The Fall of Troy. Loeb Classical Library #19.

Quintus Smyrnaeus. Translated by Way, A. S.

ISBN 10: 0674990226 / ISBN 13: 9780674990227

Published by Harvard University Press, 1984

Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages. Text is unmarked. Edge wear to dust jacket. Dust jacket in archival protector. Seller Inventory # 002096

Synopsis:

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.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Fall of Troy. Loeb Classical Library #19.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication Date: 1984
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Good