| Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica: Engaging Homer in Late Antiquity Contributor(s): A. Maciver, Calum (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004230203 ISBN-13: 9789004230200 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $151.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Published: May 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Literary Criticism | Medieval - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 883.01 |
| LCCN: 2012007864 |
| Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.4" W x 9.5" (1.15 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica (3rd century C.E.), the 14 book Greek epic on the Trojan War, is a text which has traditionally been overlooked in the main canon of Classical authors, and in fact until only recently has been largely ignored as a literary work. This book, the first monograph in English on the poem since 1904, examines the Posthomerica's close relationship with the Homeric epics, with a focus on the originality and Late Antique interpretative bias of Quintus in his readings and emulation of Homer. The study deals specifically with three separate aspects of poetics, and their Homeric intertextuality: ecphrasis, gnomai, and similes, and their role within the poem's narrative strategies, themes, and aims. |