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Summary:

Quintus Smyrnaeus's Posthomerica, composed between the late second and mid-fourth centuries AD, boldly adapts Homeric diction and style to fill in the story of the Trojan expedition between the end of the Iliad and the beginning of the Odyssey. This edition replaces the earlier Loeb Classical Library edition by A.S. Way (1913). Quintus Smyrnaeus's Posthomerica, the only long mythological epic to survive in Greek from the period between Apollonius' Argonautica (3rd century BC) and Nonnus' Dionysiaca (5th century AD), fills in the whole story of the Trojan expedition between the end of Homer's Iliad and the beginning of the Odyssey, which had been treated only episodically by earlier epic and dramatic poets. Composing sometime between the late second and mid-fourth centuries AD, Quintus boldly adapts Homeric diction and style to suit the literary, moral, religious, rhetorical, and philosophical culture of the high Roman Empire, and does not hesitate to diverge from the usual versions of the story in order to craft his own narrative vision. This edition of the Posthomerica replaces the earlier Loeb Classical Library edition by A.S. Way (1913) with an updated text based on that of F. Vian, and fresh translation, introduction, and bibliography that take account of more than a century of intervening scholarship.

Author/Creator:

Quintus, Smyrnaeus, active 4th century , author

Contributors:

Hopkinson, Neil, 1957-2021 , editor, translator

Languages:

English
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Language Notes:

Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages.

Main Work:

Posthomerica [by Quintus, Smyrnaeus]

Included Works:

Posthomerica [by Quintus, Smyrnaeus] (English)

Posthomerica [by Quintus, Smyrnaeus] (Greek)

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Posthomerica [by Quintus, S.] (Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2018 — ISBN 9780674997165)

Related Series:

Loeb classical library; [volume] 19

Subjects:

Epic poetry, Greek — Translations into English

Trojan War — Poetry

Troy (Extinct city) — Poetry

Trojan War

Epic poetry, Greek

Turkey — Troy (Extinct city)

Turkey

Genres:

Poetry

Epic poetry, Greek

General Notes:

Includes bibliography and indexes.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

PA3612 .Q568 2018eb

ISBNs:

9780674997165 (print version) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1038407058

Other Control Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: hup0001119