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Valerius Flaccus and Imperial Latin Epic

English · Hardback

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This book explores the reception of Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica in the epic poems of Silius Italicus, Statius, and Claudian. Through analysing intertextual allusions to the Argonautica in these poems and their effects, it provides new clarity to the literary history of the Flavian period (69-96 CE).

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  • Abbreviations

  • Introduction

  • 1: Silius Italicus' Punica

  • 2: The Thebaid's Argonautic Program

  • 3: Statius' Thebaid

  • 4: Statius' Achilleid

  • 5: Claudian's De Raptu Proserpinae

  • Conclusion

  • References

  • Index of Passages

  • General Index



About the author

Tim Stover is an Associate Professor at Florida State University who specializes in Latin poetry. In addition to articles on Lucretius, Vergil, Seneca, Lucan, Valerius Flaccus, and Statius he is the author of Epic and Empire in Vespasianic Rome: A New Reading of Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica (OUP, 2012). He is also the co-editor of Repeat Performances: Ovidian Repetition and the Metamorphoses (2016).

Summary

This book explores the reception of Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica in the epic poems of Silius Italicus, Statius, and Claudian. Through analysing intertextual allusions to the Argonautica in these poems and their effects, it provides new clarity to the literary history of the Flavian period (69-96 CE).

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The version of the story that Stover tells does present a very compelling picture of Statius' and Silius' intertextual relationship with Valerius, so there is a lot to recommend about this approach.

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