Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica : engaging Homer in late antiquity / / by Calum Alasdair Maciver.
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...
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| Superior document: | Mnemosyne : supplements : monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature, v. 343 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ;
343. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 1280688157 9786613665096 9004230211 |
| ISSN: | 0169-8958 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Calum Alasdair Maciver. |