Bibliograph

The Fall of Troy, Quintus Smyrnaeus ; with an English translation by A.S. Way

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Label

The Fall of Troy, Quintus Smyrnaeus ; with an English translation by A.S. Way

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliography and indexes

Literary Form

poetry

Main title

The Fall of Troy

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

899735263

Responsibility statement

Quintus Smyrnaeus ; with an English translation by A.S. Way

Series statement

Loeb classical library online

Summary

In The Fall of Troy, Quintus Smyrnaeus (Fourth century CE?) seeks to continue in Homer's style the tale of Troy from the point at which the Iliad closes. Quintus's fourteen-book epic poem includes the death of Achilles and the making of the Wooden Horse. It ends with the great storm that by the wrath of heaven shattered the departing Achaean fleet., Quintus was a poet who lived at Smyrna some four hundred years after Christ. His work, in fourteen books, is a bold and generally underrated attempt in Homer's style to complete the story of Troy from the point at which the Iliad closes. Quintus tells us the stories of Penthesilea, the Amazonian queen; Memnon, leader of the Ethiopians; the death of Achilles; the contest for Achilles' arms between Ajax and Odysseus; the arrival of Philoctetes; and the making of the Wooden Horse. The poem ends with the departure of the Greeks and the great storm which by the wrath of heaven shattered their fleet--, Provided by Publisher

Target audience

general

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