{"product_id":"a-commentary-on-quintus-of-smyrna-posthomerica-14-9780199565054","title":"A Commentary on Quintus of Smyrna, Posthomerica 14","description":"The \u003cem\u003ePosthomerica\u003c\/em\u003e, a Greek epic by Quintus of Smyrna believed to have been written in the third century AD, tells the story of the Trojan War beginning with the events immediately following the sack of Troy and the narrative of the \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e. Valued as the earliest surviving account of this period, \u003cbr\u003eBook 14, the final book of the poem, covers much of the same ground as the lost \u003cem\u003eIliupersis\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe Sack of Troy\u003c\/em\u003e) attributed to Arctinus of Miletus, from Helen's return to Menelaus and the sacrifice of Polyxena, to the homeward journey of the victorious Greeks, which is abruptly interrupted by a divine\u003cbr\u003estorm. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis detailed commentary divides the text of \u003cem\u003ePosthomerica\u003c\/em\u003e 14 into smaller narrative units, introducing each with an overview of the relevant literary tradition and a discussion of Quintus' possible direct models. There follows an exhaustive line-by-line commentary addressing points of literary, \u003cbr\u003estylistic, lexicographic, and textual-critical interest, and providing readers with a range of notes on background and vocabulary. The aim throughout is not only to illuminate the main features of Quintus' poetry, but also to offer as full an interpretation as possible of \u003cem\u003ePosthomerica\u003c\/em\u003e 14 within both\u003cbr\u003eits contemporary literary context and also in dialogue with the earlier tradition, in particular the diction, motifs, and narrative and literary techniques of the Homeric poems and the earlier epic tradition more generally. For readers new to the \u003cem\u003ePosthomerica\u003c\/em\u003e, the volume also includes a thorough, \u003cbr\u003eand up-to-date introduction offering an accessible overview of the poems content, dates, context, models, and possible sources, including both the Epic Cycle and Latin literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katerina Carvounis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199565054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKaterina Carvounis, \u003cem\u003eLecturer in Ancient Greek Literature, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKaterina Carvounis is a Lecturer in Ancient Greek Literature at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and was previously a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge, where she was also a Fellow of Murray Edwards College. Her\u003cbr\u003emain research interests include early hexameter poetry and later Greek literature, and her publications include the edited volumes \u003cem\u003eSigns of Life? Studies in Later Greek Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eRamus\u003c\/em\u003e vol. 37.1-2) (with Richard Lawrence Hunter; Aureal, 2008) and \u003cem\u003eAn Anthology of Late Antique Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e (with Konstantinos\u003cbr\u003eSpanoudakis and Nikos Litinas; e-publication in Modern Greek, 2015).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40262039404659,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":105.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_5a089af5-2196-4dfd-93a1-777d15c8730c.jpg?v=1657634390","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/a-commentary-on-quintus-of-smyrna-posthomerica-14-9780199565054","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}