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Claudian and the Roman epic tradition
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ISBN: 9781107013438 1107013437 9781139004152 1139411470 1107229502 1139422839 9786613659934 1139419811 1139421867 1139423908 1139417762 1139004158 128068299X 9781139423908 9781280682995 9781139421867 9781139419819 9781107229501 9781139411479 6613659932 9781139422833 9781139417761 Year: 2012 Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,

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The historical importance of Claudian as writer of panegyric and propaganda for the court of Honorius is well established but his poetry has been comparatively neglected: only recently has his work been the subject of modern literary criticism. Taking as its starting point Claudian's claim to be the heir to Virgil, this book examines his poetry as part of the Roman epic tradition. Discussing first what we understand by epic and its relevance for late antiquity, Catherine Ware argues that, like Virgil and later Roman epic poets, Claudian analyses his contemporary world in terms of classical epic. Engaging intertextually with his literary predecessors, Claudian updates concepts such as furor and concordia, redefining Romanitas to exclude the increasingly hostile east, depicting enemies of the west as new Giants and showing how the government of Honorius and his chief minister, Stilicho, have brought about a true golden age for the west.


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A literary commentary on Panegyrici Latini VI (7) : an oration delivered before the Emperor Constantine in Trier, ca. AD 310
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ISBN: 9781107123694 1107123690 1108916775 1316421791 9781316421796 9781107565418 Year: 2021 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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The oration presented in this volume is critical to our knowledge of Constantine's early career and covers Maximian's rebellion, Constantine's claim of descent from Claudius II and his vision of Apollo. Written in AD 310, two years before Constantine's capture of Rome and his acceptance of Christianity, the speech gives a unique insight into the evolution of an imperial persona. This commentary examines the literary context of the panegyric and the role of the classical literary and rhetorical tradition in the recreation of Constantine's image. From the outset, the orator praises Constantine as separate from the imperial college: a deus praesens, god manifest, to the people of Gaul. He uses Lucan and Caesar to link Maximian's bid for power with the civil war between Caesar and Pompey while Vergilian allusion associates Constantine with Augustus.


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A literary commentary on Panegyrici Latini VI(7) : an oration delivered before the emperor Constantine in Trier, ca. AD 310
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The oration presented in this volume is critical to our knowledge of Constantine's early career and covers Maximian's rebellion, Constantine's claim of descent from Claudius II and his vision of Apollo. Written in AD 310, two years before Constantine's capture of Rome and his acceptance of Christianity, the speech gives a unique insight into the evolution of an imperial persona. This commentary examines the literary context of the panegyric and the role of the classical literary and rhetorical tradition in the recreation of Constantine's image. From the outset, the orator praises Constantine as separate from the imperial college: a deus praesens, god manifest, to the people of Gaul. He uses Lucan and Caesar to link Maximian's bid for power with the civil war between Caesar and Pompey while Vergilian allusion associates Constantine with Augustus.


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A literary commentary on Panegyrici Latini VI(7) : an oration delivered before the emperor Constantine in Trier, ca. AD 310
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ISBN: 9781316421796 Year: 2021 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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Aetas Claudianea : Eine Tagung an der Freien Universität Berlin vom 28. bis 30. Juni 2002

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