Valerius Flaccus: Argonautica, Book 8 - Edited With Introduction, Translation, and Commentary

This volume is the first dedicated English commentary on the eighth and final book of Valerius Flaccus' Flavian epic Argonautica. The commentary addresses questions of the original length of the poem, of intertextuality, and of poetic practices in late first-century CE Rome.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Context and Aim of this Commentary


• 2: The Poem's Ideology in a Sphragis


• 3: The Eighth Book and the End of the Poem


• 4: Text, Sigla, Editions, and Textual Abbreviations


• TEXT AND TRANSLATION


• COMMENTARY

About the author

The late Cristiano Castelletti (1971-2017) was a Swiss classical scholar, who published widely on Valerius Flaccus and other Roman poets.

Antony Augoustakis is Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Marco Fucecchi is Associate Professor of Latin Language and Literature at the University of Udine.

Gesine Manuwald is Professor of Latin at University College London.

Summary

This volume is the first dedicated English commentary on the eighth and final book of Valerius Flaccus' Flavian epic Argonautica. The commentary addresses questions of the original length of the poem, of intertextuality, and of poetic practices in late first-century CE Rome.

Additional text

Castelletti's commentary on Book 8 of Valerius' Argonautica is an indispensable contribution to Valerian studies, whose particular strengths lie in its engagement with the literary aspects of the poem.

Product details

• Authors: Cristiano Castelletti
• Assisted by: Antony Augoustakis (Editor), Augoustakis Antony (Editor), Marco Fucecchi (Editor), Gesine Manuwald (Editor), Manuwald Gesine (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9780192865892
• ISBN: 978-0-19-286589-2
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: Oxford Commentaries on Flavian Poetry
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; POETRY / General, Latin, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Classical texts, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Poetry by individual poets, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Ancient, classical and medieval texts