> [[petrosyan]]. "‘Proto-Iliad’ in the Context of Indo-European Mythology". in [[p-avetisyan-y-grekyan2017eds]]. [academia](https://www.academia.edu/40901824/-Proto-Iliad-in-the-Context-of-Indo-European-Mythology), [pdf](a/a-petrosyan2017.pdf) ## Abstract The consideration of mythological and historical data provides an opportunity to represent the predecessor of the ‘Iliad’ (‘Proto-Iliad’) as an epic transformation of the Indo-European serpent-slaying myth rhapsodizing the historical Trojan king Alaksandu.