 How has this come about?Why have the works of Arctinus escaped the attraction which drew to the name of Homer such epics as the "Cypria," the "Little Iliad," the "Thebaid," the "Epigoni," the "Capture of Oechalia" and the "Phocais"?The most obvious account of the matter is that Arctinus was never so far forgotten that his poems became the subject of dispute.