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Explore a ground-breaking analysis of Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica from Cambridge University Press. This scholarly work provides a new reading of the most important Greek epic written during the height of the Roman Empire. Emma Greensmith combines literary and cultural-historical perspectives to examine how Quintus functions as a key poet in the history of Homeric reception. By occupying the space between the Iliad and the Odyssey, Quintus constructs a unique poetics of the interval. This book examines how the Posthomerica manipulates the language of affection and philology, as if the poet were writing as Homer himself. It is an essential resource for those studying Greek culture in the Roman world and the evolution of ancient epic poetry.

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This book from Cambridge University Press provides a new reading of the Posthomerica by Quintus Smyrnaeus.

Emma Greensmith offers a ground-breaking analysis of Quintus as a key poet in the history of Homeric reception.

The text combines literary and cultural-historical understandings of Greek epic written during the Roman Empire.

The study examines the poetics of the interval created by the space between the Iliad and the Odyssey.

The analysis covers the Posthomerica from its philology to its plotting and language manipulation.

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Release Date
01 October 2020
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