Posthomerica, The Fall of Troy (Illustrated)

Quintus Smyrnaeus was a Greek epic poet whose epic poem Posthomerica continues the narration of the Trojan War after Homer’s famous Iliad.

The dates of Smyrnaeus's life are controversial, but they are traditionally placed in the latter part of the 4th century."Some scholars suggest an earlier date in the 3rd or even the 2nd century, arguing that his Posthomerica shows an influence from the "Second Sophistic", the school of Greek orators who flourished in the 1st and 2nd centuries. According ...