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Posthomerica

AuthorQuintus Smyrnaeus

LanguageHomeric Greek

Yearc. 300

CountryLate Roman Empire

GenreEpic / 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.— Wikipedia