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A Commentary on Quintus of Smyrna, Posthomerica 14 (Hardcover)
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A Commentary on Quintus of Smyrna, Posthomerica 14 (Hardcover)
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The Posthomerica, a Greek epic by Quintus of Smyrna believed to
have been written in the third century AD, tells the story of the
Trojan War beginning with the events immediately following the end
of the narrative of the Iliad. Valued as one of the few surviving
detailed poetic accounts of this period, Book 14, the final book of
the poem, covers the events that take place the day after the sack
of Troy, from Helen's return to Menelaus and the sacrifice of
Polyxena, to the homeward journey of the victorious Greeks, which
is abruptly interrupted by a divine storm. This detailed commentary
divides the text of Posthomerica 14 into smaller narrative units,
introducing each with an overview of the relevant literary
tradition and a discussion of Quintus' possible direct models.
There follows a line-by-line commentary addressing points of
literary, stylistic, lexicographic, and textual-critical interest,
and providing readers with a range of notes on background and
vocabulary. The aim throughout is to illuminate the main features
of Quintus' poetry and to offer as full an interpretation as
possible of Posthomerica 14 within its literary context and in
dialogue with the earlier tradition, in particular the diction,
motifs, and narrative and literary techniques of the Homeric poems
and the epic tradition more generally. For readers new to the
Posthomerica, the volume also includes a thorough and up-to-date
introduction offering an accessible overview of the poem's content,
dates, context, models, and possible sources, including both the
Epic Cycle and Latin literature.
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