Iliupersis

thumb|right|250px|The Fall of Troy by Johann Georg Trautmann (1713–1769); from the collections of the Grand Dukes of Baden, [[Karlsruhe]]

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Vinony files it under 7th-century BC books, 7th-century BC poems and Epic Cycle.

Its subject is documented across 19 Wikipedia language editions.

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Part of: Epic Cycle
Author: Arctinus of Miletus
Genre: epic literature
Country of origin: Ancient Greece
Series: Epic Cycle
Followed by: Nostoi
Follows: Little Iliad
Narrative location: Troy
Image: J G Trautmann Das brennende Troja.jpg

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language of work or name: Ancient Greek
characters: Ajax the Great
Commons category: Sack of Troy
form of creative work: poem

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thumb|right|250px|The Fall of Troy by Johann Georg Trautmann (1713–1769); from the collections of the Grand Dukes of Baden, [[Karlsruhe]]

The Iliupersis (Greek: , , ), also known as The Sack of Troy, 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 Iliou persis comes chronologically after that of the Little Iliad, and is followed by the ("Returns"). The Iliou persis was sometimes attributed by ancient writers to Arctinus of Miletus who lived in the E (see Cyclic Poets). The poem comprised two books of verse in dactylic hexameter.

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