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{{quote|''“τίς πόθεν εἰς σύ, γύναι; τίνος ἔκγονος
''εὔχεαι εἶναι;”''|The ''Aethiopis''<ref>“Who and from where (are) you, woman? The child of whom / do you claim to be?”</ref>}}
The third installment in ''[[The Trojan Cycle]]'', a [[Missing Episode|lost work]].
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The Achaeans and Trojans then proceed to fight over his body, and Ajax manages to get it back to the Achaean ships, where Thetis arrives with the Muses and the Nereids to lament his death. The funeral games are played, and the epic ends with a quarrel between Ajax and Odysseus over the arms of Achilles.
Ancient fragments
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* [[The Cavalry]]: The new Trojan allies.
* [[Custom Uniform]]: Like the armour Achilles gets in the ''Iliad'', Memnon's armour is also crafted by Hephestus.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Carefully averted with the introduction of new Trojan allies such as Penthesilea and Memnon. Otherwise, considering the Trojans lost
* [[Death Is Dramatic]]: Chasing the ''entire Trojan army'' into the city, taken down by Paris only with the help of Apollo? Achilles is just that [[Badass]].
* [[Divine Parentage]]: Multiple characters, notably Achilles and the new Trojan allies, Penthesilea and Memnon.
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** ''Memnon'', a lost play about Memnon's arrival to aid the Trojans, whom Achilles kills. This leads to Achilles's own death at the hands of Apollo and Paris.
** ''Psychostasia'', another lost play on the weighing of souls between Achilles and Memnon.
** ''The Award of the Arms'', a lost play on the contest for the arms of Achilles after his death. Also possibly the first of a trilogy concerned with Ajax's
* Part of [[Ovid]]'s ''[[The Metamorphoses|Metamorphoses]]'', Book XII of which included the death of Achilles.
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