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Other parts of the Trojan War were told in the poems of the [[Epic Cycle]], also known as the Cyclic Epics: the ''[[Cypria]]'', ''[[Aethiopis]]'', ''[[Little Iliad]]'', ''[[Iliou Persis]]'', ''[[Nostoi]]'', and ''[[Telegony]]''. Though these poems survive only in fragments, their content is known from a summary included in [[Eutychius Proclus|Proclus]]' ''[[Chrestomathy]]''.<ref>It is unknown whether this Proclus is the Neoplatonic philosopher, in which case the summary dates to the fifth century AD, or whether he is the lesser-known grammarian of the second century AD. See Burgess, p. 12.</ref> The authorship of the Cyclic Epics is uncertain. It is generally thought that the poems were written down in the seventh and sixth century BC, after the composition of the Homeric poems, though it is widely believed that they were based on earlier traditions.<ref>Burgess, pp. 10–12; cf. W. Kullmann (1960), ''Die Quellen der Ilias''.</ref>
Both the Homeric epics and the Epic Cycle take origin from [[oral tradition]]. Even after the composition of the ''Iliad'', ''Odyssey'', and the Cyclic Epics, the myths of the Trojan War were passed on orally, in many genres of poetry and through non-poetic storytelling. Events and details of the story that are only found in later authors may have been passed on through oral tradition and could be as old as the Homeric poems. Visual art, such as vase-painting, was another medium in which myths of the Trojan War circulated.<ref>Burgess, pp. 3–4.</ref>
In later ages [[playwright]]s, [[historians]], and other intellectuals would create works inspired by the Trojan War. The three great tragedians of [[Athens]], [[Aeschylus]], [[Sophocles]], and [[Euripides]], wrote many dramas that portray episodes from the Trojan War. Among Roman writers the most important is the [[1st century BC]] poet [[Virgil]]. In Book 2 of the ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Aeneas]] narrates the sack of Troy; this section of the poem is thought to rely on material from the Cyclic Epic ''[[Iliou Persis]]''.{{Fact|date=September 2008}}<!--claims need sources to verify-->
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