{"product_id":"commentary-on-quintus-of-smyrna-katerina-carvounis-9780199565054","title":"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, Book 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 storm. \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, stylistic, 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 its 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, and 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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katerina Carvounis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199565058\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199565054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford Univ PR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\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","brand":"Katerina Carvounis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48998551617791,"sku":"9780199565054","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/commentary-on-quintus-of-smyrna-katerina-carvounis-9780199565054","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}