CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Dactylic Hexameter, Telegony, Antilochus
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Epics, similar to homer"s, but not as high quality. Cypria, aeuthiopis, little iliad, sack of ilium, nostoi, telegony - on the trojan war. 10 poems - did not survive in full; not all are on the trojan wary. Cyclic epics and cyclic poets o o o o o o o. After homer, versions are all over the place - quite fuzzy. Cypria - lead up to the trojan war. Iliad - 10th year of the war by homer. Aethiopis - arrival of allies, death of achilles. Little iliad - after achilles" death, trojan horse. Sack of ilium - destruction of the city. Nostoi, odyssey, telegony - the heroes" journeys home. *authors are only the best guess of scholars, with the exception of the iliad and the odyssey, which are by homer. Ovid was exiled due to writing his dirty poetry. Aeneid - aeneas leaves troy to found rome. Allies arrive to troy from the ends of the earth o o.
