Silius Italicus And The Tradition Of The Roman Historical Epos

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004518513

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Silius Italicus and the Tradition of the Roman Historical Epos by Anonim Pdf

The aim of this volume is to study Silius’ poem as an important step in the development of the Roman historical epic tradition. The Punica is analyzed as transitional segment between the beginnings of Roman literature in the Republican age (Naevius and Ennius) and Claudian’s panegyrical epic in late antiquity, shedding light on its ‘inclusiveness’ and its peculiar, internal dialectic between antiquarian taste and problematic actualization. This is an innovative attempt to connect epic poems and authors belonging to different ages, to frame the development of the literary genre, according to its specific aims and interests throughout the centuries.

Author : Pieter Van Den Broek
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004685833

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Narratives in Silius Italicus’ Punica by Pieter Van Den Broek Pdf

This study investigates the role of embedded narratives in Silius Italicus’ Punica, an epic from the late first century AD on the Second Punic War (218–202 BC). At first sight, these narratives seem to be loosely ‘embedded’ in the epic, having their own plot and being situated in a different time or place than the main narrative. A closer look reveals, however, that they foreshadow or recall elements that are found elsewhere in the epic. In this way, they serve as ‘mirrors’ of the main narrative. The larger part of this book consists of four detailed case studies.

Author : Angeliki-Nektaria Roumpou
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110770483

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Ritual and the Poetics of Closure in Flavian Literature by Angeliki-Nektaria Roumpou Pdf

This collection of papers responds to the question of whether a ritual at the end of a text can offer resolution and order or rather a complicated kind of closure. It reveals that ritual can bring but also can thwart closure by alluding to new beginnings. A ritual could be a perfect kind of ending but it hardly ever seems to be. In Flavian literature this is even more apparent because of the complicated political background under which these texts were produced. Ancient religious practices in the closing sections of Flavian texts help us create connections between endings and (new) beginnings, order and disorder, binding and loosening, structure and dissolution which reflects the structure of the Empire in Flavian Rome. Overall, this volume offers a new tool for studying literary endings through ritual, which promotes our understanding of Flavian culture and politics as well as creating a new perception of the use of religion and ritual in Flavian literature: instead of giving a sense of closure, this volume argues that ritual is a medium to increase complexity, to expose ritual actors and to project a generic riskiness of ritual actors also onto the epic actors who are acting before and mostly after a ritual scene.

Author : Malcolm Davies
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004678958

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The Hero's Life Choice. Studies on Heracles at the Crossroads, the Judgement of Paris, and Their Reception by Malcolm Davies Pdf

Two allegorical ancient Greek stories about a young hero’s career- defining choice are shown in this book to have later been appropriated to radically differing effects. E.g. a male’s choice between female personifications can morph into a female’s choice between the same, or between various male personifications. Never before have so many instances of this process from art, literature, music, even landscape gardening, been culled. Illustrations, mainly colour, many brought into this context for the first time, are conveniently incorporated into the text, thus mimetically mirroring a central theme of the book, the process of ‘visualising the verbal, verbalising the visual.’

Author : Konstantinos Arampapaslis,Antony Augoustakis,Stephen Froedge,Clayton Schroer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783111064109

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Dynamics Of Marginality by Konstantinos Arampapaslis,Antony Augoustakis,Stephen Froedge,Clayton Schroer Pdf

This volume explores the theme of marginality in the literature and history of the Neronian and Flavian periods. As a concept of modern criticism, the term marginality has been applied to the connection between the uprooted experience of immigrant communities and the subsequent diasporas these groups formed in their new homes. The concept also covers individuals or groups who were barred from access to resources and equal opportunities based on their deviation from a "normal" or dominant culture or ideology. From a literary vantage point, we are interested in the voices of "marginal," or underappreciated authors and critical voices. The distinction between marginalia and "the" text is often nebulous, with marginal comments making their way into the paradosis and being regarded, in modern criticism, as important sources of information in their own right. The analysis of relevant passages from various authors including Lucan, Petronius, Persius, Philo of Alexandria, Pliny the Elder, Silius Italicus, and Statius, as well as the Moretum of the Appendix Vergiliana is vital for our understanding of the treatment of marginalized people in various literary genres in relation to each one’s different purposes.

Author : John Jacobs
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350071056

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An Introduction to Silius Italicus and the Punica by John Jacobs Pdf

In a much-needed comprehensive introduction to Silius Italicus and the Punica, Jacobs offers an invitation to students and scholars alike to read the epic as a thoughtful and considered treatment of Rome's past, present, and (perilous) future. The Second Punic War marked a turning point in world history: Rome faced her greatest external threat in the famous Carthaginian general Hannibal, and her victory led to her domination of the Mediterranean. Lingering memories of the conflict played a pivotal role in the city's transition from Republic to Empire, from foreign war to civil war. Looking back after the events of AD 69, the senator–poet Silius Italicus identified the Second Punic War as the turning point in Rome's history through his Punica. After introductory chapters for those new to the poet and his poem, Jacobs' close reading of the epic narrative guides students and scholars alike through the Punica. All Greek and Latin passages are translated to ensure accessibility for those reading in English. Far more than simply a retelling of Rome's greatest triumph, the Punica challenges its reader to make sense of the Second Punic War in light of its full impact on the subsequent course of the city's history.

Author : M. von Albrecht
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1864 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004329904

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A History of Roman Literature (2 vols.) by M. von Albrecht Pdf

Michael von Albrecht's A History of Roman Literature, originally published in German, can rightly be seen as the long awaited counterpart to Albin Lesky's Geschichte der Griechischen Literatur. In what will probably be the last survey made by a single scholar the whole of Latin literature from Livius Andronicus up to Boethius comes to the fore. 'Literature' is taken here in its broad, antique sense, and therefore also includes e.g. rhetoric, philosophy and history. Special attention has been given to the influence of Latin literature on subsequent centuries down to our own days. Extensive indices give access to this monument of learning. The introductions in Von Albrecht's texts, together with the large bibliographies make further study both more fruitful and easy.

Author : Carlo Santini
Publisher : London Studies in Classical Ph
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : UCSC:32106010394176

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Silius Italicus and His View of the Past by Carlo Santini Pdf

Author : Tiberius Catius Silius Italicus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05
Category : Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C.
ISBN : 0367699893

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Silius Italicus' Punica by Tiberius Catius Silius Italicus Pdf

This book offers, in one volume, a modern English translation of all 17 books of Silius Italicus' Punica. Composed in the first century CE, this epic tells the story of the Second Punic War between Rome and Hannibal's Carthage (218-202 BCE). It is not only a crucial text for students of Flavian literature, but also an important source for anyone studying early Imperial perspectives on the Roman Republic. The translation is clear and comprehensible, while also offering an accurate representation of the Latin text. Augmented by a scholarly introduction, extensive notes, glossary and a comprehensive bibliography (included in the introduction), this volume makes the text accessible and relevant for students and scholars alike.

Author : Florian Schaffenrath
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Epic poetry, Latin
ISBN : 3631586582

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Silius Italicus by Florian Schaffenrath Pdf

Vom 19. bis 21. Juni 2008 fand an der Universität Innsbruck erstmalig eine Tagung statt, die ausschließlich dem epischen Dichter Silius Italicus gewidmet war. Die einzelnen Beiträge, die in diesem Band versammelt und um einige vermehrt wurden, fassen einerseits die bisherigen Forschungen zu zentralen Fragen zusammen, skizzieren andererseits auch neue Wege und Sichtweisen auf einen Dichter, den die Klassische Philologie lange Zeit recht stiefmütterlich behandelt hat.

Author : Antony Augoustakis
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004217119

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Brill's Companion to Silius Italicus by Antony Augoustakis Pdf

This volume offers a detailed overview of Silius Italicus’ Punica, by placing the poem within its literary and socio-historical context and by documenting its reception in the humanistic tradition of the Renaissance and subsequent centuries.

Author : M. von Albrecht
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004351417

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Roman Epic by M. von Albrecht Pdf

The author's approach to Roman epic is interpretative; the reader is invited to study a choice of typical texts, from the beginnings to the end of Antiquity. Famous poets are given the attention they deserve, but also some minor authors are discovered as precious 'missing links' between the ages. Special heed is paid to intertextual relationships between different epochs, cultures, literary genres, linguistic and literary patterns. The book is meant for students and teachers of classical and modern literatures, but also for all those interested in the history of literary genres and cultural ideas.

Author : C. M. van der Keur
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-28
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780192884787

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Silius Italicus: Punica, Book 13 by C. M. van der Keur Pdf

Book 13 of Silius Italicus' Punica marks an important turning point in this Latin epic poem on the Second Punic War. After twelve books of Carthaginian dominance, Rome begins to gain the upper hand. Following his failed attempt to attack Rome, Hannibal is devastated to learn that his role model Diomedes had provided Aeneas' heirs with the protective talisman of the Palladium, and leaves for southern Italy. This allows the Romans to finish their siege of Capua, Hannibal's rich ally in Italy, in punishment for its treachery; Capua's fall marks the beginning of the end for Carthage. The book's central theme of the anticipation of Rome's destined victory is continued in the third and longest part of the book, where young Scipio, the future Africanus, ventures into the underworld, and into the depths of the rich poetic past, to be inspired by the shades he encounters and to define his own position as an epic hero. This volume presents the first full-scale literary and linguistic analysis of the entirety of Punica 13, including the famous Nekyia episode. The notes, which cover matters of syntax, textual criticism, style, a selection of realia, and important verbal and conceptual parallels, are complemented with extended introductory paragraphs for each scene focusing on poetic models, themes, intertextual interpretation, and narrative structure. C. M. van der Keur's General Introduction discusses the book against its Flavian background, its position within the epic and within the literary tradition, and Silius' use of metre and verse composition. The Latin text is presented alongside an English translation.

Author : Neil W. Bernstein
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780192694225

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Silius Italicus: Punica, Book 9 by Neil W. Bernstein Pdf

Book 9 of Silius Italicus' first-century Latin epic poem Punica begins the narrative of the Battle of Cannae (August 216 BC). This book is an integral part of the epic's three-book movement that narrates one of the largest battles in Roman history. It opens with the dispute between the consuls Paulus and Varro over giving battle, in the face of hostile omens and Hannibal's record of successful combat. On the eve of the battle, the Roman soldier Solymus accidentally kills his father Satricus, thereby presenting an omen of disaster for the Roman army. After Hannibal and Varro encourage their troops, the initial phase of the battle commences. The gods descend to the battlefield, and Mars and Minerva fight the sole full-scale theomachy in Latin epic. Aeolus summons the Vulturnus wind at Juno's request to devastate the Roman ranks. After the gods have departed, Hannibal's elephant troops advance and scatter the Roman forces. The book ends by recapitulating the opening episode: Varro admits his mistake in giving battle and flees the battlefield. This volume is the first full-scale commentary in English devoted exclusively to Punica 9. It features the Latin text with a critical apparatus and a parallel English translation. Detailed commentary notes provide information on literary style, use of language, poetic intertexts, and scholarly interpretation. The Introduction offers further context and background, including sections on Silius Italicus and his era, the historiographic and rhetorical traditions that he adopted, the inter- and intra-textuality of the Cannae episode, and the book's use of diction and metre.

Author : Carlo Santini
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004673168

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Silius Italicus and His View of the Past by Carlo Santini Pdf