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The Penthesilead of Quintus Smyrnaeus: A Study in Epic Reversal

    Lee Fratantuono

Wiener Studien 129/2016, pp. 207-232, 2016/08/05

Zeitschrift für Klassische Philologie, Patristik und lateinische Tradition

doi: 10.1553/wst129s207

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doi:10.1553/wst129s207


Abstract

The first book of Quintus Smyrnaeus’ Posthomerica describes the aristeia and death of the Amazon heroine Penthesilea. Close study of the narrative of the poet’s Penthesilead illustrates how Quintus manipulates and reverses the plot of Book 11 of Virgil’s Aeneid, the account of the equestrian battle in which the Volscian Camilla plays the central role.