achilles
170	14	289	301	Hecabe	2 of 2	mortal			13	soliloquy	Polyxena
171	14	308	312	Neoptolemus	19 of 19	mortal			5	soliloquy	Achilles
172	14	338	345	Nestor	14 of 14	mortal			8	single speech	Greeks
173	14	427	442	Athena	1 of 1	god			16	first part of dialogue	Zeus
174	14	444	448	Zeus	2 of 2	god			5	second part of dialogue	Athena
175	14	602	604	someone (Greek)	1 of 1	mortal	yes		3	single speech	himself