Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica, Book 1

A Commentary
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-19-921949-0
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 522 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 921 g

A text (with apparatus criticus), translation, and commentary, with introduction, of the first book of Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica, an unfinished Roman epic extending to eight books and several thousand lines, written in the Flavian period (69-96 CE). The commentary addresses both textual and semantic matters and broader questions of stylistics, poetics, thematics, and cultural context. Particularly close attention is paid to Valerius' choice of diction, his sophisticated use of figures and tropes, his often sly erudition, the recurring and strategic resort to subtle intertextual gestures, and, where appropriate, the reception of his work in later authors. The substantial introduction provides an overview of the poet and his poem.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zissos, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- Text

- Translation

- Commentary

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Zissos is Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of California at Irvine.