The Trojan Epic: Posthomerica
Quintus of Smyrna, "The Trojan Epic: Posthomerica "
English | ISBN: 080188635X | 2007 | 408 pages | PDF | 980 KB
English | ISBN: 080188635X | 2007 | 408 pages | PDF | 980 KB
Composed in the third century A.D., the Trojan Epic is the earliest surviving literary evidence for many of the traditions of the Trojan War passed down from ancient Greece. Also known as the Posthomerica, or "sequel to Homer," the Trojan Epic chronicles the course of the war after the burial of Troy's greatest hero, Hektor.
Quintus, believed to have been an educated Greek living in Roman Asia Minor, included some of the war's most legendary events: the death of Achilles, the Trojan Horse, and the destruction of Troy. But because Quintus deliberately imitated Homer's language and style, his work has been dismissed by many scholars as pastiche.
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