A Commentary on Quintus of Smyrna Posthomerica VBRILL, 2000 - 172 ページ The "Posthomerica of Quintus of Smyrna" is the only surviving Greek epic that gives a full narrative of the Trojan War between the Iliad and the Odyssey. Book V covers the contest between Ajax and Odysseus over the armour of Achilles, leading to Ajax' madness, suicide and funeral. The book gives balanced treatment to matters of text, language, literary qualities and sources. An introduction discusses the poem's main features. The commentary is punctuated by introductions to sections. There are indexes of subjects, ancient and mediaeval literature and Greek words. The work's major areas of interest are: influence of the Homeric epics, Quintus' use of later sources, the Trojan War in Greek and Latin literature, and Greek cultural history under the Roman Empire. This is the first full-length commentary on the book. |
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2x in H Achilles Agamemnon Ajax Ajax's applied armour Athena Battegay s.v. clause Combellack combination commentary contest contrast death digression early epic echoes ecphrasis elaborate emphasis emphatic Enceladus enjambment epithets Erinyes Euripides Eurypylus example expression formula funeral Greeks Heracles Hesiod Iliad influence ISBN 90 Kakridis Keydell Koechly Koechly's lament later line end Little Iliad LSJ s.v. meaning Menelaus mourning narrative Neoptolemus Nestor Nonnus noted noun occurs 3x Odysseus Ovid Ovid's version periphrasis personifications Philoctetes Pompella possibly Posthomerica preceding present passage pseudo-Hesiodic Quintus of Smyrna Quintus Smyrnaeus Rech reference reflects repetition rhetorical Rhodomann's emendation scenes Scut sedes shield similar simile Sophocles speech statement Tecmessa Teucer thematic Thetis traditional Trojans usage variation verb Vian and Battegay Vian's whilst words Zeus Zimmermann δὲ ἐν ἐπὶ ἐς καὶ μέγα πάντα τε