On Quintus Smyrnaeus and the Homer of the Tragic Poet (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from On Quintus Smyrnaeus and the Homer of the Tragic PoetI purposely made my own careful perusals (not once, but several times) of the work of Quintus, before I referred to literary accounts, not only of the author's history, if known, but of his general merits as a poet. And I must say I was somewhat sur prised at the disparaging verdict by which he is almost put out of the category, so to say, of poets deserving any consideration at all.5 The following is from K. O. Muller's and Donaldson's History of Grecian Literature (vol. Iii. P.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.