Quintus Smyrnaeus
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Quintus Smyrnaeus was a late antique Greek epic poet best known for his poem "Posthomerica," which continues the narrative of the Trojan War from where Homer's Iliad ends.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Quintus Smyrnaeus canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4943754 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quintus Smyrnaeus Context triple: [Aeneas, creator, Quintus Smyrnaeus]
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A.
Lycophron of Pherae
Lycophron of Pherae was a 4th-century BCE tyrant of the Thessalian city of Pherae, known for his role in the region’s turbulent power struggles before the rise of Macedonian dominance.
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B.
Lycophron
Lycophron was a Hellenistic Greek poet and grammarian best known for his obscure and allusive poem "Alexandra."
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C.
Isaeus
Isaeus was an ancient Athenian orator and logographer of the 4th century BCE, known for his expertise in inheritance cases and influence on later Attic oratory.
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D.
Apollonius of Rhodes
Apollonius of Rhodes was a Hellenistic Greek poet and scholar best known for his epic poem the "Argonautica," which recounts Jason’s quest for the Golden Fleece.
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E.
Herodas
Herodas was a Hellenistic Greek poet best known for his mimes—short, dramatic, and often humorous verse sketches depicting everyday life in vivid, colloquial language.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quintus Smyrnaeus Target entity description: Quintus Smyrnaeus was a late antique Greek epic poet best known for his poem "Posthomerica," which continues the narrative of the Trojan War from where Homer's Iliad ends.
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A.
Lycophron of Pherae
Lycophron of Pherae was a 4th-century BCE tyrant of the Thessalian city of Pherae, known for his role in the region’s turbulent power struggles before the rise of Macedonian dominance.
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B.
Lycophron
Lycophron was a Hellenistic Greek poet and grammarian best known for his obscure and allusive poem "Alexandra."
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C.
Isaeus
Isaeus was an ancient Athenian orator and logographer of the 4th century BCE, known for his expertise in inheritance cases and influence on later Attic oratory.
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D.
Apollonius of Rhodes
Apollonius of Rhodes was a Hellenistic Greek poet and scholar best known for his epic poem the "Argonautica," which recounts Jason’s quest for the Golden Fleece.
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E.
Herodas
Herodas was a Hellenistic Greek poet best known for his mimes—short, dramatic, and often humorous verse sketches depicting everyday life in vivid, colloquial language.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek poet
ⓘ
epic poet ⓘ late antique author ⓘ |
| continuesNarrativeOf |
Iliad
ⓘ
linked to:
Homer's Iliad
|
| continuesWorkOf | Homer ⓘ |
| culturalSphere | Greek ⓘ |
| educationContext | product of Greek rhetorical and poetic schooling ⓘ |
| ethnicDesignation |
Smyrnaeus indicates origin from Smyrna
ⓘ
linked to:
Smyrna
|
| floruitCentury |
3rd century CE
ⓘ
4th century CE ⓘ |
| genre | epic poetry ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Homeric epics ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Second Sophistic (broadly associated)
ⓘ
linked to:
Second Sophistic
|
| meterUsed | dactylic hexameter ⓘ |
| modernReception | important source for post-Homeric Trojan myths ⓘ |
| mythologicalCycle | Trojan cycle ⓘ |
| narrativeEndPoint | fall of Troy and homeward departures of Greeks ⓘ |
| narrativeStartPoint | after the death of Hector ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Posthomerica
ⓘ
The Fall of Troy ⓘ
linked to:
Fall of Troy
|
| occupation |
epic poet
ⓘ
poet ⓘ |
| period | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| placeAssociatedWith | Smyrna ⓘ |
| PosthomericaBooks | 14 books ⓘ |
| PosthomericaVersesApprox | about 8700 hexameter lines ⓘ |
| region |
Roman Empire (Greek East)
ⓘ
linked to:
Byzantine Empire
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| scholarlyDebate |
biographical details largely unknown
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date of composition is uncertain ⓘ |
| styleInfluence |
Archaizing epic style
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Homeric diction ⓘ |
| survivingWorkCount | 1 major epic poem ⓘ |
| textualTransmission | survives in medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| tradition | Greek epic tradition ⓘ |
| usesMythicFigures |
Achilles
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Ajax ⓘ Memnon ⓘ
linked to:
Memnon of Aethiopia
Neoptolemus ⓘ Odysseus ⓘ Penthesilea ⓘ
linked to:
Penthesilea (in later tradition)
Philoctetes ⓘ Trojan Horse ⓘ sack of Troy ⓘ |
| workSubject |
Trojan War
ⓘ
events after the Iliad ⓘ |
| workTitleLanguage |
Posthomerica is Latin title
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linked to:
Posthomerica
The Fall of Troy is English title ⓘ |
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