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Epic Cycle and Greek mythology have 40 things in common (in Unionpedia): Achilles, Aeneid, Aeschylus, Agamemnon, Amazons, Apollodorus of Athens, Ares, Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus), Byzantine Empire, Epic poetry, Gaius Julius Hyginus, Greek hero cult, Hector, Hellenistic period, Herodotus, Homer, Iliad, Judgement of Paris, Late antiquity, Memnon (mythology), Menelaus, Metamorphoses, Mycenaean Greece, Nostoi, Odysseus, Odyssey, Oral tradition, Orestes, Ovid, Oxford University Press, ..., Patroclus, Penthesilea, Priam, Quintus Smyrnaeus, Theban Cycle, Tragedy, Trojan Horse, Trojan War, Troy, Virgil. Expand index (10 more) »
Achilles
In Greek mythology, Achilles or Achilleus (Ἀχιλλεύς, Achilleus) was a Greek hero of the Trojan War and the central character and greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad.
Achilles and Epic Cycle · Achilles and Greek mythology ·
Aeneid
The Aeneid (Aeneis) is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.
Aeneid and Epic Cycle · Aeneid and Greek mythology ·
Aeschylus
Aeschylus (Αἰσχύλος Aiskhulos;; c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian.
Aeschylus and Epic Cycle · Aeschylus and Greek mythology ·
Agamemnon
In Greek mythology, Agamemnon (Ἀγαμέμνων, Ἀgamémnōn) was the son of King Atreus and Queen Aerope of Mycenae, the brother of Menelaus, the husband of Clytemnestra and the father of Iphigenia, Electra or Laodike (Λαοδίκη), Orestes and Chrysothemis.
Agamemnon and Epic Cycle · Agamemnon and Greek mythology ·
Amazons
In Greek mythology, the Amazons (Ἀμαζόνες,, singular Ἀμαζών) were a tribe of women warriors related to Scythians and Sarmatians.
Amazons and Epic Cycle · Amazons and Greek mythology ·
Apollodorus of Athens
Apollodorus of Athens (Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Ἀθηναῖος, Apollodōros ho Athēnaios; c. 180 BC – after 120 BC) son of Asclepiades, was a Greek scholar, historian and grammarian.
Apollodorus of Athens and Epic Cycle · Apollodorus of Athens and Greek mythology ·
Ares
Ares (Ἄρης, Áres) is the Greek god of war.
Ares and Epic Cycle · Ares and Greek mythology ·
Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)
The Bibliotheca (Βιβλιοθήκη Bibliothēkē, "Library"), also known as the Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus, is a compendium of Greek myths and heroic legends, arranged in three books, generally dated to the first or second century AD.
Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus) and Epic Cycle · Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus) and Greek mythology ·
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire and Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, which had been founded as Byzantium).
Byzantine Empire and Epic Cycle · Byzantine Empire and Greek mythology ·
Epic poetry
An epic poem, epic, epos, or epopee is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily involving a time beyond living memory in which occurred the extraordinary doings of the extraordinary men and women who, in dealings with the gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the moral universe that their descendants, the poet and his audience, must understand to understand themselves as a people or nation.
Epic Cycle and Epic poetry · Epic poetry and Greek mythology ·
Gaius Julius Hyginus
Gaius Julius Hyginus (64 BC – AD 17) was a Latin author, a pupil of the famous Cornelius Alexander Polyhistor, and a freedman of Caesar Augustus.
Epic Cycle and Gaius Julius Hyginus · Gaius Julius Hyginus and Greek mythology ·
Greek hero cult
Hero cults were one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion.
Epic Cycle and Greek hero cult · Greek hero cult and Greek mythology ·
Hector
In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, Hector (Ἕκτωρ Hektōr) was a Trojan prince and the greatest fighter for Troy in the Trojan War.
Epic Cycle and Hector · Greek mythology and Hector ·
Hellenistic period
The Hellenistic period covers the period of Mediterranean history between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the subsequent conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt the following year.
Epic Cycle and Hellenistic period · Greek mythology and Hellenistic period ·
Herodotus
Herodotus (Ἡρόδοτος, Hêródotos) was a Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire (modern-day Bodrum, Turkey) and lived in the fifth century BC (484– 425 BC), a contemporary of Thucydides, Socrates, and Euripides.
Epic Cycle and Herodotus · Greek mythology and Herodotus ·
Homer
Homer (Ὅμηρος, Hómēros) is the name ascribed by the ancient Greeks to the legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are the central works of ancient Greek literature.
Epic Cycle and Homer · Greek mythology and Homer ·
Iliad
The Iliad (Ἰλιάς, in Classical Attic; sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer.
Epic Cycle and Iliad · Greek mythology and Iliad ·
Judgement of Paris
The Judgement of Paris is a story from Greek mythology, which was one of the events that led up to the Trojan War and (in slightly later versions of the story) to the foundation of Rome.
Epic Cycle and Judgement of Paris · Greek mythology and Judgement of Paris ·
Late antiquity
Late antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the time of transition from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages in mainland Europe, the Mediterranean world, and the Near East.
Epic Cycle and Late antiquity · Greek mythology and Late antiquity ·
Memnon (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Memnon (Μέμνων) was an Ethiopian king and son of Tithonus and Eos.
Epic Cycle and Memnon (mythology) · Greek mythology and Memnon (mythology) ·
Menelaus
In Greek mythology, Menelaus (Μενέλαος, Menelaos, from μένος "vigor, rage, power" and λαός "people," "wrath of the people") was a king of Mycenaean (pre-Dorian) Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, and the son of Atreus and Aerope.
Epic Cycle and Menelaus · Greek mythology and Menelaus ·
Metamorphoses
The Metamorphoses (Metamorphōseōn librī: "Books of Transformations") is a Latin narrative poem by the Roman poet Ovid, considered his magnum opus.
Epic Cycle and Metamorphoses · Greek mythology and Metamorphoses ·
Mycenaean Greece
Mycenaean Greece (or Mycenaean civilization) was the last phase of the Bronze Age in Ancient Greece, spanning the period from approximately 1600–1100 BC.
Epic Cycle and Mycenaean Greece · Greek mythology and Mycenaean Greece ·
Nostoi
The Nostoi (Νόστοι, Nostoi, "Returns"), also known as Returns or Returns of the Greeks, is a lost epic of ancient Greek literature.
Epic Cycle and Nostoi · Greek mythology and Nostoi ·
Odysseus
Odysseus (Ὀδυσσεύς, Ὀδυσεύς, Ὀdysseús), also known by the Latin variant Ulysses (Ulixēs), is a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey.
Epic Cycle and Odysseus · Greek mythology and Odysseus ·
Odyssey
The Odyssey (Ὀδύσσεια Odýsseia, in Classical Attic) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.
Epic Cycle and Odyssey · Greek mythology and Odyssey ·
Oral tradition
Oral tradition, or oral lore, is a form of human communication where in knowledge, art, ideas and cultural material is received, preserved and transmitted orally from one generation to another.
Epic Cycle and Oral tradition · Greek mythology and Oral tradition ·
Orestes
In Greek mythology, Orestes (Ὀρέστης) was the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon.
Epic Cycle and Orestes · Greek mythology and Orestes ·
Ovid
Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC – 17/18 AD), known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus.
Epic Cycle and Ovid · Greek mythology and Ovid ·
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.
Epic Cycle and Oxford University Press · Greek mythology and Oxford University Press ·
Patroclus
In Greek mythology, as recorded in Homer's Iliad, Patroclus (Πάτροκλος, Pátroklos, "glory of the father") was the son of Menoetius, grandson of Actor, King of Opus.
Epic Cycle and Patroclus · Greek mythology and Patroclus ·
Penthesilea
Penthesilea (Πενθεσίλεια, Penthesileia) was an Amazonian queen in Greek mythology, the daughter of Ares and Otrera and the sister of Hippolyta, Antiope and Melanippe.
Epic Cycle and Penthesilea · Greek mythology and Penthesilea ·
Priam
In Greek mythology, Priam (Πρίαμος, Príamos) was the king of Troy during the Trojan War and youngest son of Laomedon.
Epic Cycle and Priam · Greek mythology and Priam ·
Quintus Smyrnaeus
Quintus Smyrnaeus or Quintus of Smyrna, also known as Kointos Smyrnaios (Κόϊντος Σμυρναῖος), was a Greek epic poet whose Posthomerica, following "after Homer" continues the narration of the Trojan War.
Epic Cycle and Quintus Smyrnaeus · Greek mythology and Quintus Smyrnaeus ·
Theban Cycle
The Theban Cycle (Θηβαϊκὸς Κύκλος) is a collection of four lost epics of ancient Greek literature which related the mythical history of the Boeotian city of Thebes.
Epic Cycle and Theban Cycle · Greek mythology and Theban Cycle ·
Tragedy
Tragedy (from the τραγῳδία, tragōidia) is a form of drama based on human suffering that invokes an accompanying catharsis or pleasure in audiences.
Epic Cycle and Tragedy · Greek mythology and Tragedy ·
Trojan Horse
The Trojan Horse is a tale from the Trojan War about the subterfuge that the Greeks used to enter the independent city of Troy and win the war.
Epic Cycle and Trojan Horse · Greek mythology and Trojan Horse ·
Trojan War
In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans (Greeks) after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta.
Epic Cycle and Trojan War · Greek mythology and Trojan War ·
Troy
Troy (Τροία, Troia or Τροίας, Troias and Ἴλιον, Ilion or Ἴλιος, Ilios; Troia and Ilium;Trōia is the typical Latin name for the city. Ilium is a more poetic term: Hittite: Wilusha or Truwisha; Truva or Troya) was a city in the far northwest of the region known in late Classical antiquity as Asia Minor, now known as Anatolia in modern Turkey, near (just south of) the southwest mouth of the Dardanelles strait and northwest of Mount Ida.
Epic Cycle and Troy · Greek mythology and Troy ·
Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro (traditional dates October 15, 70 BC – September 21, 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period.
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Epic Cycle and Greek mythology Comparison
Epic Cycle has 87 relations, while Greek mythology has 410. As they have in common 40, the Jaccard index is 8.05% = 40 / (87 + 410).
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