Family in Flavian Epic

Family in Flavian Epic

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...

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Main Author: Manioti, Nikoletta
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : BRILL, 2016.
Series:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum.
Subjects:
Valerius Flaccus, Gaius, > active 1st century. > Argonautica > Congresses.
Statius, P. Papinius > (Publius Papinius) > Criticism and interpretation > Congresses.
Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius > Criticism and interpretation > Congresses.
Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius
Statius, P. Papinius > (Publius Papinius)
Argonautica (Valerius Flaccus, Gaius)
Epic poetry, Latin > History and criticism > Congresses.
Families in literature > Congresses.
Kinship in literature > Congresses.
Epic poetry, Latin
Families in literature
Kinship in literature
Conference papers and proceedings
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • ‎Contents; ‎Acknowledgements; ‎Notes on Contributors; ‎Family in Flavian Epic (Manioti); ‎Opibusque ultra ne crede paternis: Fathers and Sons on the Wrong Side of History in Valerius' Argonautica (Stover); ‎Daddy's Little Girl? The Father/Daughter Bond in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica and Flavian Rome (Stocks); ‎Over Her Live Body? Marriage in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica (Buckley); ‎A Perfect Murder: The Hypsipyle Epyllion (Heslin); ‎Becoming Sisters: Antigone and Argia in Statius' Thebaid (Manioti); ‎Fatal Unions: Marriage at Thebes (Newlands)
  • ‎The Hero's Extended Family: Familial and Narrative Tensions in Statius' Achilleid (Bessone)‎Dynastic Triads: Flavian Resonances and Structural Antithesis in Silius' Sons of Hamilcar (Littlewood); ‎Mutua uulnera: Dying Together in Silius' Saguntum (Bernstein); ‎Sisters and Their Secrets in Flavian Epic (Keith); ‎Burial and Lament in Flavian Epic: Mothers, Fathers, Children (Augoustakis); ‎General Index; ‎Index Locorum

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