Quintus' epic, written probably in the thrid century AD, is the only extant literary work from antiquity which gives a connected account of the events of the Trojan War, which took place between the death of Hector and the departure of the Greeks.

The War at Troy: What Homer Didn't Tell

Quintus of Smyrna

Combellack, Frederick M.

Barnes&Noble

The Iliad ends in a cliffhanger. People in antiquity wanted to know exactly what had happened after the funeral of "Hector the breaker of horses" and before the Greeks returned home in triumph. Quintus of Smyrna undertook to tell the story anew in The Fall of Troy

The Fall of Troy (Barnes and Noble Library of Essential Readings)

Barnes_and_Noble

The Trojan Epic: Posthomerica (Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity)

Composed in the third century A.D., the Trojan Epic is the earliest surviving literary evidence for many of the traditions of the Trojan War passed down from ancient Greece. Also known as the Posthomerica, or "sequel to Homer," the Trojan Epic chronicles the course of the war after the burial of Troy's greatest hero, Hektor.
Quintus, believed to have been an educated Greek living in Roman Asia Minor, included some of the war's most legendary events: the death of Achilles, the Trojan Horse, and the destruction of Troy. But because Quintus deliberately imitated Homer's language and style, his work has been dismissed by many scholars as pastiche. 
A vivid and entertaining story in its own right, the Trojan Epic is also particularly significant for what it reveals about its sources―the much older, now lost Greek epics about the Trojan War known collectively as the Epic Cycle. Written in the Homeric era, these poems recounted events not included in the Iliad or the Odyssey. As Alan James makes clear in this vibrant and faithful new translation, Quintus's work deserves attention for its literary-historical importance and its narrative power. James's line-by-line verse translation in English reveals the original as an exciting and eloquent tale of gods and heroes, bravery and cunning, hubris and brutality. James includes a substantial introduction which places the work in its literary and historical context, a detailed and annotated book-by-book summary of the epic, a commentary dealing mainly with sources, and an explanatory index of proper names. Brilliantly revitalized by James, the Trojan Epic will appeal to a wide range of readers interested in Greek mythology and the legend of Troy.

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Johns Hopkins University Press

Composed in the third century A.D. the Trojan Epic is the earliest surviving literary evidence for many of the traditions of the Trojan War passed down from ancient Greece. Also known as the Posthomerica, or "sequel to Homer" the Trojan Epic chronicles the course of the war after the burial of Troy's greatest hero, Hektor. Quintus, believed to have been an educated Greek living in Roman Asia Minor, included some of the war's most legendary events: the death of Achilles, the Trojan Horse, and the destruction of Troy. But because Quintus deliberately imitated Homer's language and style, his work has been dismissed by many scholars as pastiche. A vivid and entertaining story in its own right, the Trojan Epic is also particularly significant for what it reveals about its sources-the much older, now lost Greek epics about the Trojan War known collectively as the Epic Cycle. Written in the Homeric era, these poems recounted events not included in the Iliad or the Odyssey. As Alan James makes clear in this vibrant and faithful new translation, Quintus's work deserves attention for its literary-historical importance and its narrative power. James's line-by-line verse translation in English reveals the original as an exciting and eloquent tale of gods and heroes, bravery and cunning, hubris and brutality. James includes a substantial introduction which places the work in its literary and historical context, a detailed and annotated book-by-book summary of the epic, a commentary dealing mainly with sources, and an explanatory index of proper names. Brilliantly revitalized by James, the Trojan Epic will appeal to a wide range of readers interested in Greek mythology and the legend of Troy.

QUINTUS - for we know him only by his first name - 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.

Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd)

Roman Roads Reader: Drama and Lyric covers some of the Lyric poets, as well as some epic poetry from ancient Greece. This selection of texts includes: Euripides' The Medea and The Trojan Women,Poems of Sappho,Odes of Pindar, Idylls of Theocratus,The Works and Days of Hesiod, The Fall of Troy from Quintus of Smyrna, and The Argonautica from Apollonius of Rhodes. Roman Roads Reader: Drama and Lyric was designed to compliment the video course GREEKS: DRAMA AND LYRIC, part of the "Old Western Culture" series by Roman Roads Media. Based on the Great Books of western civilization, "Old Western Culture" guides students through the literature, history, theology, and philosophy of the West, and does so from a Christian perspective. The course instructor, Wes Callihan, has studied and taught the Great Books for nearly 30 years. Find out more about the series "Old Western Culture" by visiting romanroadsmedia.com.

Roman Roads Reader: Drama and Lyric (Old Western Culture)

Apollonius of Rhodes

Pindar

Eurípides

Hesiod

SAPPHO

Ancient & Medieval Literature

Roman Roads Media

Drama and Lyric is a selection of Greek plays and poetry from early antiquity. It is designed to complement The Greeks: Drama and Lyric, a unit in the Old Western Culture curriculum by Roman Roads Media. Based on the Great Books of western civilization, Old Western Culture guides students through the literature, history, theology, and philosophy of the West, and does so from a Christian perspective. This second edition includes all required texts for the course Drama and Lyric. Find out more about the series Old Western Culture by visiting www.romanroadsmedia.com While this particular selection designed to match the course of study of Greeks: Drama and Lyric, the texts in this book may be enjoyed in their own right by any student of the classics. The Agamemnon by Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers by Aeschylus, The Eumenides by Aeschylus, Oedipus the King by Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles, Antigone by Sophocles, The Trojan Women by Euripides, The Medea by Euripides, The Frogs by-Aristophanes, The Clouds by Aristophanes, Sappho's Poems by Sappho, Odes of Pindar by Pindar, Idylls of Theocritus by Theocritus, Works and Days by Hesiod, and The Fall of Troy by Quintus of Smyrna.

Drama and Lyric: Roman Roads Reader, 2nd Edition (Old Western Culture)

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The War at Troy: What Homer Didn't Tell

The Fall of Troy (Barnes and Noble Library of Essential Readings)

The Trojan Epic: Posthomerica (Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity)

The Trojan Epic: Posthomerica (Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity)

The War at Troy: What Homer Didn't Tell

Roman Roads Reader: Drama and Lyric (Old Western Culture)

Drama and Lyric: Roman Roads Reader, 2nd Edition (Old Western Culture)