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Neil W. Bernstein argues that four Roman epic poems contain depictions of kinship that are significantly different from earlier epic and examines these representations in the context of the social, political, and aesthetic changes of the early Imperial period.

Epic poetry, Latin --- Kinship in literature --- Family in literature --- History and criticism --- Valerius Flaccus, Gaius, --- Statius, Publius Papinius --- Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius --- Rome --- History --- Kinship in literature. --- Families in literature --- Poésie épique latine --- Parenté dans la littérature --- Familles dans la littérature --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Statius, P. Papinius --- Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius. --- Histoire --- Ancient & Classical --- Silio, --- Silius, --- Silius Italicus, C. --- Silius Italicus, Catius --- Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius, --- Sillius, --- Estacio --- Gaius Valerius Flaccus --- Families in literature. --- Stace --- Statius, Papinius --- Flacco, Valerio, --- Flaccus, Gaius Valerius, --- Valerio Flacco, --- Valerius Flaccus, --- Valerius Flaccus, C. --- Valerius Flaccus, C., --- Valerius Flaccus, Caius, --- Valerius Flaccus Setinus Balbus, C., --- Stat︠s︡iĭ, Publiĭ Papiniĭ --- Стаций, Публий Папиний --- Stazio --- Valerius Flaccus, Gaius --- Valerius Flaccus Setinus Balbus, Caius --- Valerius Flaccus --- Epic poetry, Latin - History and criticism --- Valerius Flaccus, Gaius, - 1st cent. --- Rome - History - Flavians, 69-96

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Hercules is the best-known character from classical mythology. Seneca's play Hercules Furens presents the hero at a moment of triumph turned to tragedy. Hercules returns from his final labor, his journey to the Underworld, and then slaughters his family in an episode of madness. This play exerted great influence on Shakespeare and other Renaissance tragedians, and also inspired contemporary adaptations in film, TV, and comics. Aimed at undergraduates and non-specialists, this companion introduces the play's action, historical context and literary tradition, critical reception, adaptation, and performance tradition

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus,

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"This volume offers a modern, accurate, and accessible translation of Claudian's work, published in English for the first time since 1922, accompanied by detailed notes and comprehensive glossary. Claudian (active 395-404 CE) was the last of the great classical Latin poets. His best-known work, The Rape of Proserpina, continues to inspire numerous retellings and adaptations. Claudian also wrote poems in praise of rulers, including the emperor Honorius and the regent Flavius Stilicho, which are essential sources for reconstructing politics and society in the late Roman empire. These poems and others are translated here, alongside an introduction offering an overview of Claudian's career, the wider historical and political context of the period, and the poetic traditions in which Claudian wrote: mythological epic, panegyric, invective, and epithalamium. The translations, with explanatory notes, include: The Rape of Proserpina, Panegyric on Olybrius and Probinus' Consulship, Panegyrics on Honorius' Third, Fourth, and Sixth Consulships, Invective Against Rufinus, Fescennines and Epithalamium for Honorius and Maria, The War With Gildo, Panegyric on Manlius Theodorus' Consulship, Invective Against Eutropius, Panegyric on Stilicho's Consulship, The Gothic War, and shorter poems. The Complete Works of Claudian is a vital resource for students and scholars working on late antique literature, particularly Claudian's work, as well as those studying the history and culture of the western Roman Empire in this period. This accessible volume is also suitable for the general reader interested in the works of Claudian and this period more broadly"--

Claudianus, Claudius --- Claudian --- Claudien --- Claudià, Claudi --- Claudiano, Claudio --- Claudius Claudianus --- Klavdian --- Клавдиан --- Klavdian, Klavdiĭ --- Клавдиан, Клавдий --- Pseudo-Claudianus

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"Book 9 of Silius Italicus' first-century Latin epic poem Punica begins the narrative of the Battle of Cannae (August 216 bc). This book is an integral part of the epic's three-book movement that narrates one of the largest battles in Roman history. It opens with the dispute between the consuls Paulus and Varro over giving battle, in the face of hostile omens and Hannibal's record of successful combat. On the eve of the battle, the Roman soldier Solymus accidentally kills his father Satricus, thereby presenting an omen of disaster for the Roman army. After Hannibal and Varro encourage their troops, the initial phase of the battle commences. The gods descend to the battlefield, and Mars and Minerva fight the sole full-scale theomachy in Latin epic. Aeolus summons the Vulturnus wind at Juno's request to devastate the Roman ranks. After the gods have departed, Hannibal's elephant troops advance and scatter the Roman forces. The book ends by recapitulating the opening episode: Varro admits his mistake in giving battle and flees the battlefield. This volume is the first full-scale commentary in English devoted exclusively to Punica 9. It features the Latin text with a critical apparatus and a parallel English translation. Detailed commentary notes provide information on literary style, use of language, poetic intertexts, and scholarly interpretation. The Introduction offers further context and background, including sections on Silius Italicus and his era, the historiographical and rhetorical traditions that he adapted, the inter- and intratextuality of the Cannae episode, and the book's use of diction and metre"

Cannae, Battle of, Italy, 216 B.C --- Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C. --- Cannae, Battle of, 216 B.C. --- Campaigns --- Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius --- Silio, --- Silius, --- Silius Italicus, C. --- Silius Italicus, Catius --- Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius, --- Sillius,