Cypria
unnamed epic poet
cited 4 times by 4 works in the library · not held
The library does not hold this work. Four of its books reach for it anyway — that is what puts it on the corpus's wanted list.
3 neutral 1 refuted
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4 citations · from 4 works-
Poetics Aristotle 1 neutral 1 citation · 2 passages
The Cypria is cited as another epic of lesser unity than Homer's works, evidenced by the several tragedies it has yielded.
The others, on the contrary, all write about a single hero or about a single period or about a single action with a great many parts, the authors, for example, of the Cypria and the Little Iliad.
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Protrepticus Clement of Alexandria 1 refuted 1 citation
Clement explicitly rejects this epic's claim as false.
" Let the author of the Cypria too come forward:
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Stromata Clement of Alexandria 1 neutral 1 citation
locus not recovered
Cited as the poet of the Cypria whose maxim Xenophon reuses.
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Chrestomathy Proclus 1 neutral 1 citation · 2 passages
The passage names and summarizes the contents of the Cypria as a recognized epic work, explicitly deferring its authorship to a later discussion.
Following upon these comes the poem called the "Cypria," handed down in eleven books;
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