Epic Cycle - Contents

Contents

Title	Length (books)	Most common attribution	Content
Cypria	11	Stasinus	the events leading up to the Trojan War and the first nine years of the conflict, especially the Judgement of Paris
Iliad	24	Homer	Achilles' rage against first king Agamemnon and then the Trojan prince Hector, ending with Achilles killing Hector in revenge for the death of Patroclus and Priam coming to Achilles to ransom Hector's body
Aethiopis	5	Arctinus	the arrival of the Trojan allies, Penthesileia the Amazon and Memnon; their deaths at Achilles' hands in revenge for the death of Antilochus; Achilles' own death
Little Iliad	4	Lesches	events after Achilles' death, including the building of the Trojan Horse
Iliou persis ("Sack of Troy")	2	Arctinus	the destruction of Troy by the Greeks
Nostoi ("returns")	5	Agias or Eumelus	the return home of the Greek force and the events contingent upon their arrival, concluding with the returns of Agamemnon and Menelaus
Odyssey	24	Homer	the end of Odysseus' voyage home and his vengeance on his wife Penelope's suitors, who have devoured his property in his absence
Telegony	2	Eugammon	Odysseus' voyage to Thesprotia and return to Ithaca, and death at the hands of an illegitimate son Telegonus

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