Book Description
Offers a literary and cultural-historical analysis of the Posthomerica.
Author : Silvio Bär
Publisher :
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 12,69 MB
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474493581
Offers a literary and cultural-historical analysis of the Posthomerica.
Author : Renker, Stephan
Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 34,59 MB
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3863097394
The Posthomerica by Quintus of Smyrna, a Greek epic in fourteen books from the 3rd century AD, recounts the story of the Trojan War by covering the events between Hector?s burial and the departure of the Greeks after the destruction of the city. In book 13, we read about the sack of Troy, including famous episodes such as the death of Priam and Astyanax, the enslavement of Andromache, the escape of Aeneas, and the rape of Cassandra.0Stephan Renker offers the first full-scale commentary on Posthomerica 13. He introduces each episode with a discussion of the relevant literary tradition and Quintus' potential models. The following line-by-line commentary yields insights into aspects of language, literary technique, realia, and the main issues of interpretation. Thus, the reader is provided with an important tool for further investigations into this fascinating, yet understudied piece of Imperial Greek poetry.
Author : Alan James
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 15,57 MB
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9004351116
The Posthomerica of Quintus of Smyrna is the only surviving Greek epic that gives a full narrative of the Trojan War between the Iliad and the Odyssey. Book V covers the contest between Ajax and Odysseus over the armour of Achilles, leading to Ajax' madness, suicide and funeral. The book gives balanced treatment to matters of text, language, literary qualities and sources. An introduction discusses the poem's main features. The commentary is punctuated by introductions to sections. There are indexes of subjects, ancient and mediaeval literature and Greek words. The work's major areas of interest are: influence of the Homeric epics, Quintus' use of later sources, the Trojan War in Greek and Latin literature, and Greek cultural history under the Roman Empire. This is the first full-length commentary on the book.
Author : Quintus (Smyrnaeus)
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 19,79 MB
Release : 2004-11-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780801879654
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Author : Arthur Sanders Way
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,43 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
Category :
ISBN : 9781022489684
This epic poem tells the story of the Trojan War, from the initial Greek siege of Troy to the final fall of the city. It explores the motivations and actions of the key players on both sides of the conflict, and provides a vivid and compelling portrayal of one of the defining moments in Western history. The poem is highly regarded as a masterpiece of classical literature. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Manuel Baumbach
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 28,62 MB
Release : 2012-02-14
Category : History
ISBN : 311094250X
The “Events after Homer”, described by Quintus Smyrnaeus in the third century AD in his Greek epic Posthomerica, are an attempt to bridge the gap between the Iliad and the Odyssey , and to combine the various scattered reports of the battle for Troy into a single tale: the fate of Achilles, Ajax, Paris and the Amazon Penthesileia, the intervention of Neoptolemos and the story from the Trojan horse to the destruction of the city. The volume presented here summarizes the results of the first international conference on Quintus Smyrnaeus.
Author : Katerina Carvounis
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,18 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780199565054
The final book of the third century Greek epic Posthomerica tells the story of the Trojan War from Helen's return to Menelaus and the sacrifice of Polyxena to the homeward journey of the victorious Greeks. This detailed commentary offers a literary analysis of the poem and examines its engagement with the earlier epic tradition.
Author : Quintus of Smyrna
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 49,18 MB
Release : 2007-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801886355
Brilliantly revitalized by James, the Trojan Epic will appeal to a wide range of readers interested in Greek mythology and the legend of Troy.
Author : Tine Scheijnen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 18,78 MB
Release : 2018-09-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9004380973
Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica (3rd century C.E.) is of great literary value to the field of Greek epic. It is a stylistic imitation of Homer and recounts what Iliad and Odyssey have left untold of the Trojan War. Tine Scheijnen offers the first linear study of this still little-known poem. Progressing from book 1 to 14, she focusses on key issues such as Homeric similes and characterization of heroes (especially Achilles and his son Neoptolemus). Ideologically, Quintus engages in a critical way with Homer, but possibly also Vergil, Triphiodorus and tragedy. Scheijnen’s work can be read as a thorough introduction to Quintus’ Posthomerica, while also offering new insights into Homer reception, the conception of heroes and heroism in Greek epic.
Author : Calum A. Maciver
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 29,23 MB
Release : 2012-05-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9004230211
Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica (3rd century C.E.), the 14 book Greek epic on the Trojan War, is a text which has traditionally been overlooked in the main canon of Classical authors, and in fact until only recently has been largely ignored as a literary work. This book, the first monograph in English on the poem since 1904, examines the Posthomerica’s close relationship with the Homeric epics, with a focus on the originality and Late Antique interpretative bias of Quintus in his readings and emulation of Homer. The study deals specifically with three separate aspects of poetics, and their Homeric intertextuality: ecphrasis, gnomai, and similes, and their role within the poem’s narrative strategies, themes, and aims.