7th-century BC books

The Iliad (; , ; ) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. Like the Odyssey, the poem is divided into 24 books and was written in dactylic hexameter. It contains 15,693 lines in its most widely accepted version. The Iliad is often regarded as the first substantial piece of European literature and is a central part of the Epic Cycle.

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third book of the Bible (Hebrew, Protestant, Catholic)

fifth book of the Torah and Christian Old Testament

sixth book of the Bible

seventh book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament

book of the Bible

book of the Bible

book of the Hebrew Bible, one of the Twelve Minor Prophets

prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible

book of the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Kings) in the Christian Old Testament

a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books in the Christian Old Testament

didactic poem in 828 lines of dactylic hexameter by Hesiod in which Hesiod instructs his brother Perses in agriculture

ancient Greek poems composed between c. 800 BCE and c. 500 CE

The Cypria (; ; ) is a lost epic poem of ancient Greek literature, which has been attributed to Stasinus and was quite well known in classical antiquity and fixed in a received text, but which subsequently was lost to view. It was part of the Epic Cycle, which told the entire history of the Trojan War in epic hexameter verse. The story of the Cypria comes chronologically at the beginning of the Epic Cycle, and is followed by that of the Iliad; the composition of the two was apparently in the reverse order. The poem comprised eleven books of verse in epic dactylic hexameters.

poem

lost ancient Greek epic: Achilles’ arms are awarded to “the greatest hero”; prophecies tell Greeks of preconditions to conquer Troy; Odysseus fulfills them; the Trojan Horse is built and brought into Troy

thumb|right|250px|The Fall of Troy by Johann Georg Trautmann (1713–1769); from the collections of the Grand Dukes of Baden, [[Karlsruhe]]

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The Nostoi ( Nóstoi, nostos ), also known as Returns or Returns of the Greeks, is a lost epic poem of ancient Greek literature. A part of the Epic Cycle, also known as Trojan cycle, it narrated the stories of the Achaean heroes returning to Greece after the end of the Trojan War. The story of the Nostoi comes chronologically after that of the Iliupersis (Sack of Ilium), and is followed by that of the Odyssey. The author of the Nostoi is uncertain; ancient writers attributed the poem variously to Agias (8th century BC), Homer (8th century BC), and Eumelos of Corinth (8th century BC) (see Cyclic

literary work

poem describing the Olympians struggle with the Titans

Etruscan inscribed gold sheets (c. 660 BCE)