Little Iliad
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Little Iliad
The Little Iliad (
Greek
: ;
Latin
: Ilias parva) 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 Little Iliad comes chronologically after that of the
Aethiopis
, and is followed by that of the
Iliou persis
("Sack of Troy"). The Little Iliad was variously attributed by ancient writers to
Lesches
of Pyrrha,
Cinaethon of Sparta
, Diodorus of Erythrae or Homer (see
Cyclic poets
). The poem comprised four books of verse in
dactylic hexameter
.
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