From Balıkesir Cyzicus Eudoxus Navigation to İzmir Smyrna Quintus Epic and Colophon Hermesianax Elegiacs: Indian Ocean Navigation, Trojan War Epic, and Elegiac Love Poetry

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Periods

• Ionia & Aeolis
• Hellenistic era
• Roman era
• Ottoman era
• National Struggle & Republic
• The Aegean today

Narrative stops

• Cyzicus Ancient City Birthplace of Navigator Eudoxus and Naval Harbor
• Smyrna Ancient City Birthplace of Epic Poet Quintus and Posthomerica Assembly
• Colophon Ancient City Birthplace of Elegiac Poet Hermesianax and Leontion Acropolis

Research sources

• Eudoxus of Cyzicus (2nd Century BC): The Navigator of the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and Africa Circumnavigation
• The Posthomerica Epic Poet and the Elegiac Lover: Quintus of Smyrna and Hermesianax of Colophon