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100 1 $aCarvounis, Katerina,$eauthor.
245 12 $aA commentary on Quintus of Smyrna, "Posthomerica" 14 /$cKaterina Carvounis.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aOxford ;$aNew York, NY :$bOxford University Press,$c2019.
300 $alxviii, 327 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 8 $aThe Posthomerica, a Greek epic by Quintus of Smyrna believed to have been written in the third century AD, tells the story of the Trojan War beginning with the events immediately following the end of the narrative of the Iliad. Valued as one of the few surviving detailed poetic accounts of this period, Book 14, the final book of the poem, covers the events that take place the day after the sack of Troy, from Helen's return to Menelaus and the sacrifice of Polyxena, to the homeward journey of the victorious Greeks, which is abruptly interrupted by a divine storm. 0This detailed commentary divides the text of Posthomerica 14 into smaller narrative units, introducing each with an overview of the relevant literary tradition and a discussion of Quintus' possible direct models. There follows a line-by-line commentary addressing points of literary, stylistic, lexicographic, and textual-critical interest, and providing readers with a range of notes on background and vocabulary. The aim throughout is to illuminate the main features of Quintus' poetry and to offer as full an interpretation as possible of Posthomerica 14 within its literary context and in dialogue with the earlier tradition, in particular the diction, motifs, and narrative and literary techniques of the Homeric poems and the epic tradition more generally. For readers new to the Posthomerica, the volume also includes a thorough and up-to-date introduction offering an accessible overview of the poem's content, dates, context, models, and possible sources, including both the Epic Cycle and Latin literature.
600 00 $aQuintus,$cSmyrnaeus,$dactive 4th century.$tPosthomerica.
611 27 $aTrojan War.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01157294
630 07 $aPosthomerica (Quintus, Smyrnaeus)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01362545
650 0 $aEpic poetry, Greek$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aTrojan War$vPoetry.
650 0 $aTrojan War$xLiterature and the war.
651 0 $aTroy (Extinct city)$vPoetry.
655 7 $aPoetry.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423828
852 00 $bglx$hPA4407.Q6$iC38 2019