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The nature of the relationship between the Cyclic epics and Homer is also bound up in this question. As told by Proclus, the plots of the six non-Homeric epics look very much as though they are designed to integrate with Homer, with no overlaps with one another.
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scholars operate on the premise that the Homeric epics were later than the Cyclic epics and drew on them extensively. Other Neoanalysts make the milder claim that the Homeric epics draw on legendary material which later crystallized into the Epic Cycle.
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The Epic Cycle was not "mentioned as a whole" (including the Theban Cycle) until the 2nd century CE, but knowledge of a "Trojan cycle" is apparent from at least the 4th century BCE as
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How and when the eight epics of the Cycle came to be combined into a single collection and referred to as a "cycle" is a matter of ongoing debate. In the late 19th century,
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argued that the scholastic use of the word κυκλικός did not refer to the Cycle as such, but meant "conventional", and that the Cycle was compiled in the
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as originally planned dealt with more of the Trojan War than Proclus' summary suggests; conversely, others argue that it was designed to lead up to the
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to demonstrate that the Venetus A excerpt is derived from the same work. Little is known about Proclus. He is certainly not the philosopher
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In modern scholarship, the study of the historical and literary relationship between the Homeric epics and the rest of the cycle is called
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Most knowledge of the Cyclic epics comes from a broken summary of them which serves as part of the preface to the famous 10th century
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But other poets compose a plot around one person, one time, and one plot with multiple parts; like the composer of the
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It is probable that at least some editing or "stitching" was done to edit epics together. For the last line of the
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Monro, D.B. 1883, "On the Fragment of Proclus' Abstract of the Epic Cycle Contained in the Codex Venetus of the
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in the mid-5th century BCE. He rejected the Homeric authorship for the former and questioned it for the latter.
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The return home of the Greek force and the events contingent upon their arrival, concluding with the returns of
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There are contradictions between epics in the Cycle. For example, the Greek warrior who killed Hector's son
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is another source, which narrates the events after Hector's death up until the end of the war. The death of
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The events leading up to the Trojan War and the first nine years of the conflict, especially the
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Themes of the Trojan Cycle: Contribution to the study of the greek mythological tradition
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In antiquity, the two Homeric epics were considered the greatest works in the Cycle. For
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fascc. 78, 79, 132, 170; Paris). (Vols. 1 and 2 are on Photius, 3 and 4 on other MSS.)
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and none of the other epics). The summary is, in turn, an excerpt from a longer work,
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Monro 1883, Severyns 1928, 1938a, 1938b, 1953, 1962, and 1963, and Abrantes 2016.
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an alternative reading is preserved which is designed to lead directly into the
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A longer Epic Cycle, as described by the 9th-century CE scholar and clergyman
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Bibliothèque de la faculté de philosophie et lettres de l'université de Liège
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The tales told in the Cycle are recounted by other ancient sources, notably
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summary is preserved in several other manuscripts, each containing only the
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stops before the sack of Troy begins. Some scholars have argued that the
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In this way they performed the funeral of Hector, tamer of horses.
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The non-Homeric epics are usually regarded as later than the
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For the epic cycles of incarnations in Meitei mythology, see
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Texte et apparat, histoire critique d'une tradition imprimée
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Events after Achilles' death, including the building of the
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The Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the Epic Cycle
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In this way they performed the funeral of Hector; then the
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culture from the perspective of Iron Age and later Greece.
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The Epic Cycle was the distillation in literary form of an
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Poetarum epicorum Graecorum testimonia et fragmenta
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Marks 2002, "The Junction between the 2015: 708: 1784:Recherches sur la "Chrestomathie" de Proclos 1729:Die Quellen der Ilias (troischer Sagenkreis) 1227:for the piecemeal character of their plots: 1134:' voyage home and his vengeance on his wife 1945:56: 1–24; and Burgess 2001 argues that the 1509:daughter of great-hearted man-slaughtering 1476:ὣς οἵ γ᾽ ἀμφίεπον τάφον Ἕκτορος ἱπποδάμοιο. 993:coming to Achilles to ransom Hector's body 2022: 2008: 715: 701: 1777:Le cycle épique dans l'école d'Aristarque 1772:(Oxford), pp. 340–84. (Out of print) 1461:, and that Proclus' account reflects the 1053:and the Awarding of the Arms to Odysseus 127:Learn how and when to remove this message 1981: 1907: 1895: 1678: 1280:inscriptions that cover the same myths. 1641:Hesiod & Evelyn-White, H.G., 1914, 1591:(translated by H.G. Evelyn-White, 1914) 1583:The Medieval and Classical Library text 1579:Online editions (English translation): 1291:. This preface is damaged, missing the 1202:mentions an alternative opening to the 920: 848:, which was based in part on localised 27:History of the Trojan War told in poems 14: 2150: 1643:Hesiod: The Homeric Hymns and Homerica 1495:Ἄρηος θυγάτηρ μεγαλήτορος ἀνδροφόνοιο. 1367:) and the judgment of Achilles' arms ( 2003: 1782:Severyns, A. 1938, 1938, 1953, 1963, 802:. Scholars sometimes include the two 241:Trojan War in literature and the arts 65:adding citations to reliable sources 36: 1949:originally narrated the entire war. 1385:and the vengeance taken by his son 24: 1679:Abrantes, Miguel Carvalho (2016). 1672: 1393:) are the subjects of later Greek 1013:The arrival of the Trojan allies, 25: 2179: 1770:Homer's Odyssey, books XIII-XXIV 1744:Homer's Odyssey beyond the myths 762:and related to the story of the 149: 41: 1987: 1952: 1925: 1568: 290:Aeneas and the Founding of Rome 52:needs additional citations for 2029: 1913: 1880: 1871: 1859: 1846: 1834: 1808: 1779:(Liège, Paris). 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Trojan War

Achilles
Patroclus
Attic red-figure kylix
Iliad
Epic Cycle
Aeneid, Book 2
Iphigenia in Aulis
Philoctetes
Ajax
The Trojan Women
Posthomerica
Trojan War in literature and the arts
Judgement of Paris
Helen
Trojan Horse

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