Iliou Persis

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Iliou Persis is an ancient Greek epic poem, now lost, that narrated the sack and destruction of Troy as part of the wider Trojan cycle.

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Iliou Persis canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Trojan War epic
lost ancient Greek epic poem
work in the Epic Cycle
attributedAuthor Arctinus of Miletus
authorFlourished 8th century BCE
culture Ancient Greek literature
featuresCharacter Aeneas
Agamemnon
Andromache
Hecuba
Helen
Menelaus
Neoptolemus
Odysseus
Priam
featuresDeity Apollo
Athena
Poseidon
featuresEvent Greek warriors emerge from the Trojan Horse
Trojan Horse brought into Troy
Trojan War
surface form: burning of Troy

death of Astyanax
fate of Trojan women
The Death of Priam
surface form: killing of King Priam

Trojan War
surface form: night attack on Troy

The Sacrifice of Polyxena
surface form: sacrifice of Polyxena
genre epic poetry
influenced later Greek tragedy about the fall of Troy
knownFrom Proclus' Chrestomathy
surface form: Proclus’ Chrestomathy

ancient summaries
fragments
language Ancient Greek
narrativePosition Epic Cycle
surface form: follows the Little Iliad in the Epic Cycle

precedes the Nostoi in the Epic Cycle
partOf Epic Cycle
Trojan cycle
relatedWork Aethiopis
Homer's Iliad
surface form: Iliad

Little Iliad
Nostoi
Homer's Odyssey
surface form: Odyssey
setting Trojan royal palace
Troy
status lost
subject Trojan War
Trojan War
surface form: destruction of Troy

sack of Troy
timeOfComposition Archaic period of Greece

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Trojan cycle includesWork Iliou Persis
Epic Cycle hasPart Iliou Persis
Trojan War describedIn Iliou Persis
Telegony relatedWork Iliou Persis
Aethiopis relatedWork Iliou Persis
Trojan Horse describedIn Iliou Persis