#cypria

[arwenwenofficial]

merry new year! tldr; I'm writing a musical about the trojan war, and i think some people may or may not like it :D

cast: Ibra Bittar @ibrabittar Anna Lea (@musicannalea on Tiktok) R. Cassidy (@rdacitycassidy on Tiktok) garageboyomar (@garageboyomar on Tiktok) Danny Fett (@dannyfettt on Tiktok) Lucius Jones (@luciusjonessings on Tiktok) Reed Phillips (@whoisreedphillips on Tiktok) Gavin Standish (@gstarfish on Tiktok) Hannah Walter (@hannahwalter38 on Tiktok) OlinaW (@olinaw3 on Instagram)

crew: Ibra Bittar Lucius Jones Mircsy @mircsy Dóchas @paudiedraws XenZ Fable @xenzfable Matthew Bishop Meadow Angel (@_meadowangel on Tiktok) Fabyen Yumakaeva (@fabyenmyths, possibly)

[katerinaaqu]

Sooo decided to treat myself this year and keep completing my epic cycle series!

Since I already had Iliad and Odyssey in the legendary modern Greek translation and purchased around a year ago the Butler translation (because the book was gorgeous 😍) realized I had to keep going so here goes

"Homerics" or "Epic Cycle" with the fragments of epic cycle and other works originally attributed to Homer including Vatrachomyomachia, Titanomacy, Oedipus Cycle, Thebais, Epigonoi, Cypria, Aethiopis, Little Iliad, Iliou Persis, Nostoi and many more (gosh so many in that small book!)

Quintus Smyrnaeus "Posthomerica" in 3 parts

Euripides "Trojan Women" and "Hecuba" because we want some critical take on the war too from the realm of "ancient adaptations"

And last but not least I thought why not

Apollonius Rhodius "Argonautica" because the epic cycle is one thing but let's see the trip that was partially playing its role to the whole thing hahaha 😆

Because nothing starts the year better than re-reading awesome books especially when they include both the original text and some really nice translations! 👌🏻

At least as far as the Greek sources go I am gathering stuff hahaha 😆 soon will add the Latin ones.

[soundbuster]

Which lost Epic Cycle poem would you want fully found first?

The Cypria

The Aethiopis

The Little Iliad

The Iliupersis

The Nostoi

The Telegony

Voting ended onMay 5

[dreamconsumer]

The Judgment of Paris. By John Flaxman.

[whencyclopedia]

This infographic illustrates the Epic Cycle (Ἐπικὸς Κύκλος), a lost collection of ancient Greek epic poems that once narrated the full arc of the Trojan War and its aftermath, from the origins of the conflict to the heroes' returns. Though only fragments survive today, the Cycle was once seen as a comprehensive mytho-historical narrative surrounding Troy. Likely composed between the 7th and 6th...

[sea-star-13]

Deidamia of Skyros

[adriles]

bros out here are seriously saying that im “SCUM” and “DESERVING OF A CRUEL FATE” for ambushing and killing troilus the young son of priam w/o even considering that the act represented that all trojan efforts to defend their city would be in vain. Cool

[gwydpolls]

Time Travel Question 21: The Library of Alexandria (Miscellaneous III)

If you could only save one item from the Library of Alexandria, what would it be?

Complete Little Iliad Epic (Events after the death of Achilleus)

Nostoi Epic (Return of the Greeks from the Trojan War)

Complete Cypria Epic (The first nine years of the Trojan War)

The Epigoni (The children of the seven Against Thebes attack Thebes)

Alcmeonis (Alcmeon's revenge slaying of his Mother)

Iliou Persis (Greek epic about the sack of Troy)

Telegony (Odysseus' Travel after the Odyssey)

Ennius' Annales

Complete Works of Aristotle

Voting ended onSep 14, 2023

I welcome your suggestions for both Library of Alexandria and other lost works of World Literature and History, as there will be future polls.