Nostoi
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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
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- Author
- Guglielmo Genovese
- First published
- 2009
- Editions
- 1
- Subjects
- Religion, Cults, Myth, Excavations (Archaeology), Antiquities, History, Excavations (archaeology), europe, Italy, antiquities
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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 Poets). The poem comprised five books of verse in dactylic hexameter.
==Date== Both the date of composition of the Nostoi and the date that it was set into writing are very uncertain. The text is most likely to have been finalized in the 7th or the 6th century BC.