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Silius italicus, punica 2 / edited with an introduction, translation, and commentary by Neil W. Bernstein.
Format
Book
Language
English
Latin
Εdition
First edition.
Published/Created
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
©2017
Description
liv, 318 pages ; 25 cm
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Firestone Library - Classics Collection
PA6695 .A2 2017
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Subject(s)
Epic poetry, Latin
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History and criticism
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Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C.
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Poetry
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Rome
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History, Military
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265-30 B.C.
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Poetry
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Carthage (Extinct city)
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Poetry
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Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius
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Punica Liber 2.
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Editor
Bernstein, Neil W., 1973-
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Author of introduction
Bernstein, Neil W., 1973-
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Translator
Bernstein, Neil W., 1973-
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Poetry
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Getty AAT genre
poetry
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Contains
Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius.
Punica
Liber 2.
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Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius.
Punica
Liber 2.
English.
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Summary note
Silius Italicus' Punica, a Latin epic poem on the second Punic war written at the end of the first century CE, is one of the few Roman historical epics to survive from antiquity. This volume represents the first full-length scholarly commentary in any language on Book 2 of the seventeen-book epic and accompanies a recent resurgence in scholarly interest in the Punica. It includes an extensive introduction to the poem's historical and literary contexts, along with the fullLatin text and apparatus criticus, English translation, and detailed line-by-line commentary. The introduction situates Silius in historiographical and literary tradition, while the commentary addresses a broad range of textual, linguistic, literary, and cultural topics. Discussion ofintertextuality focuses especially on the poem's adaptation of earlier epic tradition, including the poems of Homer, Virgil, Ovid, Lucan, Valerius Flaccus, and Statius. The text and apparatus criticus have been updated since the publication of Josef Delz's Teubner edition of the Punica in 1987 toinclude a much more comprehensive account of emendation history. The result is a keenly focused and cutting-edge critical edition that will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students of Silius Italicus and the Punica for years to come.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-289) and indexes.
Language note
Parallel Latin and English text translated from the Latin.
Contents
1. Silius Italicus, consular and poet
2. Epicizing history
3. The episodes and themes of Punica 2
4. Punica 2 and the poetic tradition
5. Language and style
6. Metrics and prosody
7. Text and translation.
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Punica 2
Punica two
ISBN
0198747861 ((hardcover))
9780198747864 ((hardcover))
LCCN
2016939729
OCLC
987268940
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