Silius Italicus and the Tradition of the Roman Historical Epos /

Silius Italicus and the Tradition of the Roman Historical Epos /

The aim of this volume is to study Silius' poem as an important step in the development of the Roman historical epic tradition. The Punica is analyzed as transitional segment between the beginnings of Roman literature in the Republican age (Naevius and Ennius) and Claudian's panegyrical ep...

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Other Authors: Fucecchi, Marco (Editor), Augoustakis, Antony (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements ; 458.

Subjects:

Latin literature.
Rome Empire.
Latin literature > History and criticism.

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Call Number: PA6695.S56

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Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction: Silius Italicus and the Tradition of the Roman Historical Epos /
  • Antony Augoustakis and Marco Fucecchi
  • Part 1 The Historical Epic Tradition
  • Silius Italicus and the Conventions of Historical Epic at Rome /
  • Gesine Manuwald
  • Silius Italicus between Epos and Historiography /
  • Paolo Esposito
  • Part 2 Rethinking Roman 'Mythical History'
  • Silius Ciceronianus: Regulus as a Reflection of Cicero in Punica 6 /
  • Thomas Baier
  • Silius Italicus and Ovid's Roman History /
  • Raymond Marks
  • Claudian's Silius /
  • Neil W. Bernstein
  • Part 3 Historical Challenges to 'National' Epic
  • Silius Italicus as an Interpreter of Virgil: Dido and Anna /
  • Sergio Casali
  • Pompey and Aemilius Paulus, or the Epic Genre between Lucan and Silius Italicus /
  • Nicola Lanzarone
  • From the Rubicon to the Alps: Re-reading Eumolpus' Caesar in Light of Silius Italicus' Hannibal /
  • Stefano Poletti
  • Part 4 Viewing Roman History (and Literature) from the Inside
  • Scaevola's aristeia : A Complementary Reworking of a Historical Source and the Epic Tradition /
  • Filippo Fabbri
  • Exul in orbe toto, or, How to Map Future Power in Silius Italicus /
  • Clayton A. Schroer
  • Temples of Song in Silius Italicus /
  • Alison Keith
  • Romuleos superabit voce nepotes : Remembering Romulus in Silius Italicus /
  • Claire Stocks
  • Hannibal Redivivus: Fear and Haunting Memory in Silius Italicus /
  • Angeliki N. Roumpou
  • Index Locorum
  • General Index.