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Troy: The Fall is a work by an Ancient Greek poet of the later era (4th century),Smyrnaeus Quintus.It is an ancient, sequential to The Iliad, epos in 14 books that narrates the history of theTrojan War from the Hector's death till the return of the Greeks. The poem by Quintuscannot be compared to Homer's epos, but was remarkable for its time. The sources werethe Epic Cycle, in particular Aethiopis of Arctinus, The Little Iliad of Lesches, etc.