{"product_id":"posthomerica-by-quintus-smyrnaeus-9780674997165","title":"Posthomerica","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuintus Smyrnaeus' \u003cem\u003ePosthomerica\u003c\/em\u003e, the only long mythological epic to survive in Greek from the period between Apollonius' \u003cem\u003eArgonautica\u003c\/em\u003e (3rd century BC) and Nonnus' \u003cem\u003eDionysiaca\u003c\/em\u003e (5th century AD), fills in the whole story of the Trojan expedition between the end of Homer's \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e and the beginning of the \u003cem\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/em\u003e, which had been treated only episodically by earlier epic and dramatic poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eComposing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition of the \u003cem\u003ePosthomerica\u003c\/em\u003e replaces the earlier Loeb Classical Library edition by A. S. Way (1913) with an updated text based on that of F. Vian, and features a fresh translation, introduction, and bibliography that take account of more than a century of intervening scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47558989349100,"sku":"9780674997165","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674997165-posthomerica.jpg?v=1776925443","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/posthomerica-by-quintus-smyrnaeus-9780674997165","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}