The Fall of Troy by Quintus Of Smyrna

The Fall of Troy by Quintus Of Smyrna

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The Fall of Troy by Quintus Of Smyrna

Quintus was a poet who lived at Smyrna some four hundred years after Christ. His work, in fourteen books, is a bold and generally underrated attempt in Homer's style to complete the story of Troy from the point at which the Iliad closes. Quintus tells us the stories of Penthesilea, the Amazonian queen; Memnon, leader of the Ethiopians; the death of Achilles; the contest for Achilles' arms between Ajax and Odysseus; the arrival of Philoctetes; and the making of the Wooden Horse. The poem ends with the departure of the Greeks and the great storm which by the wrath of heaven shattered their fleet.
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ISBN 13 9780674990227
ISBN 10 0674990226
Title The Fall of Troy
Author Quintus Of Smyrna
Series Loeb Classical Library
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Harvard University Press
Year published 1913-01-01
Number of pages 640
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