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{{quote|''ὅς ῥα καὶ Αἴαντος πρῶτος μάθε χωομένοιο

''ὄμματά τ’ ἀστράπτοντα βαρυνόμενόν τε νόημα.''|The ''Sack of Ilion''<ref>He (Podalirius) first recognized both the raging Ajax’s / flashing eyes and burning spirit.</ref>}}

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{{quote|ὅς ῥα καὶ Αἴαντος πρῶτος μάθε χωομένοιο

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ὄμματά τ’ ἀστράπτοντα βαρυνόμενόν τε νόημα.|The ''Sack of Ilion''<ref>He (Podalirius) first recognized both the raging Ajax’s / flashing eyes and burning spirit.</ref>}}

The fifth installment in ''[[The Trojan Cycle]]'', a [[Missing Episode|lost work]].

In the '''Sack of Ilion''' (''Ἰλίου πέρσις'') Troy finally falls to the Achaeans. This epic also seems to have been composed in the seventh century BC, supposedly by the same writer as the ''Aethiopis''.

In the '''Sack of Ilion''' (''Ἰλίου πέρσις'') Troy finally falls to the Achaeans. This epic also seems to have been composed in the seventh century BC, supposedly by the same writer as the ''[[Aethiopis]]''.

The Trojans are puzzled by the [[Trojan Horse|giant horse]] left parked outside the city, and the epic starts with their debate as to what they should do with it. Some want to [[Only Sane Man|push it off a cliff]], others to [[Pyromaniac|burn it]], while a third group believe it is an object sacred to Athena.

This third group convinces the others to bring the horse into the city, and the Trojans then celebrate the end of ten years of ~~seige~~.

This third group convinces the others to bring the horse into the city, and the Trojans then celebrate the end of ten years of siege.

During this, two snakes appear and kill Laocoon (a priest of Poseidon) and his two sons. This portent causes [[The Aeneid|Aeneas]] to [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|leave Troy with his companions]].