ENGLISHLATIN

Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica, Book 1. Edited with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary

By Andrew Zissos

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2008
ISBN
0199219494, 9780199219490
Language
englishlatin
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (14556906 bytes)
Pages
450\516
Time added
2020-05-11 14:39:30

Description

A text (with apparatus criticus), translation, and commentary, with introduction, of the first book of Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica, an unfinished Roman epic extending to eight books and several thousand lines, written in the Flavian period (69-96 CE). The commentary addresses both textual and semantic matters and broader questions of stylistics, poetics, thematics, and cultural context. Particularly close attention is paid to Valerius' choice of diction, his sophisticated use of figures and tropes, his often sly erudition, the recurring and strategic resort to subtle intertextual gestures, and, where appropriate, the reception of his work in later authors. The substantial introduction provides an overview of the poet and his poem.

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