Ausonius Epitomizer: Encyclopaedism and Ordering Knowledge in Late Antique Gaul

Sowers, Brian P.

doi:10.5040/9781350281967.ch-002

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The Death Of Troilus In Post-homeric Literature1

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“…Dictys and Dares), 44 as well as those that are obvious reworkings of Virgil (i.e. Ausonius), 45 we are left only with Quintus of Smyrna, whose familiarity with the Aeneid, whether in the original or in translation, 46 has gained increasingly wide acceptance in recent decades. 47 The possibility that Quintus was influenced by Virgil's treatment of Troilus' death in particular gains plausibility from the fact that the simile that Quintus uses to describe Achilles' slaying of Troilus (Quint.…”

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How Did Homer's Troilus Die?

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2023

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This article examines ancient depictions of the death of Troilus in art and literature and challenges the widespread belief that the Iliad implies an alternative version of the myth in which Troilus dies in battle. In particular, it argues that the death-in-battle interpretation is both insufficiently supported by the internal evidence and incompatible with the external evidence. Given the evident popularity of the story of Achilles’ ambush of Troilus in the Archaic period, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that the poet of the Iliad knew the story of Troilus’ death by ambush. That the poem's only reference to Troilus does not contradict this story, and possibly even alludes to it, should persuade critics of the strong likelihood that the popular story of Troilus’ ambush at the fountain was also the one in the poet's mind.

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How Did Homer's Troilus Die?

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Ausonius Epitomizer: Encyclopaedism and Ordering Knowledge in Late Antique Gaul

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