Triphiodorus: name, origin, date and lost works -- The sack of Troy: an overview -- General design -- Enigmas -- Characterisation -- The narrator -- Speeches -- Literary universe: Triphiodorus and the epic tradition -- Triphiodorus and Homer -- Triphiodorus and the cycle -- Hesiod and Pindar -- Tragic Triphiodorus -- Triphiodorus' Hellenistic readings -- Triphiodorus and Virgil -- Triphiodorus and imperial literature -- Triphiodorus and the contemporary literary scene -- Metrics -- Reading The sack of Troy -- Greek text -- Commentary.