τὰ μεθ’ Ὅμηρον

Posthomerica

Author

Quintus Smyrnaeus

Language

Epic Greek

Year

c. 300

Country

Late Roman Empire

Genre

Epic / Long-form / Standalone Poem

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The Posthomerica is an epic poem in Greek hexameter verse by Quintus of Smyrna. Probably written in the 3rd century AD, it tells the story of the Trojan War, between the death of Hector and the fall of Ilium (Troy). The poem is an abridgement of the events described in the epic poems Aethiopis and Iliou Persis by Arctinus of Miletus, and the Little Iliad by Lesches, all now-lost poems of the Epic Cycle.