The Epic Cycle: A Commentary on the Lost Troy Epics

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The Iliad and Odyssey do not cover the main story of the Trojan War. The whole saga, which includes Zeus' plan to reduce the world's population, the Judgment of Paris and seduction of Helen, the start of the campaign, the Wooden Horse, the fall of Achilles, the homecoming of Agamemnon, and the eventual death of Odysseus, was related in six other epics, dating from 630-560 BCE, that were influential for lyric poets, tragedians, and artists of the classical...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0199662258

ISBN13:9780199662258

Release Date:May 2013

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:352 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 5.6" x 8.5"

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