{"product_id":"posthomerica-quintus-smyrnaeus-9780674997165","title":"Posthomerica","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA late epic bridge between Homeric masterpieces.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQuintus Smyrnaeus' \u003ci\u003ePosthomerica\u003c\/i\u003e, the only long mythological epic to survive in Greek from the period between Apollonius' \u003ci\u003eArgonautica\u003c\/i\u003e (3rd century BC) and Nonnus' \u003ci\u003eDionysiaca \u003c\/i\u003e(5th century AD), fills in the whole story of the Trojan expedition between the end of Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad \u003c\/i\u003eand the beginning of the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, which had been treated only episodically by earlier epic and dramatic poets. Composing sometime between the late second and mid-fourth centuries AD, Quintus boldly adapts Homeric diction and style to suit the literary, moral, religious, rhetorical, and philosophical culture of the high Roman Empire, and does not hesitate to diverge from the usual versions of the story in order to craft his own narrative vision. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition of the \u003ci\u003ePosthomerica\u003c\/i\u003e replaces the earlier Loeb Classical Library edition by A. S. Way (1913) with an updated text based on that of F. Vian, and fresh translation, introduction, and bibliography that take account of more than a century of intervening scholarship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Quintus Smyrnaeus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674997166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674997165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.40h x 4.40w x 1.30d","brand":"Quintus Smyrnaeus","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46806943269119,"sku":"9780674997165","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bfb092e7-df59-45fe-933c-9de98bbdfd69.jpg?v=1745378131","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/posthomerica-quintus-smyrnaeus-9780674997165","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}