Nostoi

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Nostoi is an ancient Greek epic poem, now lost, that recounted the homeward journeys of Greek heroes after the Trojan War as part of the Epic Cycle.

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Nostoi canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek epic poem
lost work
poem of the Epic Cycle
alternativeAttribution Eumelos of Corinth
Homer
associatedMyth murder of Agamemnon on his return
storm sent by Athena against the returning Greeks
attributedTo Agias of Troizen
linked to: Agias of Troezen
culture Ancient Greek literature
cycleContext Trojan War mythological tradition
linked to: Trojan War
featuresCharacter Agamemnon
Diomedes
Menelaus
Neoptolemus
Nestor
Odysseus
follows Ilioupersis
genre epic poetry
influenceOn later Greek tragedy about the house of Atreus
knownFrom later summaries and references
language Ancient Greek
meter dactylic hexameter
mythologicalCycle Trojan Cycle
linked to: Trojan cycle
narrativeTheme divine wrath and favor
homecoming and displacement
perilous sea voyages
partOf Epic Cycle
precedes Odyssey
preservationState fragments and testimonia only
relatedWork Aethiopis
Cypria
Iliad
linked to: Homer's Iliad

Ilioupersis
Little Iliad
Odyssey
Telegony
scholarlyField classical philology
setting post-Trojan War period
status lost
studiedIn Epic Cycle scholarship
subject homeward journeys of Greek heroes after the Trojan War
returns of the Achaean heroes from Troy
timeOfComposition Archaic period of Greece
linked to: Archaic period
titleMeaning Returns

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Epic Cycle hasPart Nostoi
Trojan War describedIn Nostoi
Nostoi hasTitle Nostoi
subject linked to: Nostoi (Returns)
Telegony relatedWork Nostoi
Aethiopis relatedWork Nostoi
Iliou Persis relatedWork Nostoi
Mikra Ilias relatedWork Nostoi