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Zusatztext There is much more to say about this commentary and to appreciate in it, but I leave it to Littlewood's readers to discover that on their own. I do not doubt that they will be pleased with what they read and will hope that Littlewood considers writing yet another commentary on the Punica. Informationen zum Autor Dr R. Joy Littlewood is an independent scholar based in Oxford, where she has been a member of the Centre for the Study of Greek and Roman Antiquity at Corpus Christi College for the last decade. Her early research in the late 1970s led to three pioneering articles on Ovid's Fasti followed by a commentary on Ovid's Fasti, Book 6 (Oxford University Press, 2006), which formed a major part of a doctorate by published work, awarded in 2007. Since then she has worked almost exclusively on Flavian epic, publishing a commentary on Silius Italicus' Punica 7 in 2011 with OUP and recently beginning another on Punica 3 alongside Antony Augoustakis. Among various other current projects, she has also undertaken to complete the fourth and final volume of Jim McKeown's monumental commentary on Ovid's Amores. Klappentext This volume offers an incisive commentary on Silius Italicus' Punica 10, focusing on the military narrative of his depiction of the decisive Battle of Cannae in 216 BC. It is supported by the complete Latin text and English translation, full apparatus criticus, battle plans, and an extended introduction. Zusammenfassung This volume offers an incisive commentary on Silius Italicus' Punica 10, focusing on the military narrative of his depiction of the decisive Battle of Cannae in 216 BC. It is supported by the complete Latin text and English translation, full apparatus criticus, battle plans, and an extended introduction. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Abbreviations Introduction I. Ti. Catius Asconius Silius Italicus: Politician and Poet II. From History to Epic: Silius' Adaptation of Livy in Punica 10 III. The Roman Heroes of Cannae and its Aftermath 1. The Poetics of Defeat: L. Aemilius Paulus 2. The Architects of Recovery: P. Cornelius Scipio and Q. Fabius Maximus 3. The Inconstancy of Fortuna: Hannibal after Cannae IV. Silius' Exemplary Epilogue: Empire, Luxus, and Civil War V. Silius' Epic Style 1. The Structure of Punica 10 2. Language and Style 3. Epic Rhetoric, Flavian Style 4. The Similes of Cannae VI. Metre and Prosody VII. Transmission and Reception of the Text Sigla Sili Italici Punicorum Liber Decimus Commentary Endmatter Bibliography Index Verborum General Index ...
