Quintus of Smyrna’s 'Posthomerica' : : Writing Homer Under Rome / / ed. by Silvio Bär.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• MitwirkendeR: Barbaresco, Katia,; Bremmer, Jan N.,; Bär, Silvio,; Bärtschi, Arnold,; Carvounis, Katerina,; Ferreccio, Alessia,; Goldhill, Simon,; Greensmith, Emma,; Gärtner, Thomas,; Lovato, Valeria F.,; Maciver, Calum A.,; Maly-Preuss, Jordan,; Middleton, Fran,; Ozbek, Leyla,; Renker, Stephan,; Scafoglio, Giampiero,; Scheijnen, Tine,; Schoess, A. Sophie,; Tomasso, Vincent,
• HerausgeberIn: Bär, Silvio,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (448 p.) :; 2 B/W illustrations 5 B/W tables

Offers a literary and cultural-historical analysis of the PosthomericaConnects Quintus with a far wider range of ancient literature: historical, philosophical, dramatic, and rhetorical genres; and prosaic and poetic worksMoves away from the localized study of particular aspects of the poem to a joined-up understanding of this era of epic, as a corpus engaging dialogically with issues of empire, literary inheritance and cultural changeIntersects with the growing field of study of Late Antique literature, and the burgeoning interest in imperial Greek poetry and its accounts of the sack of Troy – a story which continues to resonate in scholarly and public discourseThis collection offers a new collaborative reading of Quintus Smyrnaeus’ Posthomerica: one of the most important Greek epics written at the height of the Roman Empire. Building on the surge of interest in imperial Greek poetry seen in the past decades, this book applies new approaches - literary, theoretical and historical - to ask new questions about this mysterious, challenging poet and to re-evaluate his role in the cultural history of his time.Bringing together experienced imperial epic scholars and new voices in this growing field, the chapters reveal Quintus’ crucial place within the inherited epic tradition and his role in shaping the literary and identity politics of Late Antique society.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction: Going to Rome, Returning to Troy -- Part I: Contexts and Poetics -- 2. Temporality and Temper: Time, Narrative and Heroism in Quintus of Smyrna -- 3. Poetry, Performance and Quintus’ Posthomerica -- 4. A-Sexual Epic? Consummation and Closure in the Posthomerica -- 5. Images of Life and Death: Visualising the Heroic Body in Quintus Smyrnaeus’ Posthomerica -- Part II: Religion, Gods and Destiny -- 6. A Non-Homeric Fate in Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica? Representation, Function, Problems -- 7. Disempowering the Gods -- 8. Animal and Human Sacrifice in Quintus of Smyrna -- Part III: Between Narratology and Lexicology -- 9. A Narratological Study of the Role of the Fates in the Posthomerica -- 10. Wielding Words: Neoptolemus as a Speaker of Words in Quintus’ Posthomerica -- 11. Stepping out of Place: σχέτλιος in Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica -- 12. Renewing Homer with Homer: The Use of Epithets in Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica -- 13. Polychronic Intertextuality in Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica -- Part IV: The Struggle with the Literary Past -- 14. The Dissolution of Troy: Homeric Narratology in the Posthomerica -- 15. ‘Why So Serious?’ The Ambivalence of Joy and Laughter in the Iliad, Odyssey and Posthomerica -- 16. Reshaping the Nature of Heroes: Heracles, Philoctetes and the Bow in Quintus Smyrnaeus’ Posthomerica -- 17. Quintus and the Epic Cycle -- Part V: Re-Readings and Re-Workings -- 18. Philological Editor and Protestant Pedagogue: How Lorenz Rhodoman (1545‒1606) Worked on the Posthomerica of Quintus Smyrnaeus -- 19. Too Homeric to Be True: John Tzetzes’ Reception of Quintus of Smyrna and the Importance of Plausibility -- 20. A Postmodern Quintus? Theories of Fan Fiction and the Posthomerica -- Bibliography -- Index of Passages Cited -- General Index