The Epic Cycle: A Commentary on the Lost Troy Epics

by M. L. West and M.L. West

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"