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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. Its style has been criticised by many scholars as subpar to
Homer, but it's valuable as the earliest surviving account of this period in the
Trojan War.
The
Iliad ends with "Such was the funeral of Hector, tamer of horses"; later poets changed this to however it might fit their needs. Quintus used it as an opening line: "Such was the funeral of Hector. And now there came an Amazon..."
The first four books, covering the same ground as the
Coming of Memnon of
Arctinus of Miletus, describe the doughty deeds and deaths of
Penthesileia the
Amazon, of
Memnon, son of the Morning, and of
Achilles; and the funeral games in honour of Achilles.
Books five through twelve, covering the same ground as the
Little Iliad of
Lesches, span from the contest between
Aias and
Odysseus for the arms of Achilles, the death of Aias of suicide after his loss, the exploits of
Neoptolemus,
Eurypylus and
Deiphobus, the deaths of
Paris and
Oenone, to the building of the
wooden horse.
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 at the grave of Achilles, the departure of the Greeks, and their dispersal by the storm.
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