Definition: A series of stories from ancient Greece, the Epic Cycle focuses on the Trojan War. Besides the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey," these Trojan War stories include
- Kypria (date unknown)
- Aithiopus, by Arktinos of Miletos (776-744 B.C.)
- Little Iliad (date undecided)
- The Sack of Ilion (c 776 B.C.)
- The Returns (of various heroes, date unknown)
- Telegony (c. 568 B.C.).
