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 q[...]

Quintus Smyrnaeus' epic poem 'Posthomerica' is a bold attempt in Homeric verse to complete the story of Troy from the point at which the 'Iliad' closes, offering readers the only extant text to cover many key events from the Epic Cycle. The Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom o[...]