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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>In this paper, I examine the formulaic system of the catalogue of men in<jats:italic>Odyssey</jats:italic>11. The discursive means at work whenever a catalogue entry is introduced, rest on vision and kinetics. These are two cardinal notions that establish themselves in narrative contexts of male catalogue poetry in the<jats:italic>Iliad</jats:italic>. Scrutinising the formula-based linguistic register pertaining to visual perception and movement/<jats:italic>stasis</jats:italic>shows that entry introductory formulas serve as mechanisms of meticulous inner structuring and co-ordination of the narrative material and of outer framing with regard to the preceding free-floating entries and the catalogue of women.</jats:p>