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Thebaid (Greek poem)

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Ancient Greek epic poem of uncertain authorship

This article is about Greek epic poem. For other uses, seeThebaid (disambiguation).

TheThebaid orThebais (Ancient Greek:Θηβαΐς,Thēbais), also called theCyclicThebaid, is anAncient Greek epic poem of uncertain authorship (seeCyclic poets) sometimes attributed by early writers toHomer, for example, by the poetCallinus and the historianHerodotus.^[1] It told the story of the war between the brothersEteocles andPolynices, and was regarded as forming part of aTheban Cycle. Only fragments of the text survive.

Select editions and translations

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Critical editions

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Kinkel, G. (1877),Epicorum Graecorum fragmenta, vol. 1, Leipzig{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).
Allen, T.W. (1912),Homeri opera. Tomus V: Hymni, Cyclus, Fragmenta, Margites, Batrachomyomachia, Vitae, Oxford,ISBN 0-19-814534-9{{citation}}:ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).
Bernabé, A. (1988),Poetae epici Graecae, vol. pars i, Leipzig,ISBN 978-3-598-71706-2{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).
Davies, M. (1988),Epicorum Graecorum fragmenta, Göttingen,ISBN 978-3-525-25747-0{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).

Translations

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Evelyn-White, H.G. (1936),Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica,Loeb Classical Library (3rd rev. ed.), Cambridge, Massachusetts,ISBN 978-0-674-99063-0{{citation}}:ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link). (The link is to the 1st edition of 1914.) English translation with facing Greek text; now obsolete except for its translations of the ancient quotations.
West, M.L. (2003),Greek Epic Fragments, Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts,ISBN 978-0-674-99605-2{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link). Greek text with facing English translation

Bibliography

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Davies, M. (1989),Greek Epic Cycle, London,ISBN 978-1853990397{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link).

References

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^West, M.L. (2003).Greek Epic Fragments. Vol. 497. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. p. 8.ISBN 0-674-99605-4.OCLC 50503243.

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Attributed to Homer	Batrachomyomachia Cercopes Cypria Epigoni Epigrams ("Kiln") Homeric Hymns Iliad Little Iliad Margites Nostoi Odyssey Capture of Oechalia Phocais Thebaid
About Homer	Ancient accounts of Homer Contest of Homer and Hesiod Life of Homer