WebbQuintus' Posthomerica in fourteen books covers events from the Trojan saga that take place between the funeral of Hector, which marks the end of the Iliad, and the homeward journey of the victorious Greeks after the sack of Troy.Various hints in the text help us place the epic within the Roman Empire but do not allow much scope for further … WebbQUINTUS SMYRNAEUS was a Greek epic poet who flourished in Smyrna in the late C4th A.D. His only surviving work is a fourteen book epic entitled The Fall of Troy (or …

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WebbQuintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica, Edited and translated by Neil Hopkinson, Loeb Classical Library No. 19, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2024. ISBN 978-0-674-99716-5. Online version at Harvard University Press. Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). WebbThe Posthomerica is an epic poem by Quintus of Smyrna, probably written in the latter half of the 4th century, and telling the story of the Trojan War, between the death of Hector … early voting hawthorn

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Webb6 The date of the Posthomerica is a notorious and vexed problem that has not been definitively resolved. For a convenient overview of the evidence, cf. A. James and K. Lee, A Commentary on Quintus of Smyrna, Posthomerica V, Leiden - Boston - Köln, 2000, 1 -9. 7 There is no detectable logic in all this: why should they be first the enemies of the WebbThis chapter juxtaposes Quintus’ Posthomerica and Nonnus’ Dionysiaca in terms of the political and ideological positions they adopt towards Rome, and argues that the way they represent Hellenic and Roman identities is … WebbThis 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, … csulb winter courses 2021