Quintus Smyrnaeus Posthomerica 1: Die Wiedergeburt Des Epos Aus Dem Geiste Der Amazonomachie. Mit Einem Kommentar Zu Den Versen 1-219 [German]

by Silvio Bär

English summary: This book encompasses the first partial commentary on book 1 of the Posthomerica by Quintus of Smyrna. The commentary focuses on intertextuality and the use of Homeric formulaic speech, and is preceded by an introduction which deals with the specific linguistic features of the Posthomerica, and its significance within the Second Sophistic. Further, the structure of book 1 is analysed, and the Amazonomachy is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: German
• ISBN: 3525252935
• ISBN13: 9783525252932
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"