>>Besides the Aeneid, in how many other ancient writings (pre- and >>post-Virgil) does the story of the Trojan Horse and, particularly, the >>role of Sinon, appear? > >Lempriere in his Classical Dictionary cites the following references at the >end of the article on Sinon: > >Dares Phrygius; Homer, Odyssey 8.492 and 11.521; Virgil, Aeneid 2.79ff.; >Pausanias 10, chap. 27; and lastly "Q. Smyrn. 10" (whoever and whatever >that is).
Quintus of Smyrna, fourth-century author (AD) of an epic that continued on from the end of the Iliad; the index of the Loeb edition indicates that he is mentioned at 12.243ff., 360, 419; 13.23; 14.107. > > >Simon Cauchi >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. >Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message >"unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You >can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub James Lawrence Peter Butrica Department of Classics The Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's, Newfoundland A1C 5S7 (709) 737-7914 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
