Nostoi

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Nostoi is an ancient Greek epic poem, now lost, that recounted the homeward journeys of Greek heroes after the Trojan War as part of the Epic Cycle.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek epic poem
lost work
poem of the Epic Cycle
alternativeAttribution Eumelos of Corinth NERFINISHED
Homer NERFINISHED
associatedMyth murder of Agamemnon on his return
storm sent by Athena against the returning Greeks
attributedTo Agias of Troizen NERFINISHED
culture Ancient Greek literature
cycleContext Trojan War mythological tradition NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Agamemnon NERFINISHED
Diomedes NERFINISHED
Menelaus NERFINISHED
Neoptolemus NERFINISHED
Nestor NERFINISHED
Odysseus NERFINISHED
follows Ilioupersis NERFINISHED
genre epic poetry
influenceOn later Greek tragedy about the house of Atreus
knownFrom later summaries and references
language Ancient Greek
meter dactylic hexameter
mythologicalCycle Trojan Cycle NERFINISHED
narrativeTheme divine wrath and favor
homecoming and displacement
perilous sea voyages
partOf Epic Cycle NERFINISHED
precedes Odyssey NERFINISHED
preservationState fragments and testimonia only
relatedWork Aethiopis NERFINISHED
Cypria NERFINISHED
Iliad NERFINISHED
Ilioupersis NERFINISHED
Little Iliad NERFINISHED
Odyssey NERFINISHED
Telegony NERFINISHED
scholarlyField classical philology
setting post-Trojan War period
status lost
studiedIn Epic Cycle scholarship
subject homeward journeys of Greek heroes after the Trojan War
returns of the Achaean heroes from Troy
timeOfComposition Archaic period of Greece NERFINISHED
titleMeaning Returns

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Trojan War describedIn Nostoi
Epic Cycle hasPart Nostoi
Nostoi (Returns) hasTitle Nostoi
subject surface form: Nostoi
Aethiopis relatedWork Nostoi
Iliou Persis relatedWork Nostoi
Telegony relatedWork Nostoi