Epic Cycle Fragments and Minor Homeric Works — Evelyn-White, tr. (1914)
The Greek Epic Cycle was a series of epic poems that together narrated the complete story of the Trojan War and its aftermath — the full mythological system of which Homer's Iliad and Odyssey cover only a small portion. Of the original cycle, only fragments survive, preserved as summaries and quotations by later authors.
The Cypria (lost, 11 books): the events leading to the Trojan War — the Judgment of Paris, the abduction of Helen, the gathering of the fleet at Aulis. The Aethiopis (lost, 5 books): the events between the Iliad and Odyssey — Achilles' death, the dispute over his armor, Ajax's suicide. The Sack of Ilium: the wooden horse, the sack, Cassandra's rape. The Returns: the homecomings of the Greek heroes — Agamemnon's murder, the wanderings that precede Odysseus's.
Also included: the Battle of Frogs and Mice (Batrachomyomachia), a hilarious mock-epic parodying the Iliad; the Homeric Fragments; and the ancient text On the Origin of Homer and Hesiod and Their Contest — a fabulous account of a poetic competition between the two greatest archaic poets.
Homerica: Fragments of the Epic Cycle
translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White
[1914]
War of the Titans to the Epigoni
ENDNOTES:
THE STORY OF OEDIPUS (fragments)
THE THEBAID (fragments)
ENDNOTES:
THE EPIGONI (fragments)
ENDNOTES:
(1) So called from Teumessus, a hill in Boeotia. For the derivation of Teumessus cp. Antimachus "Thebais" fr. 3 (Kinkel).
Homerica: The Cypria (fragments)
translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White
[1914]
ENDNOTES:
Homerica: The Aethiopis (fragments)
translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White
[1914]
Fragment #3 -- Scholiast on Pindar, Isth. iii. 53: The author of the "Aethiopis" says that Aias killed himself about dawn.
The Sack of Ilium (fragments)
translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White
[1914]
ENDNOTES:
Homerica: The Returns and The Telegony (Fragments)
translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White
[1914]
THE RETURNS
ENDNOTES:
THE TELEGONY
Fragment #2 -- Eustathias, 1796. 35: The author of the "Telegony", a Cyrenaean, relates that Odysseus had by Calypso a son Telegonus or Teledamus, and by Penelope Telemachus and Acusilaus.
Homerica: The Battle of Frogs and Mice
translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White
[1914]
ENDNOTES:
Homeric Fragments
translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White
[1914]
THE EXPEDITION OF AMPHIARAUS (fragments)
THE TAKING OF OECHALIA (fragments)
THE PHOCAIS (fragments)
THE MARGITES (fragments),
THE CERCOPES (fragments)
(1) i.e. `monkey-men'.
OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST
(The Contest of Homer and Hesiod)
translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White
[1914]
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Source: Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns and Homerica. Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. London, Heinemann (Loeb Classical Library), 1914.
Scribal note: Archival conversion from sacred-texts.com. Assembled from: epiccyc.htm (Epic Cycle fragments), cypria.htm, aethiop.htm, ilium.htm, rettelg.htm (Returns + Telegony), frogmice.htm (Batrachomyomachia), homrfrag.htm, homrhes.htm (Contest of Homer and Hesiod).
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