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”’Stasinus”’ ({{langx|grc|Στασῖνος|Stasînos}}) of [[Cyprus]] was a semi-legendary early [[Cyclic poets|Greek poet]]. He is best known for his lost work ”[[Cypria]]”, which was one of the poems belonging to the [[Epic Cycle]] that narrated the [[War of Troy]].<ref>Jonathan Burgess, [https://www.jstor.org/pss/1192598 ”Kyprias, the ‘Kypria,’ and Multiformity”] ”Phoenix” ”’56”’.3/4 (Autumn 2002), pp. 234-245.</ref><ref>[http://www.apaclassics.org/AnnualMeeting/02mtg/abstracts/burgess.html Jonathan Burgess, ”Kyprias, Poet of the Iliaka”]</ref> |
”’Stasinus”’ ({{langx|grc|Στασῖνος|Stasînos}}) of [[Cyprus]] was a semi-legendary early [[Cyclic poets|Greek poet]]. He is best known for his lost work ”[[Cypria]]”, which was one of the poems belonging to the [[Epic Cycle]] that narrated the [[War of Troy]].<ref>Jonathan Burgess, [https://www.jstor.org/pss/1192598 ”Kyprias, the ‘Kypria,’ and Multiformity”] ”Phoenix” ”’56”’.3/4 (Autumn 2002), pp. 234-245.</ref><ref>[http://www.apaclassics.org/AnnualMeeting/02mtg/abstracts/burgess.html Jonathan Burgess, ”Kyprias, Poet of the Iliaka”]</ref> |
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The ”Cypria”, presupposing an acquaintance with the events of the Homeric poem, confined itself to what preceded the ”[[Iliad]]”, and has been described as an introduction.<ref>Thus it forms the earliest identifiable “[[prequel]]”.</ref> The poem contained an account of the [[Judgement of Paris]], the [[Helen of Troy#Seduction or kidnapping by Paris| |
The ”Cypria”, presupposing an acquaintance with the events of the Homeric poem, confined itself to what preceded the ”[[Iliad]]”, and has been described as an introduction.<ref>Thus it forms the earliest identifiable “[[prequel]]”.</ref> The poem contained an account of the [[Judgement of Paris]], the [[Helen of Troy#Seduction or kidnapping by Paris| of Helen]], the abandonment of [[Philoctetes]] on the island of [[Lemnos]], the landing of the [[Achaeans (Homer)|Achaeans]] on the coast of [[Asia Minor]], and the first engagement before [[Troy]]. [[Proclus]], in his ”Chrestomathia”, gave an outline of the poem (preserved in [[Photios I of Constantinople|Photius]], cod. 239).{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} |
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[[Plato]] puts quotes from Stasinus’ works in the mouth of Socrates, in his dialogue ”[[Euthyphro]]”.<ref>Plato, ”Euthyphro” 12a–b (Stasinus ”Cypria” Fr. 20).</ref> |
[[Plato]] puts quotes from Stasinus’ works in the mouth of Socrates, in his dialogue ”[[Euthyphro]]”.<ref>Plato, ”Euthyphro” 12a–b (Stasinus ”Cypria” Fr. 20).</ref> |
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Semi-legendary early Greek poet
Stasinus (Ancient Greek: Στασῖνος, romanized: Stasînos) of Cyprus was a semi-legendary early Greek poet. He is best known for his lost work Cypria, which was one of the poems belonging to the Epic Cycle that narrated the War of Troy.[1][2]
The Cypria, presupposing an acquaintance with the events of the Homeric poem, confined itself to what preceded the Iliad, and has been described as an introduction.[3] The poem contained an account of the Judgement of Paris, the elopement of Helen, the abandonment of Philoctetes on the island of Lemnos, the landing of the Achaeans on the coast of Asia Minor, and the first engagement before Troy. Proclus, in his Chrestomathia, gave an outline of the poem (preserved in Photius, cod. 239).
Plato puts quotes from Stasinus’ works in the mouth of Socrates, in his dialogue Euthyphro.[5]
Surviving fragments
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- Of Zeus, the author and creator of all these things,/ You will not tell: for where there is fear there is also reverence. – fragment cited by Socrates in the Euthyphro dialogue
- F.G. Welcker, Der epische Cyclus, oder Die homerischen Dichter Bonn : E. Weber, 1849-65.
- D.B. Monro, Homer’s Odyssey, books XIII-XXIV Appendix to his edition of Odyssey, xiii–xxiv. (1901)
- Thomas W Allen, “The Epic Cycle,” in Classical Quarterly 2.1 (January 1908:54-64).
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). “Stasinus“. Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 799.
