- Description
- 1 online resource (vii, 245 p.)
- Summary
- The force of example was a distinctive determiner of Roman identity. In this study of the representation of certain central characters in Silius Italicus' 'Punica', Ben Tipping considers the virtues & vices they embody, their status as exemplars, & the process by which Silius as epic poet heroizes, demonizes, & establishes models.
- Series Statement
- Oxford classical monographs
- Uniform Title
- Exemplary epic (Online)
- Oxford classical monographs.
- Alternative Title
- Exemplary epic (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-217) and indexes.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Exordium. Epic ; Example -- Perspective and paradigm. Myth and history ; Virtue and vice ; Civil wars and Caesars ; Scipio and Domitian -- Hannibal. Worse than Punic ; Improba virtus ; Various villainy ; Intertextual instability ; Better than Roman -- Fabius Maximus Cunctator. Great restraint ; One and many ; Republican monarchy ; Delaying dynamism -- Scipio Africanus Maior. Dual citizenship ; Superheroism ; Espirit de corps ; Immortal yearnings ; Power and glory ; Triumph and after -- Upending. Competition ; Conclusion.
- LCCN
- 2009942580
- OCLC
- ssj0000409890
- Author
Tipping, Ben.
- Title
Exemplary epic [electronic resource] : Silius Italicus' Punica / Ben Tipping.
- Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Series
Oxford classical monographs
Oxford classical monographs.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-217) and indexes.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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