Quintus Smyrnaeus: The Fall of Troy (Loeb Classical Library No. 19)
by Quintus Smyrnaeus
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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.Tags
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In case you've ever wondered where we got the information for the Fall of Troy after the events in Homer's Iliad, this book details the events up to and including the destruction of Troy. Smyrnaeus gathered together ancient accounts still extant in approx. 375 AD and wove a story trying, and doing so poorly, to imitate Homer. Still, it is entertaining and ties up loose ends. Here is Achilles battling and killing the Queen of the Amazons, Achilles's death, the contest over his armor between Odysseus and Ajax and the Trojan Horse. Worth reading.
"And on a widowed nation, rose the sun"
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- traditionally dated latter part of the 4th century CE
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- Please use this work only for editions that include the text in the original Greek.
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- Fiction and Literature, Poetry
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- 883.01 — Literature & rhetoric Classical & modern Greek literatures Classical Greek epic poetry and fiction Pseudo-Callisthenes
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- PA3612 .Q5 — Language and Literature Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature Greek literature Translations
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