The
Nostoi (,
Nostoi, "Returns"), also known as
Returns or
Returns of the Greeks, is a lost
epic of ancient
Greek literature. It was one of the
Epic Cycle, that is, the "Trojan" cycle, which told the entire history of the
Trojan War in epic verse. The story of the
Nostoi comes chronologically after that of the
Iliou persis (
Sack of Ilium), and is followed by that of the
Odyssey. The author of the
Nostoi is uncertain: ancient writers attributed the poem variously to
Agias,
Homer, and
Eumelos (see
Cyclic poets). The poem comprised five books of verse in
dactylic hexameter. The word
nostos means "return home".