Posthomerica

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Posthomerica is an epic poem by Quintus of Smyrna that continues the narrative of the Trojan War from where Homer’s Iliad ends.

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Posthomerica canonical 9
Posthomerica by Quintus Smyrnaeus 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek poem
epic poem
alsoKnownAs Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica
surface form: Posthomerica of Quintus Smyrnaeus
author Quintus of Smyrna
continuationOf Homeric narrative
featuresCharacter Achilles
Aeneas
Agamemnon
Ajax the Greater
Ajax the Lesser
Cassandra
Helen
Memnon (in later tradition)
surface form: Memnon

Menelaus
Neoptolemus
Odysseus
Paris
Penthesilea (in later tradition)
surface form: Penthesilea

Philoctetes
Priam
featuresEvent arrival of Memnon
arrival of Penthesilea
bringing of Philoctetes to Troy
death of Achilles
death of Priam
departure of the Greeks from Troy
exploits of Neoptolemus
fate of Astyanax
judgment over Achilles’ arms
Trojan War
surface form: sack of Troy

suicide of Ajax the Greater
use of the Trojan Horse
follows Homer's Iliad
surface form: Iliad
genre epic poetry
influencedBy Homer
literaryTradition Greek epic cycle
manuscriptTradition Byzantine manuscripts
metricalForm dactylic hexameter
narrativeScope events between the death of Hector and the fall of Troy
numberOfBooks 14
originalLanguage Ancient Greek
partOf tradition of post-Homeric epics
periodDepicted mythical age of heroes
setting Achaean camp
Troy
subject Trojan War
survivalStatus extant
timeOfComposition probably 3rd century CE
workOf Quintus Smyrnaeus

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Achilles appearsIn Posthomerica
Troilus mentionedIn Posthomerica
Trojan War describedIn Posthomerica
Priam portrayedIn Posthomerica
Nestor appearsIn Posthomerica
Aeneas notableWork Posthomerica
Demophon mentionedIn Posthomerica
Sinon (in some traditions) describedIn Posthomerica
subject surface form: Sinon
this entity surface form: Posthomerica by Quintus Smyrnaeus
Deiphobus mentionedIn Posthomerica
Trojan Horse describedIn Posthomerica