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| title = Little Iliad
{{quote|Ἴλιον ἀείδω καὶ Δαρδανίην εὔπςλον,▼
| original title = Ἰλιὰς μικρά
ἧς πέρι πόλλα πάθον Δαναοὶ θεράποντες Ἄρηος.|The ''Little Iliad''<ref>Of Troy I sing, and the Dardania land of fine colts / concerning which the Danaans suffered much, servants of Ares.</ref>}}▼
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| elevator pitch = Events after Achilles' death, including the building of the Trojan Horse and the Awarding of the Arms to Odysseus ''(Wikipedia)''
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| franchise = The Trojan Cycle
| preceded by = Aethiopis
| followed by = Sack of Ilion
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▲{{quote|''Ἴλιον ἀείδω καὶ Δαρδανίην εὔπςλον,
▲''ἧς πέρι πόλλα πάθον Δαναοὶ θεράποντες Ἄρηος.''|The ''Little Iliad''<ref>Of Troy I sing, and the Dardania land of fine colts / concerning which the Danaans suffered much, servants of Ares.</ref>}}
The fourth installment in ''[[The Trojan Cycle]]'', a [[Missing Episode|lost work]].
The '''Little Iliad''' (''Ἰλιὰς μικρά'') follows, dealing with the question of how the Achaeans will take Troy now that Achilles is dead. Similarly to the ''[[Aethiopis]]'', it seems to have been written sometime in the seventh century BC.
With the funeral games of Achilles ended, his armour is given to Odysseus according to Athena's wish. Ajax, who perhaps justly feels he deserved to receive the armour, is enraged by this. Athena drives him insane so that attacks the Achaean's livestock rather than the Achaean leaders themselves, and he eventually commits suicide, leaving the Achaean army short two powerful warriors instead of one.
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The major Achaean warriors are hidden in the [[Trojan Horse]] and, with all the pieces in place, the Achaeans destroy their campsites and [[I Surrender, Suckers|pretend to withdraw for good]].
The Trojans believe they are finally freed of the years of war, and they take the [[Trojan Horse]] into the city -- dismantling part of their wall to do so!-- and begin to celebrate.
Proclus's summary ends here, but other works say that the '''Little Iliad''' ended with an account of the sack, with [[Continuity Snarl|slight differences]] from the account given in the ''[[Sack of Ilion]]''.
Ancient fragments on the '''Little Iliad''', including Proclus's summary, are available in English [https://web.archive.org/web/20101221022052/http://omacl.org/Hesiod/iliad.html here].
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* [[Continuity Snarl]]: The sack narrated in this epic is slightly different from the one in the ''Sack of Ilion''. [[The Aeneid|Aeneas]], for instance, is captured by the Achaeans and taken by Neoptolemus, and the son of Achilles is the [[Would Hurt a Child|one to kill Astyanax]].
* [[Darkest Hour]]: The people of Troy have entered theirs.
* [[Dead Person Conversation]]: When Neoptolemus
* [[Dramatic Irony]]: Oh so much.
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Ajax.
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* [[Trojan Horse]]
* [[Turncoat]]: It seems Helen couldn't care less about Troy after Paris is killed.
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?|What Happened to Philoctetes?]]: Remember him, from the ''
* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: A quotation from the epic describes Neoptolemus throwing Hector's child, Astyanax, from the walls.
* [[You Killed My Father]]: Paris killed Achilles (with Apollo's help). Neoptolemus arrives at Troy and nearly immediately kills Paris.
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