Posthomerica

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Posthomerica

The Posthomerica is an epic poem by Quintus of Smyrna, probably written in the latter half of the 4th century, and telling the story of the period between the death of Hektor and the fall of Ilium

Troy

Troy is a legendary city and center of the Trojan War, as described in the Epic Cycle, and especially in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer....
. Its style has been criticised by many scholars as subpar to Homer

Homer

Homer is traditionally held to be the author of the ancient Greek language epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, as well as of the Homeric Hymns....
, but it is valuable as the earliest surviving account of this period in the Trojan War

Trojan War

In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta....
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The Iliad
ILiad

The iLiad is an electronic handheld device, or e-book device, which can be used for document reading and editing. Like the Sony Reader or Amazon Kindle, the iLiad makes use of an electronic paper display....
ends with "Such was the funeral of Hector, tamer of horses"; later poets changed this to however it might fit their needs.

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Troy

Homer

Trojan War

Arctinus of Miletus

Arctinus of Miletus or Arctinus Milesius was a Cyclic poets whose reputation is purely legendary, as none of his works survive. Traditionally dated between 775 BC and 741 BC, he was said to have been a pupil of Homer....
, describe the doughty deeds and deaths of Penthesileia the Amazon

Amazons

The Amazons , ) are a nation of all-female warriors in Classical and Greek mythology, who were possibly historical. Herodotus placed them in a region bordering Scythia in Sarmatians....
, of Memnon

Memnon

Memnon may refer to:* Saint Memnon the Wonderworker ? early Christian saint from Egypt, hermit and hegumen of one of Egyptian monasteries* Memnon and those erroneously named after him in the Graeco-Roman era:...
, son of the Morning, and of Achilles

Achilles

In Greek mythology, Achilles was a Greeks hero of the Trojan War, the central character and the greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad, which takes for its theme ; the Wrath of Achilles....
; and the funeral games in honour of Achilles.

Books five through twelve, covering the same ground as the Little Iliad of Lesches

Lesches

Lesches is a semi-legendary early Cyclic poets and the reputed author of the Little Iliad. According to the usually accepted tradition, he was a native of Pyrrha in Lesbos Island, and flourished about 660 BC ....
, span from the contest between Aias and Odysseus

Odysseus

Odysseus or Ulysses , in Greek mythology , was a legendary Greeks king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's Epic poetry, the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle....
for the arms of Achilles, the death of Aias of suicide after his loss, the exploits of Neoptolemus

Neoptolemus

In Greek mythology, Neoptolemus was the son of the warrior Achilles and the princess Deidamia . Achilles' mother foretold many years before Achilles birth that there would be a great war....
, Eurypylus

Eurypylus

In Greek mythology, Eurypylus was the name of several different people....
and Deiphobus

Deiphobus

In Greek mythology, Deiphobus was a son of Priam and Hecuba. He was a prince of Troy, and the greatest of Priam's sons after Hector and Paris ....
, the deaths of Paris

Paris (mythology)

Paris , the son of Priam, king of Troy, appears in a number of Greek mythology. Probably the best-known was his elopement with Helen, queen of Sparta, this being one of the immediate causes of the Trojan War....
and Oenone

Oenone

In Greek mythology, Oenone was the first wife of Paris Troy, whom he abandoned for the Queen consort Helen of Sparta.Oenone was a mountain nymph on Mount Ida Phrygia, a mountain associated with the Mother Goddess Cybele....
, to the building of the wooden horse

Trojan Horse

The "Trojan Horse" refers to the stratagem that allowed the Greeks to finally enter the city of Troy during the Trojan War. In the best-known version of this Bronze Age story, after a fruitless 10-year siege of Troy, the Greeks built a huge figure of a horse, in which a select force of men hid....
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The remaining books, covering the same ground as Arctinus' Destruction of Troy, relate the capture of Troy by means of the wooden horse, the sacrifice of Polyxena

Polyxena

Polyxena - ???????? was known to be a beautiful Troy princess from Greek mythology. She is the youngest daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen, Hecuba....
at the grave of Achilles, the departure of the Greeks, and their dispersal by the storm.

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