Exemplary epic Silius Italicus' Punica
The force of example was a distinctive determiner of Roman identity. In this study of the representation of certain central characters in Silius Italicus’ ’Punica’, Ben Tipping considers the virtues & vices they embody, their status as exemplars, & the process by which Silius as epic poet he...
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| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York, [etc.] :
Oxford University Press
cop. 2010
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| Series: | Oxford classical monographs
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| See on Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991009069259708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Table of Contents:
- Exordium. Epic ; Example
- Perspective and paradigm. Myth and history ; Virtue and vice ; Civil wars and Caesars ; Scipio and Domitian
- Hannibal. Worse than Punic ; Improba virtus ; Various villainy ; Intertextual instability ; Better than Roman
- Fabius Maximus Cunctator. Great restraint ; One and many ; Republican monarchy ; Delaying dynamism
- Scipio Africanus Maior. Dual citizenship ; Superheroism ; Espirit de corps ; Immortal yearnings ; Power and glory ; Triumph and after
- Upending. Competition ; Conclusion.
