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Poem of the millennium overlooked by church (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

iliad

'poem' is the definition.
(Iliad is an example)

'millennium overlooked by church' is the wordplay.
'millennium' becomes 'chiliad' (chiliad can mean a thousand years).
'overlooked by' suggests deleting specific letters.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'chiliad' with 'ch' removed is 'ILIAD'.

'of the' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for iliad that I've seen before include "Work by Homer" , "Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy" , "Work on war" , "Greek epic poem about the Trojan War" , "Poem by 4 across" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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