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The dates of Quintus's life are controversial, but they are traditionally placed in the latter part of the 4th century AD. Way suggests that "His date is approximately settled by two passages in the poem, viz. vi. 531 sqq., in which occurs an illustration drawn from the
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There has been a renewed interest in the poet and his poem in the twentieth century, with A. Way's translation (Loeb Classical Library vol. 19, 1913); a new edition of the text with partial commentary and French translation done by
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Cointi Smyrnaei, popularis Homeri, poëtae vetustissimi et suavissimi, Ilii excidii libri duo, Reditus Graecorum capta liber unus. Expositi olim in schola Ilfeldensi et editi nunc studio, industria et labore Laurentii
266:", the school of Greek orators who flourished in the 1st and 2nd centuries. According to his own account (xii. 310), he began composing poetry in his early youth while tending sheep near Smyrna (present-day 255:. (379–395 AD); and xiii. 335 sqq., which contains a prophecy, the special particularity of which, it is maintained by Koechly, limits its applicability to the middle of the fourth century AD." 171:. The dates of Quintus Smyrnaeus' life and poetry are disputed: by tradition, he is thought to have lived in the latter part of the 4th century AD, but early dates have also been proposed. 832: 774: 804: 768: 668: 485: 837: 100: 476:, in 1450. His familiar name was first given him by his editor Lorenz Rhodomann, in 1577, who included a Latin translation by 72: 444: 79: 910: 53: 920: 600: 119: 17: 905: 86: 930: 405:. As well as drawing inspiration from Lesches' work, it is likely that these books gathered source material from 57: 68: 784: 196:, which he knew and drew upon, having been lost. His materials are borrowed from the cyclic poems from which 192:. Its primary importance is as the earliest surviving work to cover this period, the archaic works in the 925: 386: 915: 794: 283: 46: 885: 592: 580: 757: 589:
The Rise and Fall of the Afterlife. The 1995 Read-Tuckwell Lecture at the University of Bristol
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Some scholars suggest an earlier date in the 3rd or even the 2nd century, arguing that his
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for the arms of Achilles, the death of Aias of suicide after his loss, the exploits of
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at the grave of Achilles, the departure of the Greeks, and their dispersal by storm.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica: Engaging Homer in Late Antiquity
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Quintus Smyrnaeus: Transforming Homer in Second Sophistic Epic
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The War at Troy: What Homer Didn't Tell, by Quintus of Smyrna
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Books five through twelve, covering the same ground as the
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Quintus Smyrnaeus and the "Homer" of the tragic Poets
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His work is closely modeled on Homer. 736: 615: 578: 527: 515: 178:, covers the period between the end of 14: 898: 718: 694: 58:adding citations to reliable sources 29: 862:Works by or about Quintus Smyrnaeus 754:Quintus Smyrnaeus: The Fall of Troy 554:Quintus Smyrnaeus: The Fall of Troy 551: 294: 24: 746: 25: 942: 846: 878: 815: 728:James, Alan; Lee, Kevin (2000). 281:, known for his Greek epic poem 34: 688: 676: 646: 633: 45:needs additional citations for 653:Combellack, Frederick (1968). 621: 609: 572: 560: 545: 533: 521: 509: 497: 352:, the son of the dawn goddess 13: 1: 703: 262:shows an influence from the " 809:A Study of Quintus Smyrnaeus 710:Baumbach, M; Bär, S (2007). 491: 7: 877:(public domain audiobooks) 643:(Leipzig: Steinmann), 1577. 556:. Harvard University Press. 437: 373:, span the contest between 251:, which were suppressed by 10: 947: 871:Works by Quintus Smyrnaeus 853:Works by Smyrnaeus Quintus 401:, and the building of the 301: 911:Writers of late antiquity 454:published at Venice, 1504 277:poet of the 4th century, 144: 921:Ancient Greek epic poets 579:Bremmer, Jan N. (2002). 567:Baumbach & Bär (2007 540:Baumbach & Bär (2007 504:Baumbach & Bär (2007 327:ends, immediately after 906:4th-century Roman poets 838:Encyclopædia Britannica 737:Maciver, Calum (2012). 583:The Vision of Dorotheus 348:and of Aethiopian king 284:The Vision of Dorotheus 241: 931:Poets of ancient Ionia 683:James & Lee (2000) 628:James & Lee (2000) 591:. Routledge. pp.  316: 27:4th-century Greek poet 323:begins where Homer's 311: 719:James, Alan (2004). 54:improve this article 552:Way, A. S. 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