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The Thebaid or Thebais (Θηβαΐς, Thēbais), also called the Cyclic Thebaid, is an Ancient Greek epic poem of uncertain authorship (see Cyclic poets) sometimes attributed by early writers to Homer, for example, by the poet Callinus and the historian Herodotus.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 11 relations: Ancient Greece, Callinus, Cyclic Poets, Epic poetry, Eteocles, Herodotus, Homer, Loeb Classical Library, Polynices, Thebaid (Latin poem), Theban Cycle.

  2. 8th-century BC books
  3. 8th-century BC poems
  4. Ancient Greek epic poems
  5. Homer
  6. Lost poems
  7. Theban Cycle

Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece (Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity, that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories.

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Callinus

Callinus (Καλλῖνος, Kallinos; fl. mid-7th c. BC) was an ancient Greek elegiac poet who lived in the city of Ephesus in Asia Minor in the mid-7th century BC.

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Cyclic Poets

The Cyclic Poets is a shorthand term for the early Greek epic poets, who were approximate contemporaries of Homer. Thebaid (Greek poem) and Cyclic Poets are Homer.

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Epic poetry

An epic poem, or simply an epic, is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants.

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Eteocles

In Greek mythology, Eteocles was a king of Thebes, the son of Oedipus and either Jocasta or Euryganeia.

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Herodotus

Herodotus (Ἡρόδοτος||; BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, part of the Persian Empire (now Bodrum, Turkey) and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy.

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Homer

Homer (Ὅμηρος,; born) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature.

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Loeb Classical Library

The Loeb Classical Library (LCL; named after James Loeb) is a series of books originally published by Heinemann in London, but is currently published by Harvard University Press.

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Polynices

In Greek mythology, Polynices (also Polyneices) (lit) was the son of Oedipus and either Jocasta or Euryganeia and the older brother of Eteocles.

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Thebaid (Latin poem)

The Thebaid (lit) is a Latin epic poem written by the Roman poet Statius.

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Theban Cycle

The Theban Cycle (Θηβαϊκὸς Κύκλος) is a collection of four lost epics of ancient Greek literature which tells the mythological history of the Boeotian city of Thebes. Thebaid (Greek poem) and Theban Cycle are 8th-century BC books, ancient Greek epic poems and lost poems.

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See also

8th-century BC books

8th-century BC poems

Ancient Greek epic poems

Homer

Lost poems

Theban Cycle

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thebaid_(Greek_poem)

Also known as Cyclic Thebaid.