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Beschreibung

A late epic bridge between Homeric masterpieces.

Quintus Smyrnaeus¿ Posthomerica, the only long mythological epic to survive in Greek from the period between Apollonius¿ Argonautica (3rd century BC) and Nonnus¿ Dionysiaca (5th century AD), fills in the whole story of the Trojan expedition between the end of Homer¿s Iliad and the beginning of the Odyssey, which had been treated only episodically by earlier epic and dramatic poets. Composing sometime between the late second and mid-fourth centuries AD, Quintus boldly adapts Homeric diction and style to suit the literary, moral, religious, rhetorical, and philosophical culture of the high Roman Empire, and does not hesitate to diverge from the usual versions of the story in order to craft his own narrative vision.

This edition of the Posthomerica replaces the earlier Loeb Classical Library edition by A. S. Way (1913) with an updated text based on that of F. Vian, and fresh translation, introduction, and bibliography that take account of more than a century of intervening scholarship.

A late epic bridge between Homeric masterpieces.

Quintus Smyrnaeus¿ Posthomerica, the only long mythological epic to survive in Greek from the period between Apollonius¿ Argonautica (3rd century BC) and Nonnus¿ Dionysiaca (5th century AD), fills in the whole story of the Trojan expedition between the end of Homer¿s Iliad and the beginning of the Odyssey, which had been treated only episodically by earlier epic and dramatic poets. Composing sometime between the late second and mid-fourth centuries AD, Quintus boldly adapts Homeric diction and style to suit the literary, moral, religious, rhetorical, and philosophical culture of the high Roman Empire, and does not hesitate to diverge from the usual versions of the story in order to craft his own narrative vision.

This edition of the Posthomerica replaces the earlier Loeb Classical Library edition by A. S. Way (1913) with an updated text based on that of F. Vian, and fresh translation, introduction, and bibliography that take account of more than a century of intervening scholarship.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Gattungen & Methoden, Importe
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Buch
Reihe: Loeb Classical Library
Inhalt: Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780674997165
ISBN-10: 0674997166
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Quintus Smyrnaeus
Übersetzung: Hopkinson, Neil
Hersteller: Harvard University Press
Loeb Classical Library
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 171 x 116 x 40 mm
Von/Mit: Quintus Smyrnaeus
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.06.2018
Gewicht: 0,505 kg
Artikel-ID: 121228197