Greek: Epic
The foundation of all Western literature: the Iliad and Odyssey, Hesiod’s Theogony and Works and Days, the Homeric Hymns, Apollonius’ Argonautica, and the late epics of Quintus of Smyrna and Nonnus. Every text below is a complete parsing reader: click any word for its lemma, morphology, and full entry from the Liddell-Scott-Jones lexicon.
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- Nostoi (Fragments)Agias of Troezen (attributed)
- Alcmaeonis (Fragments)Anonymous
- Anonymous Epic Fragments (Collectanea Alexandrina)Anonymous
- Anonymous Epic Fragments (Short Citations)Anonymous
- Anonymous Verse Fragments (Adespota)Anonymous
- BlemyomachiaAnonymous
- Encomium of a Roman GovernorAnonymous
- Encomium of an Official of the Thebaid (Papyrus)Anonymous
- Encomium of HeracliusAnonymous
- Encomium of Theon the GymnasiarchAnonymous
- Epibaterion for MaximusAnonymous
- Epic Parodies, Uncertain FragmentsAnonymous
- Ethopoeia (Odysseus)Anonymous
- Ethopoeia (Reproach to the Departing Greeks)Anonymous
- Ethopoeiae (School Exercises)Anonymous
- Historical Epic on the Tetrarchs' Persian WarAnonymous
- Meropis (Fragments)Anonymous
- Miscellaneous Fragments from PapyriAnonymous
- Phoronis (Fragments)Anonymous
- Poem on the Rising NileAnonymous
- Polyxena and AchillesAnonymous
- Praise of a Smyrnaean Professor at BerytusAnonymous
- Strasbourg CosmogonyAnonymous
- Strasbourg Cosmogony (Hermes and Hermopolis)Anonymous
- Wedding SongAnonymous
- Hexameter Fragments from PapyriAnonymous
- FragmentsAntimachus of Colophon
- Selected FragmentsAntimachus of Colophon
- Thebaid (Papyrus Fragments)Antimachus of Colophon (attributed)
- ArgonauticaApollonius Rhodius
- FragmentsApollonius Rhodius
- FragmentsArchytas of Amphissa
- Aethiopis (Fragments)Arctinus of Miletus (attributed)
- Sack of Ilium (Fragments)Arctinus of Miletus (attributed)
- Arimaspea (Fragments)Aristeas of Proconnesus (attributed)
- Epic FragmentsAsius of Samos
- Ornithogonia (Fragments)Boeus (attributed)
- Hecale (Fragments)Callimachus
- Naupactia (Fragments)Carcinus of Naupactus (attributed)
- Epitaph of SardanapallusChoerilus of Iasus (attributed)
- FragmentsChoerilus of Samos
- Ekphrasis of the Baths of Zeuxippus, with EpigramsChristodorus of Coptus
- Lydiaka (Fragment)Christodorus of Coptus
- TestimoniaChristodorus of Coptus
- Fragments and TestimoniaCleon of Curium
- The Rape of HelenColluthus of Lycopolis
- Bithyniaca (Fragments)Demosthenes of Bithynia
- FragmentsDemosthenes of Bithynia
- Bassarica and Gigantias (Fragments)Dionysius Periegetes (attributed)
- Hermes (Papyrus Commentary)Eratosthenes
- Poetic FragmentsEratosthenes
- Corinthiaca (Fragments)Eumelus of Corinth
- FragmentsEumelus of Corinth
- Fragments (Kinkel)Eumelus of Corinth
- TestimoniaEumelus of Corinth
- Titanomachy (Fragments)Eumelus of Corinth (attributed)
- FragmentsEuphorion of Chalcis
- Papyrus FragmentsEuphorion of Chalcis
- Dardanica (Fragment)Hegemon of Alexandria Troas
- FragmentsHermonax
- Shield of HeraclesHesiod
- TheogonyHesiod
- TestimoniaHesiod
- Aegimius (Fragments)Hesiod (attributed)
- Astronomy (Fragments)Hesiod (attributed)
- Catalogue of Women (Supplementary Fragments)Hesiod (attributed)
- Catalogue of Women (Fragments)Hesiod (attributed)
- EpigramsHomer
- The IliadHomer
- The OdysseyHomer
- Battle of Frogs and MicePseudo-Homer
- Epigoni (Fragments)Homer (attributed)
- FragmentsHomer (attributed)
- Margites (Fragments)Homer (attributed)
- Thebaid (Fragments)Homer (attributed)
- Hymn 1 to DionysusHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 10 to AphroditeHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 11 To AthenaHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 12 to HeraHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 13 to DemeterHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 14 to the Mother of the GodsHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 15 To HeraclesHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 16 To AsclepiusHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 17 To the DioscuriHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 18 to HermesHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 19 to PanHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 2 to DemeterHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 20 To HephaestusHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 21 To ApolloHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 22 To PoseidonHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 23 to ZeusHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 24 To HestiaHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 25 To the Muses and ApolloHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 26 To DionysusHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 27 to ArtemisHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 28 to AthenaHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 29 to HestiaHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 3 to Delian and Pythian ApolloHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 30 to EarthHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 31 to HeliosHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 32 To SeleneHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 33 To the DioscuriHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 4 to HermesHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 5 to AphroditeHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 6 to AphroditeHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 7 to DionysusHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 8 to AresHomeric Hymns
- Hymn 9 to ArtemisHomeric Hymns
- Description of the Cosmic TabletJohn of Gaza
- On Dionysus and His Homeland (Fragments)Julius (epic poet)
- Little Iliad (Fragments)Lesches of Mytilene (attributed)
- FragmentMenophilus
- FragmentsMoero
- Hero and LeanderMusaeus Grammaticus
- Papyrus Fragments (SH 562–563A)Nicander of Colophon (attributed)
- DionysiacaNonnus of Panopolis
- Paraphrase of the Gospel of JohnNonnus of Panopolis
- HalieuticaOppian
- CynegeticaOppian of Apamea
- Orphic ArgonauticaOrphica
- Poems (P. Vindob. 29788 A–C)Pamprepius of Panopolis (attributed)
- FragmentsPancrates of Egypt
- TestimoniaPancrates of Egypt
- Heraclea (Fragments)Panyassis
- Description of the AmboPaul the Silentiary
- Description of Hagia SophiaPaul the Silentiary
- FragmentPherenicus of Heraclea
- On Jerusalem (Fragments)Philo the Epic Poet
- Heraclea (Fragments)Pisander of Camirus
- FragmentsPisander of Laranda (attributed)
- Minyas (Fragments)Prodicus of Phocaea (attributed)
- Fall of TroyQuintus Smyrnaeus
- FragmentsRhianus
- Fragments (Addenda)Rhianus
- Fragments (FGrHist 265)Rhianus
- TestimoniaRhianus
- Cypria (Fragments)Stasinus (attributed)
- TroicaTimolaus of Larissa
- The Taking of IliosTryphiodorus