Ebook: Family in Flavian Epic
Author: Manioti Nikoletta
- Genre: Literature
- Tags: Valerius Flaccus Gaius -- active 1st century -- Argonautica -- Congresses, Statius P Papinius -- (Publius Papinius) -- Criticism and interpretation -- Congresses, Silius Italicus Tiberius Catius -- Criticism and interpretation -- Congresses, Silius Italicus Tiberius Catius, Statius P Papinius -- (Publius Papinius), Argonautica (Valerius Flaccus Gaius), Epic poetry Latin -- History and criticism -- Congresses, Families in literature -- Congresses, Kinship in literature -- Congresses, Epic poetry
- Series: Mnemosyne Supplements 394
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: Brill
- Language: English
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Family in Flavian Epic' examines the treatment of family bonds in Valerius Flaccus' 'Argonautica', Statius' 'Thebaid' and 'Achilleid', and Silius Italicus' 'Punica'. The eleven contributions consider the representation of epic parents, children, siblings, and spouses, and their interaction with each other, demonstrating the Flavian poets' engagement with their epic, and more generally literary, tradition. At the Read more...