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... 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)
Both hooks are good to go. Epicgenius (talk) 16:26, 7 July 2021 (UTC)