Family in Flavian epic / / edited by Nikoletta Manioti.

• Superior document: Mnemosyne, Supplements : Monographs on Greek and Roman Language and Literature, Volume 394
• Author: University of St. Andrews.
• TeilnehmendeR: Manioti, Nikoletta,; University of St. Andrews.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature ; Volume 394.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (340 pages).
• Notes: "Includes papers from a workshop of the same name held at St. Andrews on 20 June 2014."
• Other title: Front Matter /; Family in Flavian Epic /; Opibusque ultra ne crede paternis: Fathers and Sons on the Wrong Side of History in Valerius’ Argonautica /; Daddy’s Little Girl? The Father/Daughter Bond in Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica and Flavian Rome /; Over Her Live Body? Marriage in Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica /; A Perfect Murder: The Hypsipyle Epyllion /; Becoming Sisters: Antigone and Argia in Statius’ Thebaid /; Fatal Unions: Marriage at Thebes /; The Hero’s Extended Family: Familial and Narrative Tensions in Statius’ Achilleid /; Dynastic Triads: Flavian Resonances and Structural Antithesis in Silius’ Sons of Hamilcar /; Mutua uulnera: Dying Together in Silius’ Saguntum /; Sisters and Their Secrets in Flavian Epic /; Burial and Lament in Flavian Epic: Mothers, Fathers, Children /; Indexes /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004324666
• ISSN: 0169-8958
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Nikoletta Manioti.

Family in Flavian Epic examines the treatment of family bonds in Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica , Statius’ Thebaid and Achilleid , and Silius Italicus’ Punica . The eleven contributions consider the representation of epic parents, children, siblings, and spouses, and their interaction with each other, demonstrating the Flavian poets’ engagement with their epic, and more generally literary, tradition. At the same time, Roman attitudes towards the family and Flavian concerns especially related to dynastic harmony and civil war also characterise both historical and mythological members of Flavian epic families.