Proclus - Proclus' Summary of the Iliou Persis lyrics

Proclus' Summary of the Iliou Persis, attributed to Arctinus of Miletus [The Iliou Persis (Destruction of Ilion), in two scrolls, follows the Little Iliad.] [16] After the preceding [= four scrolls of the Little Iliad, by Lesches of Lesbos], there follow two scrolls of the Iliou Persis, by Arctinus of Miletus, containing the following. With regard to the things concerning the Horse, the Trojans, suspicious about the horse, stand around wondering what they should do. Some think it should be pushed off a cliff, while others [20] think it should be burned down, and still others say that it should be dedicated as sacred [hieros] to Athena. In the end, the opinion of the third group wins out. They turn to merriment, feasting as if they had been freed from the war. At this point two serpents appear and destroy Laocoön and one of his sons. At the sight of [25] this marvel, Aeneas and his followers get upset and withdraw to Mount Ida. Sinon lights signal fires for the Achaeans. He had previously entered the city, using a pretext. And they [= the Achaeans], some of them sailing from Tenedos [toward Troy] and others of them emerging from the Wooden Horse, fall upon their enemies. They k** many, and the city [30] is taken by force. Neoptolemos k**s Priam, who has taken refuge at the altar of Zeus Herkeios. [1] Menelaos finds Helen and takes her back down to the ships, after slaughtering Deiphobos. Ajax son of Oïleus takes Ka**andra by force, dragging her away from the wooden statue [xoanon] of Athena. At the sight of this, the Achaeans get angry and decide to stone [5] Ajax to d**h, but he takes refuge at the altar of Athena, and so is preserved from his impending destruction. Then the Achaeans put the city to the torch. They slaughter Polyxena on the tomb of Achilles. Odysseus k**s Astyanax, and Neoptolemos takes Andromache as his prize. The rest [10] of the spoils are distributed. Demophon and Akamas find Aithra and take her with them. Then the Greeks sail off [from Troy], and Athena begins to plan destruction for them at sea.