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  1. Exemplary epic
    Silius Italicus' Punica
    Author: Tipping, Ben
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford [u.a.]

    The force of example was a distinctive determiner of Roman identity. In this study of the representation of certain central characters in Silius Italicus' 'Punica', Ben Tipping considers the virtues & vices they embody, their status as exemplars, &... more

    Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Akademiebibliothek
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    The force of example was a distinctive determiner of Roman identity. In this study of the representation of certain central characters in Silius Italicus' 'Punica', Ben Tipping considers the virtues & vices they embody, their status as exemplars, & the process by which Silius as epic poet heroizes, demonizes, & establishes models

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius Asconius (GefeierteR)
    Language: English
    Media type: Dissertation
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780199550111
    RVK Categories: FX 221605
    Edition: Reprint
    Series: Oxford classical monographs
    Subjects: Virtues in literature; Ethics in literature; Example; Vice in literature; Ethics
    Other subjects: Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius: Punica
    Scope: VII, 245 S., 22 cm
    Notes:

    Literaturverzeichnis S. [201] - 217 und Index

    Teilw. zugl.: Oxford, Univ., Diss.

    Exordium. Epic ; Example -- Perspective and paradigm. Myth and history ; Virtue and vice ; Civil wars and Caesars ; Scipio and Domitian -- Hannibal. Worse than Punic ; Improba virtus ; Various villainy ; Intertextual instability ; Better than Roman -- Fabius Maximus Cunctator. Great restraint ; One and many ; Republican monarchy ; Delaying dynamism -- Scipio Africanus Maior. Dual citizenship ; Superheroism ; Espirit de corps ; Immortal yearnings ; Power and glory ; Triumph and after -- Upending. Competition ; Conclusion.

  2. Exemplary epic
    Silius Italicus' Punica
    Author: Tipping, Ben
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford [u.a.]

    The force of example was a distinctive determiner of Roman identity. In this study of the representation of certain central characters in Silius Italicus' 'Punica', Ben Tipping considers the virtues & vices they embody, their status as exemplars, &... more

    Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Akademiebibliothek
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    The force of example was a distinctive determiner of Roman identity. In this study of the representation of certain central characters in Silius Italicus' 'Punica', Ben Tipping considers the virtues & vices they embody, their status as exemplars, & the process by which Silius as epic poet heroizes, demonizes, & establishes models

     

    Export to reference management software   RIS file
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius Asconius (GefeierteR)
    Language: English
    Media type: Dissertation
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780199550111
    RVK Categories: FX 221605
    Edition: Reprint
    Series: Oxford classical monographs
    Subjects: Virtues in literature; Ethics in literature; Example; Vice in literature; Ethics
    Other subjects: Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius: Punica
    Scope: VII, 245 S., 22 cm
    Notes:

    Literaturverzeichnis S. [201] - 217 und Index

    Teilw. zugl.: Oxford, Univ., Diss.

    Exordium. Epic ; Example -- Perspective and paradigm. Myth and history ; Virtue and vice ; Civil wars and Caesars ; Scipio and Domitian -- Hannibal. Worse than Punic ; Improba virtus ; Various villainy ; Intertextual instability ; Better than Roman -- Fabius Maximus Cunctator. Great restraint ; One and many ; Republican monarchy ; Delaying dynamism -- Scipio Africanus Maior. Dual citizenship ; Superheroism ; Espirit de corps ; Immortal yearnings ; Power and glory ; Triumph and after -- Upending. Competition ; Conclusion.