Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica

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Greek epic poem ancient literary work classical epic

Quintus Smyrnaeus' *Posthomerica* is a late antique Greek epic poem that continues the narrative of the Trojan War from the end of Homer's *Iliad* to the fall of Troy, drawing on and expanding various mythological traditions.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica	2
Posthomerica of Quintus Smyrnaeus	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek epic poem ⓘ ancient literary work ⓘ classical epic ⓘ
aimsTo	imitate Homeric language and style ⓘ
author	Quintus Smyrnaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Greek mythological traditions about the Trojan War ⓘ
continuationOf	Homer's Iliad NERFINISHED ⓘ
drawsOn	cyclic Trojan epics such as the Aethiopis and the Iliou Persis ⓘ lost epics of the Epic Cycle ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Achilles NERFINISHED ⓘ Aeneas NERFINISHED ⓘ Agamemnon NERFINISHED ⓘ Ajax son of Telamon NERFINISHED ⓘ Andromache NERFINISHED ⓘ Hecuba NERFINISHED ⓘ Helen NERFINISHED ⓘ Memnon NERFINISHED ⓘ Menelaus NERFINISHED ⓘ Neoptolemus NERFINISHED ⓘ Odysseus NERFINISHED ⓘ Penthesilea NERFINISHED ⓘ Philoctetes NERFINISHED ⓘ Priam NERFINISHED ⓘ
focusesOn	events after the death of Hector ⓘ
genre	epic poetry ⓘ
includesEpisode	Trojan Horse stratagem NERFINISHED ⓘ arrival of Neoptolemus at Troy ⓘ arrival of the Amazon Penthesilea at Troy ⓘ arrival of the Ethiopian king Memnon ⓘ death of Achilles ⓘ death of Memnon NERFINISHED ⓘ death of Penthesilea ⓘ death of Priam ⓘ enslavement of Trojan women ⓘ fate of Astyanax ⓘ judgment over Achilles' arms ⓘ madness and suicide of Ajax ⓘ role of Philoctetes and the bow of Heracles ⓘ sack and destruction of Troy ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Late Antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ
metricalForm	dactylic hexameter ⓘ
narrativeScope	events between the end of the Iliad and the fall of Troy ⓘ
preservation	survives complete in the medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ
setting	Trojan plain and surrounding regions NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure	continuous narrative without major internal breaks ⓘ
style	Homerizing ⓘ
subject	Trojan War NERFINISHED ⓘ
tradition	post-Homeric Trojan War narrative ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Paris → literarySource → Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica ⓘ

Posthomerica → alsoKnownAs → Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica ⓘ

this entity surface form: Posthomerica of Quintus Smyrnaeus

Penthesilea (in later tradition) → appearsIn → Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica ⓘ

subject surface form: Penthesilea

this entity surface form: Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica

Memnon (in later tradition) → mentionedIn → Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica ⓘ

subject surface form: Memnon

this entity surface form: Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica

Polyxena → mentionedIn → Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica ⓘ