Argonautiques
by Valerius Flaccus, Gaius, Liberman, Gauthier
fromCollection des universites de France
Biographical note: Gesine Manuwald, University College London, UK; Astrid Voigt, Open University, UK. Main description: This volume on the three Flavian epic poets (Valerius Flaccus, Statius, Silius Italicus) for the first time critically engages with a unique set-up in Roman l…
This volume on the three Flavian epic poets (Valerius Flaccus, Statius, 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. The interactions of these poems with each other an…
This volume consists of an introduction, the text of book 4 of Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica, commentary, bibliography and index. However, it is not a standard philological commentary. Although it contains textual criticism (but only where meaning and appreciation are substantia…