Silius Italicus and the Tradition of the Roman Historical Epos
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Silius Italicus and the Tradition of the Roman Historical Epos
- Curatore/i: Antony Augoustakis, Marco Fucecchi
- Editore: Brill
- Luogo: Leiden
- Anno di pubblicazione: 2022
- ISBN: 9789004518490
Silius Italicus and the Tradition of the Roman Historical Epos
- Curatore/i: Antony Augoustakis, Marco Fucecchi
- Editore: Brill
- Luogo: Leiden
- Anno di pubblicazione: 2022
- ISBN: 9789004518490
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 epic in late antiquity, shedding light on its ‘inclusiveness’ and its peculiar, internal dialectic between antiquarian taste and problematic actualization. This is an innovative attempt to connect epic poems and authors belonging to different ages, to frame the development of the literary genre, according to its specific aims and interests throughout the centuries.
ANTONY AUGOUSTAKIS is Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Urbana, Illinois, US. His research interests include Latin imperial epic, Roman comedy and historiography, women in antiquity, classical reception, and gender theory. He is the author of many monographs and edited volumes on various topics in classical literature.
MARCO FUCECCHI is Associate professor of Latin language and literature at the University of Udine (Italy). His research interests include Latin literature from the Augustan age to the Ist century CE, with particular regard to epic poetry. He is the author of some monographs on Flavian epic poems (Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica and Silius’ Punica) as well as many articles on various topics in Latin literature.