WorkHomer

Cypria

Cypria [Cyprian verses] (attrib. to Homer, Inferred; actually considered part of the Epic Cycle, likely 7th–6th c. BCE) Inferred

Homer (c. 8th century BCE) · attrib. to Homer, Inferred; actually considered part of the Epic Cycle, likely 7th–6th c. BCE

InferredFuller mentions 'the Cyprian verses' (Cypria) attributed to Homer; she names Homer as the supposed author. This note is extracted from Herodotus, who reports the tradition that Homer authored the Cypria (the epic poem on events before the Iliad) and gave it as a dowry to his daughter.

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Selected engagements, in chronological order.

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Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this work is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →

When Fuller engaged with this work

No datable encounters with Homer have been catalogued yet.

Undated

Pieces with no legible date. They are part of the record but cannot be placed on the lifeline.

n.d.—

On Xenophon, Cyrus, and Socrates

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“Some say that Homer was the author of the Cyprian verses, and gave them as a dowry to his daughter.”

Fuller, Margaret. "On Xenophon, Cyrus, and Socrates." Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Inferred Fuller mentions 'the Cyprian verses' (Cypria) attributed to Homer; she names Homer as the supposed author. This note is extracted from Herodotus, who reports the tradition that Homer authored the Cypria (the epic poem on events before the Iliad) and gave it as a dowry to his daughter.

Fuller mentions 'the Cyprian verses' (Cypria) attributed to Homer; she names Homer as the supposed author.