The Fall of Troy

By
Quintus Smyrnaeus
("Quintus of Smyrna")
Fl. 4th Century A.D.

Online Medieval and Classical Library Release #18b

Originally written in Greek, sometime about the middle of the 4th Century A.D. Translation by A.S. Way, 1913.

The text of this edition is based on that published as QUINTUS SMYRNAEUS: THE FALL OF TROY, (Trans: A.S. Way; Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA, 1913). This text is in the PUBLIC DOMAIN in the United States.

This electronic edition was edited, proofed, and prepared by Douglas B. Killings ([email protected]), August 1996.

| Preparer's Note |

CONTENTS:

• Introduction
• Book I
• Book II
• Book III
• Book IV
• Book V
• Book VI
• Book VII
• Book VIII
• Book IX
• Book X
• Book XI
• Book XII
• Book XIII
• Book XIV

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PREPARER'S NOTE:
Line numbers in this text are those for the TRANSLATION ONLY.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

ORIGINAL TEXT --

• Way, A.S. (Ed. & Trans.): "Quintus Smyrnaeus: The Fall of Troy" (Loeb Classics #19; Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA, 1913). Greek text with side-by-side English translation.

OTHER TRANSLATIONS --

• Combellack, Frederick M. (Trans.): "The War at Troy: What Homer Didn't Tell" (University of Oklahoma Press, Norman OK, 1968).

RECOMMENDED READING --

• Fitzgerald, Robert (Trans.): "Homer: The Iliad" (Anchor-Doubleday Books, New York, 1974).