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Rhetorical training was the central component of an elite Roman man's education. Controversiae (declamations), imaginary courtroom speeches in the character of a fictional or historical individual, were the most advanced exercises in the standard rhetorical curriculum. The 'Major Declarations' is a collection of 19 full-length Latin speeches attributed in antiquity to Quintilian but most likely composed by a group of authors in the second and third centuries CE. This book is devoted exclusively to the 'Major Declamations' and its reception in later European literature.

Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin --- Oratory, Ancient. --- History and criticism. --- Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin - History and criticism --- Oratory, Ancient --- Rhétorique --- Discours --- Rome ancienne --- Histoire

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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 focused 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.

Epic poetry, Latin --- History and criticism. --- Valerius Flaccus, Gaius, --- Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius --- Statius, P. Papinius --- Silio, --- Silius, --- Silius Italicus, C. --- Silius Italicus, Catius --- Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius, --- Sillius, --- Flacco, Valerio, --- Flaccus, Gaius Valerius, --- Valerio Flacco, --- Valerius Flaccus, --- Valerius Flaccus, C. --- Valerius Flaccus, C., --- Valerius Flaccus, Caius, --- Valerius Flaccus Setinus Balbus, C., --- Estacio --- Stace --- Statius, Papinius --- Statius, Publius Papinius --- Stat︠s︡iĭ, Publiĭ Papiniĭ --- Стаций, Публий Папиний --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Stazio --- Valerius Flaccus, Gaius --- Gaius Valerius Flaccus --- Valerius Flaccus Setinus Balbus, Caius --- Valerius Flaccus --- Flavian literature. --- Roman epic. --- intertextuality.