Silius Italicus: Punica, Book 17 - Edited With Introduction, Translation, and Commentary

This volume presents a new edition and translation into English of Book 17 of Silius Italicus' Punica. Angeliki-Nektaria Roumpou's introduction and line-by-line commentary sheds light on the poet's dialogue with the epic tradition and the unique methods employed to bring the poem's narrative to a resonant close.

List of contents

• General Introduction


• Text and Translation


• Commentary

About the author

Angeliki-Nektaria Roumpou is a Research Fellow in Latin Language and Literature at the Academy of Athens with a specialization in Flavian epic. She holds a PhD in Classics from the University of Nottingham (2014-19), where her dissertation offered a literary commentary on Silius Italicus' Punica, lines 17.341-654. She was awarded the Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship (2020-21) for post-doctoral research at the University of Geneva.

Product details

• Authors: Angeliki-Nektaria Roumpou, Angeliki-Nektaria (Academy of Athens) Roumpou
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 11.03.2026
• EAN: 9780198865902
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886590-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Oxford Commentaries on Flavian Poetry
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; 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