This book is an innovative attempt to analyse Silius' poem as an important step in the development of the Roman historical epic tradition and by connecting 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.
Author(s): Antony Augoustakis; Marco Fucecchi
Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements, 458
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 311
City: Leiden
Contents
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Notes on Contributors
Introduction. Silius Italicus and the Tradition of the Roman Historical Epos (Augoustakis and Fucecchi)
Part 1. The Historical Epic Tradition
Silius Italicus and the Conventions of Historical Epic at Rome (Manuwald)
Silius Italicus between Epos and Historiography (Esposito)
Part 2. Rethinking Roman ‘Mythical History’
Silius Ciceronianus: Regulus as a Reflection of Cicero in Punica 6 (Baier)
Silius Italicus and Ovid’s Roman History (Marks)
Claudian’s Silius (Bernstein)
Part 3. Historical Challenges to ‘National’ Epic
Silius Italicus as an Interpreter of Virgil: Dido (and Anna) (Casali)
Pompey and Aemilius Paulus, or the Epic Genre between Lucan and Silius Italicus (Lanzarone)
From the Rubicon to the Alps: Re-reading Eumolpus’ Caesar in Light of Silius Italicus’ Hannibal (Poletti)
Part 4. Viewing Roman History (and Literature) from the Inside
Scaevola’s aristeia: A Complementary Reworking of a Historical Source and Epic Tradition (Fabbri)
Exul in orbe toto, or, How to Map Future Power in Silius Italicus (Schroer)
Temples of Song in Silius Italicus (Keith)
Romuleos superabit voce nepotes: Remembering Romulus in Silius Italicus (Stocks)
Hannibal Redivivus: Fear and Haunting Memory in Silius Italicus (Roumpou)
General Index
Index Locorum
