Contents
| Title | Length (books) | Most common attribution | Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cypria | 11 | Stasinus | the events leading up to the Trojan War and the first nine years of the conflict, especially the Judgement of Paris |
| Iliad | 24 | Homer | Achilles' rage against first king Agamemnon and then the Trojan prince Hector, ending with Achilles killing Hector in revenge for the death of Patroclus and Priam coming to Achilles to ransom Hector's body |
| Aethiopis | 5 | Arctinus | the arrival of the Trojan allies, Penthesileia the Amazon and Memnon; their deaths at Achilles' hands in revenge for the death of Antilochus; Achilles' own death |
| Little Iliad | 4 | Lesches | events after Achilles' death, including the building of the Trojan Horse |
| Iliou persis ("Sack of Troy") | 2 | Arctinus | the destruction of Troy by the Greeks |
| Nostoi ("returns") | 5 | Agias or Eumelus | the return home of the Greek force and the events contingent upon their arrival, concluding with the returns of Agamemnon and Menelaus |
| Odyssey | 24 | Homer | the end of Odysseus' voyage home and his vengeance on his wife Penelope's suitors, who have devoured his property in his absence |
| Telegony | 2 | Eugammon | Odysseus' voyage to Thesprotia and return to Ithaca, and death at the hands of an illegitimate son Telegonus |
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