Odysseus the Roman: imperial temporality and the Posthomerica

This chapter offers a reformulation of the quaestio Latina for Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica, centred on the contentious issue of the poem’s level of engagement with Vergil’s Aeneid. Using a re-reading of two key passages of potential Vergilian intertextuality — Calchas’ prophecy about the future...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greensmith, EM
Other Authors: Carvounus, K
Format: Book section
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2022