Format:
xvi, 745 Seiten.
ISBN:
978-0-674-99716-5
Series Statement:
Loeb classical library 19
Content:
Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica, the only long mythological epic to survive in Greek from the period between Apollonius' Argonautica (3rd century BC) and Nonnus' Dionysiaca (5th century AD), fills in the whole story of the Trojan expedition between the end of Homer's Iliad and the beginning of the Odyssey, which had been treated only episocially by earlier epic and dramatic poets. Composing sometime between the late second and mid-fourth centuries AD, Quintus boldly adapts Homeric diction and style to suit the literary, moral, religious, rhetorical, and philosophical culture of the high Roman Empire and does not hesitate to diverge from the usual versions of the story in order to craft his own narrative vision
Note:
"This edition ... replaces the earlier Loeb Classical Library edition by A.S. Way (1913) with an updated text"
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Text altgriechisch und englisch
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe
Language:
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Subjects:
Ancient Studies
Keywords:
Smyrnaeus ca. 4. Jh. Quintus
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Author information:
Quintus Smyrnaeus ca. 4. Jh.,
