Elements of Tragedy in Flavian Epic /

Elements of Tragedy in Flavian Epic / / ed. by Sophia Papaioannou, Agis Marinis.

In the light of recent scholarly work on tragic patterns and allusions in Flavian epic, the publication of a volume exclusively dedicated to the relationship between Flavian epic and tragedy is timely. The volume, concentrating on the poetic works of Silius Italicus, Statius and Valerius Flaccus, co...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
MitwirkendeR:
Augoustakis, Antony,
Bernstein, Neil W.,
Cowan, Robert,
Gervais, Kyle,
Manuwald, Gesine,
Marinis, Agis,
Newlands, Carole,
Papaioannou, Sophia,
Parkes, Ruth,
HerausgeberIn:
Marinis, Agis,
Papaioannou, Sophia,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2021]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes , 103
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Physical Description:1 online resource (VII, 210 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Republican Roman Tragedy in Flavian Epic
  • Silius’ Punica and the Traditions of Greek and Roman Tragedy
  • Knowing Me, Knowing You: Epic Anagnorisis and the Recognition of Tragedy
  • Apollonius’ ‘Further Voices’: Cameo Appearances of Greek Tragedy in Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica
  • ‘Herculean Tragedy’ in Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica
  • Finding the Tragic in the Epics of Statius
  • Senecan Heroes and Tyrants in Statius, Thebaid 2
  • Eteocles and Polynices in Statius’ Thebaid: Revisiting Tragic Causality
  • Afterword
  • Bibliography
  • List of Contributors
  • Index Rerum et Nominum
  • Index Auctorum Antiquorum et Locorum

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