Silius Italicus. Book 3 : Punica / edited with introduction, translation and commentary by Antony Augoustakis and R. Joy Littlewood.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Augoustakis, Antony, editor, writer of introduction, translator.

Littlewood, R. Joy, editor, writer of introduction, translator.

Series:

Oxford commentaries on Flavian poetry.

Oxford commentaries on Flavian poetry

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epic poetry, Latin.

Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius.

Punica (Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 394 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

Silius Italicus

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022.

Language Note:

Text in English and Latin, partially translated from the Latin.

Summary:

The third book of Silius Italicus' Punica tells the story of Hannibal's crossing of the Alps during the Second Punic War. This new translation is accompanied by a commentary exploring the poem's poetic, philosophical, and historiographic background.

Contents:

GENERAL INTRODUCTION1. The Political Life and Literary Formation of Silius Italicus2. Hannibal's Enterprise2.1. In the Steps of Hercules?2.2. In the Steps of Aeneas?3. Hannibal and Imilce4. Hannibal's Army4.1. Historiographic Assessment and Poetic Distortion4.2. Silius' Epic Catalogue of Hannibal's Troops4.3. Icons of Imperialism in Hannibal's African and Iberian Troop Catalogues4.4. The Significance of Iberia in the Catalogue5. Hannibal's Alpine Crossing5.1. Hannibal's Route and Recent Archaeological Evidence5.2. Sublimity5.3. Hannibal and Further Epicurean Postures6. Divine Prophecy6.1. Epic Closural Motifs6.2. Jupiter and Venus6.3. Hammon's Oracle7. Language and Style7.1. Diction and Figures of Speech7.2. Epic Similes7.3. Metre and Prosody8. Text and TransmissionSIGLA, TEXT, TRANSLATION, AND APPARATUS CRITICUSCOMMENTARY.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0-19-194551-X