Flavian Epic Interactions
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This volume on the three Flavian epic poets (Valerius Flaccus, Statius and Silius Italicus) for the first time critically engages with a unique set-up in Roman literary history: the survival of four epic poems from the same period (Argonautica; Thebaid, Achilleid; Punica). The interactions of these poems with each other and their contemporary context are explored by over 20 experts and emerging scholars. Topics studied include the political dimension of the epics, their use of epic themes and techniques and their intertextual relationship among each other and to predecessors. The recent upsurge of interest in Flavian epic has been focussed on the analysis of individual works. Looking at these poems together now allows the appreciation of their similarities and nuanced differences in the light of their shared position in literary and political history and gives insights into the literary culture of the period. The different approaches and backgrounds of the contributors ensure the presentation of a range of viewpoints. Together they offer new perspectives to the still increasing readership of Flavian epic poetry but also to anyone interested in the epic genre within Roman literature or other cultures more generally. Preface and acknowledgements Flavian epic interactions Part I Flavian Epic Politics The Flavian Punica? Imperial encomia in Flavian epic Recusatio in Flavian epic poetry. Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica (1.7–21) and Statius’ Thebaid (1.17–33) Praise in Flavian epic Critical interactions. Constructing heroic models and imperial ideology in Flavian epic Looking for the Giants. Mythological imagery and discourse on power in Flavian epic Part II Flavian Epic Themes and Techniques Flavian epic and the sublime Distat opus nostrum, sed fontibus exit ab isdem. Declamation and Flavian epic Teichoskopia and katabasis. The poetics of spectatorship in Flavian epic Slavery in Flavian epic The contradictions of Valerius’ and Statius’ Jupiter. Power and weakness of the supreme god in the epic and tragic tradition Proleptic ekphrasis in Flavian epic. Valerius Flaccus and Statius Does mass matter? The epic catalogue of troops as narrative and metapoetic device Part III Flavian Epic Intertextuality Traces of the Argo. Statius’ Achilleid 1 and Valerius’ Argonautica 1–2 Silius versus Valerius. Orpheus in the Punica and the Argonautica invida fata piis? Exploring the significance of Silius’ divergence from the night raids of Virgil and Statius The Thebaid and the fall of Saguntum in Punica 2 Beginning at the end. Silius Italicus and the desolation of Thebes Of corpses, carnivores and Cecropian pyres. Funeral rites in Silius and Statius ‘Well stored with subtle wiles’. Pyrene, Psamathe and the Flavian art of interaction Statius, Silius Italicus and the snake pit of intertextuality Flaminius’ failure? Intertextual characterization in Silius Italicus and Statius Bibliography Index of names and subjects Index of epic passages
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