02801nam 2200505 450 99623764970331620201126121932.090-04-35111-610.1163/9789004351110(CKB)3710000001444485(OCoLC)43903776(OCoLC)59567177(OCoLC)78302106(nllekb)BRILL9789004351110(MiAaPQ)EBC6282559(PPN)229592430(EXLCZ)99371000000144448520201126d2000 uy 0engurun| uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediardacarrierA commentary on Quintus of Smyrna Posthomerica V /by Alan James and Kevin LeeLeiden, The Netherlands ;Boston ;Köln :Brill,[2000]©20001 online resource (x, 172 pages)Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ;20890-04-11594-3 Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-160) and indexes.Preliminary Material -- INTRODUCTION -- COMMENTARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS -- INDEX OF ANCIENT AND MEDIAEVAL LITERATURE -- INDEX OF GREEK WORDS -- SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE /H. Pinkster , H.W. Pleket , C.J. Ruijgh , D.M. Schenkeveld and P.H. Schrijvers.The Posthomerica of Quintus of Smyrna is the only surviving Greek epic that gives a full narrative of the Trojan War between the Iliad and the Odyssey. Book V covers the contest between Ajax and Odysseus over the armour of Achilles, leading to Ajax' madness, suicide and funeral. The book gives balanced treatment to matters of text, language, literary qualities and sources. An introduction discusses the poem's main features. The commentary is punctuated by introductions to sections. There are indexes of subjects, ancient and mediaeval literature and Greek words. The work's major areas of interest are: influence of the Homeric epics, Quintus' use of later sources, the Trojan War in Greek and Latin literature, and Greek cultural history under the Roman Empire. This is the first full-length commentary on the book.Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava.Supplementum ;208.Epic poetry, GreekHistory and criticismTrojan WarLiterature and the warEpic poetry, GreekHistory and criticism.Trojan WarLiterature and the war.883.01James Alan(Alan W.),390620Lee K. H(Kevin Hargreaves),MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996237649703316Commentary on Quintus of Smyrna, Posthomerica V305531UNISA