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A commentary on Silius Italicus' Punica 7 : edited with introduction and commentary
Oxford Scholarly Editions Online Latin Poetry Available online
Oxford Scholarly Editions Online Latin Poetry- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Littlewood, R. Joy, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epic poetry, Latin--History and criticism--Poetry.
- Epic poetry, Latin.
- Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C--Literature and the war.
- Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C.
- Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius. Punica.
- Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius.
- Rome--History, Military--265-30 B.C--Poetry.
- Rome.
- Carthage (Extinct city)--Poetry.
- Carthage (Extinct city).
- Genre:
- Epic poetry, Latin.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xcix, 276 p.) : ill., maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Intertextual Allusion in Silius
- Silius' Historical Sources: Livy and Polybius
- Homer
- Ennius
- Virgil. The fall of Troy ; the violation of Italy: Silius' subverted Georgic
- Ovid's Fasti. Faunus, fertility, and the Fabii ; Contrasting theoxenies: Ovid's Hyrieus and Silius' Falernus
- Lucan. Civil war and the divided command ; Personal ambition and the danger of autocracy ; The discourse of luxuria
- Statius
- Valerius Flaccus
- Q. Fabius Maximus, a Flavian and a Stoic hero
- Hannibal, an Oriental Enemy
- The Structure of Punica 7
- Language and Style
- Epic Rhetoric: The Speeches of Fabius and Hannibal
- Poetic Varietas in Silius' Hand-to-Hand Combat
- Sigla. Sili Italici Punicorum Liber Septimus ; Commentary.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-181954-9
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