Quintus Smyrnaeus
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Quintus Smyrnaeus 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
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epic poet ⓘ late antique author ⓘ |
| continuesNarrativeOf | Iliad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continuesWorkOf | Homer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSphere | Greek ⓘ |
| educationContext | product of Greek rhetorical and poetic schooling ⓘ |
| ethnicDesignation | Smyrnaeus indicates origin from Smyrna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floruitCentury |
3rd century CE
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4th century CE ⓘ |
| genre | epic poetry ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Homeric epics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Second Sophistic (broadly associated) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meterUsed | dactylic hexameter ⓘ |
| modernReception | important source for post-Homeric Trojan myths ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle | Trojan cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeEndPoint | fall of Troy and homeward departures of Greeks ⓘ |
| narrativeStartPoint | after the death of Hector ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Posthomerica
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The Fall of Troy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
epic poet
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poet ⓘ |
| period | Late Antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeAssociatedWith | Smyrna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| PosthomericaBooks | 14 books ⓘ |
| PosthomericaVersesApprox | about 8700 hexameter lines ⓘ |
| region | Roman Empire (Greek East) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scholarlyDebate |
biographical details largely unknown
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date of composition is uncertain ⓘ |
| styleInfluence |
Archaizing epic style
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Homeric diction ⓘ |
| survivingWorkCount | 1 major epic poem ⓘ |
| textualTransmission | survives in medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| tradition | Greek epic tradition ⓘ |
| usesMythicFigures |
Achilles
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Ajax NERFINISHED ⓘ Memnon NERFINISHED ⓘ Neoptolemus NERFINISHED ⓘ Odysseus NERFINISHED ⓘ Penthesilea NERFINISHED ⓘ Philoctetes NERFINISHED ⓘ Trojan Horse NERFINISHED ⓘ sack of Troy ⓘ |
| workSubject |
Trojan War
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events after the Iliad ⓘ |
| workTitleLanguage |
Posthomerica is Latin title
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The Fall of Troy is English title ⓘ |
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