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Punica / Silius Italicus ; with an English translation by J.D. Duff.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius, author.
- Series:
- Loeb classical library ; 277-278.
- Loeb Classical Library ; 277-278
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C--Poetry.
- Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C.
- Tunisia--Carthage (Extinct city).
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Other Title:
- Digital Loeb.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- Silius Italicus (25-101 CE) composed an epic Punica in 17 books on the Second Punic War (218-202 BCE). Silius' poem relies largely on Livy's prose for facts. It also echoes poets, especially Virgil, and employs techniques traditional in Latin epic. Silius (T. Catius Silius Italicus), 25 CE-101, was consul in 68 and governor of the province of Asia in 69; he sought no further office but lived thereafter on his estates as a literary man and collector. He revered the work of Cicero, whose Tusculan villa he owned, and that of Virgil, whose tomb at Naples he likewise owned and near which he lived. His epic Punica, in 17 books, on the second War with Carthage (218-202 BCE), is based for facts largely on Livy's account. Conceived as a contrast between two great nations (and their supporting gods), championed by the two great heroes Scipio and Hannibal, his poem is written in pure Latin and smooth verse filled throughout with echoes of Virgil above all (and other poets); it exploits with easy grace, but little genius, all the devices and techniques of traditional Latin epic. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Silius Italicus is in two volumes.
- Contents:
- v. I. Books 1-8
- v. II. Books 9-17.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius. Punica.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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