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PublisherEdinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press

ISBN-101474493599

ISBN-139781474493598

eBay Product ID (ePID)27060890544

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Number of Pages448 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameQuintus of Smyrna's 'posthomerica' : Writing Homer under Rome

SubjectAncient / Greece, Poetry, Ancient & Classical, Linguistics / General

Publication Year2023

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary Collections, History

AuthorEmma Greensmith

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsAs this splendid collection demonstrates, our times are suited to an appreciation of Quintus of Smyrna's epic, What Came after Homer , which might be called The Iliad: A Modern Sequel (with a wink to Kazantzakis). This volume is unquestionably the best introduction to its originality and complex relation to the past.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal883.01

Table Of ContentIntroduction: Going to Rome, Returning to Troy - Silvio BÃ¤r, Emma Greensmith and Leyla OzbekPart I: Contexts and PoeticsTemporality and Temper: Time, Narrative and Heroism in Quintus of Smyrna - Simon GoldhillPoetry, Performance, and Quintus' Posthomerica - Katerina Carvounis A-Sexual Epic? Consummation and Closure in the Posthomerica - Emma GreensmithImages of Life and Death: Visualising the Heroic Body in Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica - Ann-Sophie Schoess Part II: Religion, Gods and DestinyA Non-Homeric Fate in Quintus of Smyrna's Posthomerica? Representation, Function, Problems - Calum A. MaciverDisempowering the Gods - Katia Barbaresco Animal and Human Sacrifice in Quintus of Smyrna - Jan N. BremmerPart III: Between Narratology and LexicologyA Narratological Study on the Role of the Fates in the Posthomerica - Eirini ArgyrouliWielding Words: Neoptolemus as a Speaker of Words in Quintus' Posthomerica - Tine ScheijnenStepping Out of Place: ÏƒÏ‡Ï„Î»Î¹Î¿Ï‚ in Quintus of Smyrna's Posthomerica - Jordan Maly-PreussRenewing Homer with Homer: The Use of Epithets in Quintus of Smyrna's Posthomerica - Alessia FerreccioPolychronic Intertextuality in Quintus of Smyrna's Posthomerica - Vincent Tomasso Part IV: The Struggle with the Literary PastThe Dissolution of Troy: Homeric Narratology in the Posthomerica - Fran Middleton'Why So Serious?' The Ambivalence of Joy and Laughter in the Iliad, Odyssey and Posthomerica - Arnold BÃ¤rtschiReshaping the Nature of Heroes: Heracles, Philoctetes and the Bow in Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica - Leyla OzbekQuintus and the Epic Cycle - Giampiero ScafoglioPart V: Re-Readings and Re-WorkingsPhilological Editor and Protestant Pedagogue: How Lorenz Rhodoman (15451606) Worked on the Posthomerica of Quintus Smyrnaeus - Thomas GÃ¤rtnerToo Homeric to be True: John Tzetzes' Reception of Quintus of Smyrna and the Importance of Plausibility - Valeria F. LovatoA Postmodern Quintus? Theories of Fan Fiction and the Posthomerica - Stephan RenkerBibliographyGeneral indexIndex of passages citedNote on contributors

SynopsisThis collection offers a new collaborative reading of Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica : one of the most important Greek epics written at the height of the Roman Empire. Building on the surge of interest in imperial Greek poetry seen in the past decades, this book applies new approaches - literary, theoretical and historical - to ask new questions about this mysterious, challenging poet and to re-evaluate his role in the cultural history of his time. Bringing together experienced imperial epic scholars and new voices in this growing field, the chapters reveal Quintus' crucial place within the inherited epic tradition and his role in shaping the literary and identity politics of Late Antique society., This collection offers a new collaborative reading of Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica: one of the most important Greek epics written at the height of the Roman Empire. Building on the surge of interest in imperial Greek poetry seen in the past decades, this book applies new approaches - literary, theoretical and historical - to ask new questions about this mysterious, challenging poet and to re-evaluate his role in the cultural history of his time. Bringing together experienced imperial epic scholars and new voices in this growing field, the chapters reveal Quintus' crucial place within the inherited epic tradition and his role in shaping the literary and identity politics of Late Antique society.

LC Classification NumberPA4407.Q6