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  3. The Resurrection of Homer in Imperial Greek Epic
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      23 September 2020
      01 October 2020
      ISBN:
      9781108907200
      9781108830331
      9781108820653
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108907200
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.73kg, 402 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.592kg, 402 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General), Classical Literature
      Series:
      Greek Culture in the Roman World
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    Subjects:
    Classical Studies, Classical Studies (General), Classical Literature
    Series:
    Greek Culture in the Roman World
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    This book offers a radically new reading of Quintus' Posthomerica, the first account to combine a literary and cultural-historical understanding of what is the most important Greek epic written at the height of the Roman Empire. In Emma Greensmith's ground-breaking analysis, Quintus emerges as a key poet in the history of epic and of Homeric reception. Writing as if he is Homer himself, and occupying the space between the Iliad and the Odyssey, Quintus constructs a new 'poetics of the interval'. At all levels, from its philology to its plotting, the Posthomerica manipulates the language of affiliation, succession and repetition not just to articulate its own position within the inherited epic tradition but also to contribute to the literary and identity politics of imperial society. This book changes how we understand the role of epic and Homer in Greco-Roman culture - and completely re-evaluates Quintus' status as a poet.

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