Template:Did you know nominations/Callimachus

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 12:19, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

Callimachus

  • ... that Callimachus compiled a library catalogue five times the length of Homer's Iliad? Source: It was a detailed bibliographical survey of all Greek writings; it filled no less than 120 books, five times as many as Homer's Iliad. Casson (2001) 39
    • ALT1:... that Callimachus wrote over 800 books but almost none of them survive? Source: Callimachus was credited with more than 800 books (Suda) ... [b]ut, apart from the six hymns and some sixty epigrams, and a selection from the prose Paradoxa (fr. 407), only fragments now survive. Parsons (2015)

Improved to Good Article status by Modussiccandi (talk). Self-nominated at 09:20, 5 July 2021 (UTC).


General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
  • Cited: Yes - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith
  • Interesting: Yes
QPQ: Done.
Overall: Both hooks are good to go. Epicgenius (talk) 16:26, 7 July 2021 (UTC)