Add to ORKGQuintus 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 ...
The Posthomerica of Quintus of Smyrna narrates the end of the Trojan War in 14 books that are genera...
The Posthomerica of Quintus of Smyrna narrates the end of the Trojan War in 14 books that are genera...
textThe Posthomerica of Quintus Smyrnaeus has been consistently labeled as inherently 'bad' and unwo...
Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica (3rd century C.E.) is of great literary value to the field of Greek...
Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica (3rd century C.E.) is of great literary value to the field of Greek...
Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica (3rd century C.E.) is of great literary value to the field of Greek...
Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica (3rd century C.E.) is of great literary value to the field of Greek...
Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica (3rd century C.E.) is of great literary value to the field of Greek...
Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica (3rd century C.E.) is of great literary value to the field of Greek...
This thesis is a study of Quintus Smyrnaeus’ Posthomerica, a Greek epic of the third century C.E. wr...
Neoptolemus rather seldom figures in Ancient Greek literature. The Posthomerica of Quintus of Smyrna...
Neoptolemus rather seldom figures in Ancient Greek literature. The Posthomerica of Quintus of Smyrna...
The thesis has been written as part of the AHRC collaborative research project Greek Epic of the Rom...
The "Events after Homer", described by Quintus Smyrnaeus in the third century AD in his Greek epic P...
The "Events after Homer", described by Quintus Smyrnaeus in the third century AD in his Greek epic P...
The Posthomerica of Quintus of Smyrna narrates the end of the Trojan War in 14 books that are genera...
The Posthomerica of Quintus of Smyrna narrates the end of the Trojan War in 14 books that are genera...
textThe Posthomerica of Quintus Smyrnaeus has been consistently labeled as inherently 'bad' and unwo...
Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica (3rd century C.E.) is of great literary value to the field of Greek...
Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica (3rd century C.E.) is of great literary value to the field of Greek...
Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica (3rd century C.E.) is of great literary value to the field of Greek...
Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica (3rd century C.E.) is of great literary value to the field of Greek...
Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica (3rd century C.E.) is of great literary value to the field of Greek...
Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica (3rd century C.E.) is of great literary value to the field of Greek...
This thesis is a study of Quintus Smyrnaeus’ Posthomerica, a Greek epic of the third century C.E. wr...
Neoptolemus rather seldom figures in Ancient Greek literature. The Posthomerica of Quintus of Smyrna...
Neoptolemus rather seldom figures in Ancient Greek literature. The Posthomerica of Quintus of Smyrna...
The thesis has been written as part of the AHRC collaborative research project Greek Epic of the Rom...
The "Events after Homer", described by Quintus Smyrnaeus in the third century AD in his Greek epic P...
The "Events after Homer", described by Quintus Smyrnaeus in the third century AD in his Greek epic P...
The Posthomerica of Quintus of Smyrna narrates the end of the Trojan War in 14 books that are genera...
The Posthomerica of Quintus of Smyrna narrates the end of the Trojan War in 14 books that are genera...
textThe Posthomerica of Quintus Smyrnaeus has been consistently labeled as inherently 'bad' and unwo...