Quintus of Smyrna

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ancient Greek poet epic poet late antique author

Quintus of Smyrna was a late antique Greek epic poet best known for his poem "Posthomerica," which continues the narrative of the Trojan War from where Homer's Iliad ends.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek poet ⓘ epic poet ⓘ late antique author ⓘ
approximateDate	3rd–4th century CE ⓘ
associatedWith	Smyrna NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Greek ⓘ
education	traditional Greek paideia (inferred from style) ⓘ
era	Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
floruit	early 4th century CE ⓘ late 3rd century CE ⓘ
genre	epic poetry ⓘ
influencedBy	Homer NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	continuing the narrative of the Trojan War after the Iliad ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm	narrative epic ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Late Antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ
meter	dactylic hexameter ⓘ
name	Quintus Smyrnaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ Quintus of Smyrna NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality	Greek ⓘ
notableWork	Posthomerica NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	epic poet ⓘ poet ⓘ
placeOfActivity	Asia Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ Smyrna NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Ionia NERFINISHED ⓘ
style	Homeric hexameter ⓘ
subjectOf	studies in classical philology ⓘ
survivingWorks	Posthomerica NERFINISHED ⓘ
tradition	Homeric tradition ⓘ
usesMythologicalSources	cyclic epics about the Trojan War ⓘ oral traditions about the Trojan War ⓘ
work	Posthomerica NERFINISHED ⓘ
writesAbout	Greek mythology ⓘ Trojan War NERFINISHED ⓘ heroes of the Iliad ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Posthomerica → author → Quintus of Smyrna ⓘ

Nestor → literarySource → Quintus of Smyrna ⓘ

Sarpedon → mentionedBy → Quintus of Smyrna ⓘ