“…In addition to these surviving narrative poems, we also have information about lost poems, such as the Metamorphoseis of Nestor of Laranda and the Heroikai Theogamiai in sixty books by Nestor's son, Peisander of Laranda. 10 Alongside the long mythological epics, there are also three mythological epyllia surviving from this period, two of which deal with the Trojan cycle:" Triphiodorus' Sack of Troy (691 verses), of the late third or early fourth century, deals with the Trojan Horse and the Sack of Troy; Colluthus' Rape of Helen (392 verses) from the late fifth or early sixth century describes the judgement of the goddesses, Paris' visit to Sparta and his return-with Helen-to Troy, while Musaeus' shorter Hero and Leander (343 verses), also of the late fifth or early sixth century, narrates the tragic story of two lovers separated by the Hellespont. 12 Ancient authorities inform us that Triphiodorus and Colluthus also composed (now lost) epics on contemporary topics: Triphiodorus a Marathoniaca, a Hippodameia, a lipogrammatic Odyssey and a paraphrase of Homeric similes, 13 while Colluthus wrote a Persica on Anastasius' victory against the Persians in 506, a Calydoniaca and several panegyrics.…”