2. The Assembling of the Expedition Proclus Chrestomathia: καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα Ἴρις ἀναγγέλλει τῶι Μενελάωι τὰ γεγονότα κατὰ τὸν οἶκον, ὁ δὲ παραγενόμεvoς περὶ τῆς ἐπ’ Ἴλιον στρατείας βουλεύεται μετὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ … And after this, Iris reports to Menelaus what has happened in his house, and… Read more
3. Two Retardations: Telephus and Teuthrania; Iphigenia at Aulis As the climactic sack of Troy will be delayed by various narrative strategies—the fetching to Troy of Neoptolemus, and of Philoctetes with the bow and arrows that once belonged to Heracles, the stealing of the palladium—so before the… Read more
4. The Arrival at Troy Proclus Chrestomathia: ἔπειτα καταπλέουσιν εἰς Τένεδον. Then they sail to Tenedos. Apollodorus Epitome 3.23–26: οἱ δὲ ἀναχθέντες ἐξ Αὐλίδος προσέσχον Τενέδωι. ταύτης ἐβασίλευε Τένης ὁ Κύκνου καὶ Προκλείας, ὡς δὲ τινες Ἀπόλλωνος … [1] προσπλέοντας οὖν Τενέδωι… Read more
5. Nine Years of War Proclus Chrestomathia: καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα Ἀχιλλεὺς Ἑλένην ἐπιθυμεῖ θεάσασθαι, καὶ συνήγαγεν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ Ἀφροδίτη καὶ Θέτις. εἶτα ἀπονοστεῖν ὡρμημένους τοὺς Ἀχαιοὺς Ἀχιλλεὺς κατέχει. After this, Achilles desires to see Helen, and Aphrodite and Thetis bring the two together to the… Read more
6. Fragments of Uncertain Location F24 Plato Plato Euthyphr o 12Α λέγω γὰρ δὴ τὸ ἐναντίον ἢ ὁ ποιητὴς ἐποίησεν ὁ ποιήσας· Ζῆνα δὲ τὸν ἔρξαντα καὶ ὃς τάδε πάντ’ ἐφύτευσενοὐκ ἐθέλεις εἰπεῖν· ἵνα γὰρ δέος ἔνθα καὶ αἰδώς. ἐγὼ οὖν… Read more
Appendix 1. The Childhood of Achilles in the Cypria Thetis’ thwarted attempt to burn away the mortal part of Achilles’ body is often attributed to the Cypria, although nothing is said of it in Proclus’ summary and no surviving fragment attests it. Admittedly, the theory does repose… Read more
Appendix 2. Alleged Consultations of the Delphic Oracle in the Cypria Attempts have been made to establish two consultations of the Delphic Oracle by Agamemnon within our poem. The first bases itself upon a passage within Lycophron’s Alexandra, where that maddening poet is alluding to the… Read more
Appendix 3. The Suitors of Helen and the Cypria On the general issues of catalogues of Helen’s suitors in Greek literature and early poetry’s knowledge of the tradition of the oath sworn by these worthies, see Davies and Finglass on Stesichorus fr. 87. Our particular concern here… Read more
Appendix 4. Testimonia T1 Aelian Aelian Var. Hist. 9.15 (p.106 Dilts) λέγεται δἑ κἀκεῖνο πρὸς τούτοις, ὅτι ἄρα ἀπορῶν [scil. Ὅμηρος] ἐκδοῦναι τὴν θυγατέρα ἔδωκεν ἀυτῆι προῖκα ἔχειν τὰ ἔπη τὰ Κύπρια. καὶ ὁμολογεῖ τoῦτο Πίνδαρος (fr. 265 Sn.). The further point is made that… Read more
Bibliography of Frequently Cited Works Bethe, Erich. 1929. Homer: Dichtung und Sage, 2: Odyssee. Kyklos. Zeitbestimmung nebst den resten des troischen Kyklos. Leipzig. Diels, H. 1921. Der antike Pessimismus. Berlin. Dihle, Albrecht. 1970. Homer-Probleme. Cologne. … Read more
