Cypria

The Kypria were an epic poem from the so-called " cycle ", which dealt with the not told by Homer in the Iliad and Odyssey events before the Trojan War. The work was divided into 11 books written in dactylic hexameter and was.

Topics of Kypria were, inter alia, the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, the conception and birth of Achilles, the dispute between Hera, Athena and Aphrodite, as well as the judgment of Paris, the abduction of Helen, the formation of the Greek alliance against Troy, the collection of the Greek fleet at Aulis, the planned sacrifice of Iphigenia and first fighting before Troy.

The epic itself has not been preserved, but there is a summary of Proclus and quotes in various other authors. As the author is often called Stasinos, considered the son of Homer. However, there are write-ups on Hegesias and Hege Montesinos.

The writer and literary scholar Raoul Schrott are in his edition of the Iliad, a summary of the traditional in the Kypria content. His understanding of the work title as " Cypriot stories " contradicts Paul Dräger in his review of scrap Iliad transmission: The name derive rather from the goddess Aphrodite Cypris = forth, which plays an important role here.