{"product_id":"the-war-at-troy-quintas-of-smryna-9780806148168","title":"The War at Troy: What Homer Didn't Tell","description":"Homer's great epic poems, the \u003ci\u003eIliad \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, are widely read and enjoyed both in the original Greek and in translations, but many readers have felt, with reason, that the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e is incomplete. It ends when Achilles is still alive and Troy is still uncaptured. And the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e begins with the departure of the Greek army from Troy. The omission caused no problem in Homer's time, for the story was well known, but as the centuries passed something was needed to fill the gap. Undoubtedly, Quintus of Smyrna wrote his chronicle for that very purpose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Quintus' epic, written probably in the third century after Christ, is the only extant literary work from antiquity that gives a connected account of the events of the Trojan War. It tells what happened to Achilles and to Troy, and of the fatal enterprises of the Queen of the Amazons and the King of Ethiopia, the funeral games held in honor of Achilles, the victory of Odysseus in his contest with Aias, the death of Paris, the strategy of the wooden horse, and the capture and sack of Troy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Translator and editor Frederick M. Combellack's goal was to \"provide a version of Quintus in English prose suitable for our own time.\" The only previous English version, published a hundred years ago, was in a \"kind of blank verse, in a style now out of fashion.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Combellack's accurate, readable prose translation retains the spirit of Quintus' tale. \u003ci\u003eThe War at Troy: What Homer Didn't Tell \u003c\/i\u003eis essential reading for scholars and readers interested in the heroic age and the epics that celebrate it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Quintas of Smryna\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806148160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806148168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/1968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d","brand":"Quintas of Smryna","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947236327679,"sku":"9780806148168","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b05e4aa4-dba1-4034-8b7f-6419e1c55858.jpg?v=1681517522","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-war-at-troy-quintas-of-smryna-9780806148168","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}