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Quintus of Smyrna's Posthomerica : a study of heroic characterization and heroism /
Quintus of Smyrna's Posthomerica (3rd century C.E.) is of great literary value to the field of Greek epic. It is a stylistic imitation of Homer and recounts what Iliad and Odyssey have left untold of the Trojan War. Tine Scheijnen offers the first linear study of this still little-known poem. P...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2018.
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| Colección: | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ;
volume 421. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Figures and Tables; Figures; Tables; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1. About the Posthomerica; 1.1.1. Dating Quintus; 1.1.2. The Epic in a Nutshell; 1.1.3. The Path of Scholarship; 1.2. Focus: Homeric Heroes and Heroism; 1.2.1. Definition?; 1.2.2. Key Principles; 1.2.3. One Goal, Different Perspectives; 1.3. Approach: Characters between Tradition and Plot Structure; 1.3.1. Literary Influence; 1.3.2. Narrative Composition; 1.3.3. Constructing Characters; 1.3.4. Homeric Similes; Part 1. Heroic Characters
- Chapter 2. Penthesilea and Memnon: Two Ways to Fight Achilles2.1. Penthesilea; 2.1.1. Arrival; 2.1.2. Battle; 2.1.3. Post Mortem; Excursus: Thersites; 2.2. Parallel Compositions; 2.3. Memnon; 2.3.1. Arrival; 2.3.2. Battle; 2.3.3. Post Mortem; 2.4. Towards Posthomerica 3: a Sealed Fate; Chapter 3. The Death and Inheritance of Achilles; 3.1. Achilles: Iliadic Power; 3.2. Ajax: Achilleic Power; 3.2.1. Next to Achilles: Homer and Posthomerica 1; 3.2.2. Over Achilles: Posthomerica 3; 3.2.3. After Achilles: Posthomerica 4; 3.3. Odysseus: the Power of Speech
- 3.3.1. Claiming to Be the Best3.3.2. Arguing to Be the Best; 3.3.3. The Winner Takes All; 3.4. Towards a Posthomeric Future: Who Will Win?; Chapter 4. Neoptolemus, a New Aeacid in the Field; 4.1. Great Expectations; 4.1.1. Looking Forward to Neoptolemus; 4.1.2. Eurypylus: Looking Out for Neoptolemus; 4.2. Meet the Son of a Father; 4.2.1. Young Blood; 4.2.2. The New Champion; 4.2.3. In the Name of the Father; 4.3. Overview: What's in a Name?; 4.3.1. Kid; 4.3.2. Neo-ptolemos; 4.3.3. Junior; 4.4. Towards the Sack ... Rival Killed; What's Next?; 4.4.1. Not the Saviour after All?
- 4.4.2. A Sidekick Arrives4.4.3. Through Trojan Eyes ...; Part 2. Heroism and the Sack of Troy; Chapter 5. Reconsidering Heroic Tactics; 5.1. Change of Plan, Recipe for Disaster?; 5.2. Heroes, May the Force Be with You; Excursus: Neoptolemus in Triphiodorus; 5.3. When a Plan Comes Together; 5.3.1. The Heroic Shortlist; 5.3.2. To Make a Name; Chapter 6. Suffering Trojans, Victorious Achaeans; 6.1. Terror in the Streets; 6.1.1. The Risks of a Hangover; 6.1.2. Hungry Wolves; 6.2. The Gift of Mercy; 6.2.1. An Old Supplicant; 6.2.2. Two Old Supplicants
- 6.2.3. Three Victims of the Sack6.3. Why Sack a City?; 6.3.1. Is It Right?; 6.3.2. How the Achaeans See It; 6.4. Towards Book 14: Unfinished Business; Chapter 7. Heroic and Divine Power; 7.1. The Morning After; 7.2. The Holy Father; 7.2.1. Winged Words; 7.2.2. A Heroic Sacrifice; 7.2.3. Nostos Secured?; 7.3. Stormy Weather; 7.3.1. Better Not Anger the Gods; 7.3.2. Titanic Stubbornness; 7.3.3. Apocalypse Now?; 7.4. The End: Towards the Odyssey; Conclusion: Worthy of the Aeacids?; Bibliography; Reference Works and Abbreviations; Text Editions and Translations