Cypria
Cyprĭa, (16) æ, f. , Vénus [honorée dans lʼîle de Chypre], Cypris : Tib. 3, 3, 34.
Cypria
(Κυπρία). A poem in early days ascribed to Homer, but denied to him by Herodotus (ii. 117). Later, its author is variously given as Stasinus or Hegesias. It detailed the causes of the Trojan War, and served as a sort of introduction to the Iliad. See Cyclic Poets; Homerus.
Cypria
Cypria, epic poem
- on wife of Aeneas: Paus. 10.26.1
- on Hilaira and Phoebe: Paus. 3.16.1
- on Neoptolemus: Paus. 10.26.4
- on Palamedes: Paus. 10.31.2
- on Protesilaus: Paus. 4.2.7