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The Fall of Troy
Quintus Smyrnaeus
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The Fall of Troy also called "Posthomeric" is an account of the Trojan war from the Arrival of Penthesleia to the sack of Troy.
The Fall of Troy also called "Posthomeric" is an account of the Trojan war from the Arrival of Penthesleia to the sack of Troy.
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Whirling the wheels of harvest-laden years,
While rolls the endless round of winter's cold,
And flowery spring, and lovely summer-tide,
And heavy-clustered autumn. These came down
From heaven, for Memnon wailing wild and high;
And mourned with these the Pleiads. Echoed round
Far-stretching mountains, and Aesopus' stream.
Ceaseless uprose the keen, and in their midst,
Fallen on her son and clasping, wailed the Dawn;
"Dead art thou, dear, dear child, and thou hast clad
Thy mother with a pall of grief. Oh, I,
Now thou art slain, will not endure to light
The Immortal Heavenly Ones! No, I will plunge
Down to the dread depths of the underworld,
Where thy lone . . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Giving this book 5 stars does not mean I felt it was as great as Homer, but what a great find! Think of it as some buried treasure for those of us who already read the great classics of mythology and are hungry for something new. The stories include all of the gems we have seen in other sources: Phi
3.5
I've been warned that this was going to be significantly worse than the Iliad. To be fair, it was entertaining, filling the gaps between the Iliad and the Odyssey. Sure, the presentation isn't as great as Homer's, but this follow-up doesn't hurt (Quintus tries to mimic a lot of Homer's style).
The War at Troy by Quintus of Smyrna was written in the third century AD and bridges the narrative gap between Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Starting where the narrative left off, Quintus describes the various battles surrounding Troy and the destruction of Troy at the hands of the Trojan Horse.
Written
Dicen que las copias nunca son iguales que el original y esto se puede aplicar a este libro, pero sin embargo me ha encantado muchísimo. El principal "original" en este caso sería Homero. Así es, Quinto de Esmirna en esta obra ("Posthoméricas" o también llamada "La caída de Troya") ha compuesto su é
“[S]he leapt upon the Argives with all the force of Fate.” I.335 (on Penthesileia).
While the Iliad is (justifiably) the most famous book about the Trojan War, it was actually one of many epic poems centered around the conflict. In addition to the Iliad and the Odyssey, six other poems about the war
As The Iliad ends with the overall contest unresolved, Quintus of Smyrna, writing sometime around the 3rd century C.E, undertook to fill in the gaps previously filled in by works that were already fading by his time, and are mostly lost today. What we have, then, with The Fall of Troy (also known as