Flavian Poetry

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-90-04-14794-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 270, 414 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 891 g

Reihe: Mnemosyne, Supplements

The reign of the Flavian emperors (69-96) saw the production of a large and varied body of Latin poetry: the epics of Valerius Flaccus, Silius Italicus and Statius, the Silvae of the same Statius, and the Epigrams of Martial. This poetry, long seen as derivative or decadent, is now increasingly appreciated for the daring originality of its responses both to the Latin literary tradition and to the contemporary Roman world. In the summer of 2003, the first-ever international conference on Flavian poetry, was held at Groningen, The Netherlands, bringing together leading scholars in the field from Europe, North America and Australasia. This volume offers a selection of the papers delivered on that occasion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nauta, Ruud R

Smolenaars, Johannes J L

Dam, Harm-Jan van

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike

Über Autor(innen)

Ruurd R. Nauta is Professor of Latin at Groningen University. He is the author of Poetry for Patrons. Literary Communication in the Age of Domitian (Brill, 2002), and co-editor of Catullus’ Poem on Attis (Brill, 2005).
Harm-Jan van Dam is Associate Professor of Latin at Free University Amsterdam. He is the author of Statius Silvae II, A Commentary (Brill, 1984) and Hugo Grotius De imperio summarum potestatum circa sacra (Brill, 2001).
Johannes J.L. Smolenaars is Associate Professor of Latin at Amsterdam University. He is the author of Statius Thebaid VII, A Commentary (Brill, 1994), and published widely on Virgil, Ovid, Seneca tragicus and Statius.