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Cover illustration: Gilles Scheijnen, GS Pics
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Scheijnen, Tine, author.
Title: Quintus of Smyrna's Posthomerica : a study of heroic characterization and heroism / by Tine Scheijnen.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018. | Series: Mnemosyne. Supplements ; volume 421 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018033023 (print) | LCCN 2018035246 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004380974 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004373433 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Quintus, Smyrnaeus, active 4th century. Posthomerica. | Epic poetry, GreekâHistory and criticism.
Classification: LCC PA4407.Q6 (ebook) | LCC PA4407.Q6 S344 2018 (print) | DDC 883/.01âdc23
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ISSN 2214-5621
ISBN 978-90-04-37343-3 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-38097-4 (e-book)
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