Quintus of Smyrna's Posthomerica, : A study of heroic characterization and heroism.
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. Progre...
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| Superior document: | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 421 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, , Boston: : Brill, , 2018. |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Mnemosyne, Supplements
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 393 pages) :; illustrations, color charts |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Heroic Characters
- Penthesilea and Memnon: Two Ways to Fight Achilles
- The Death and Inheritance of Achilles
- Neoptolemus, a New Aeacid in the Field
- Heroism and the Sack of Troy
- Reconsidering Heroic Tactics
- Suffering Trojans, Victorious Achaeans
- Heroic and Divine Power
- Conclusion: Worthy of the Aeacids?
- Back Matter
- Bibliography.