Other writings

The primary historical and literary sources used to piece together the alternate versions of Iliad and  Odyssey  include the following: 1. Primary Surviving Ancient Sources Proclus’s Chrestomathy (Summaries of the Epic Cycle): Much of what we know about the lost parts of the Trojan War cycle comes from a 5th-century CE scholar named Proclus. He wrote extensive summaries (arguments) of the ancient cyclic epics like the Cypria , Aethiopis , and Iliupersis (Sack of Troy). His work is preserved in translations like The Epic Cycle (published by Oxford University Press). Virgil’s The Aeneid : Written in Latin around 19–29 BCE, this is a fully intact, primary literary masterwork. Standard scholarly editions include the Oxford Classical Texts series or translations by Robert Fagles and Mandelbaum. The Athenian Tragedies (5th Century BCE): Plays by Aeschylus (such as the Oresteia trilogy), Sophocles (such as Ajax and Philoctetes ), and Euripides (such as The Trojan Women ...