Quintus Smyrnaeus: Transforming Homer in Second Sophistic Epic
The "Events after Homer", described by Quintus Smyrnaeus in the third century AD in his Greek epic Posthomerica, are an attempt to bridge the gap between the Iliad and the Odyssey , and to combine the various scattered reports of the battle for Troy into a single tale: the fate of Achilles...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2012
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| Series: | Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies
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