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Silius Italicus: Punica, Volume II, Books 9-17 (Loeb Classical Library No. 278)

James Duff Duff

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Silius , 25 CE-101, was consul in 68 and governor of the province of Asia in 69; he sought no further office but lived thereafter on his estates as a literary man and collector. He revered the work of Cicero, whose Tusculan villa he owned, and that of Virgil, whose tomb at Naples he likewise owned and near which he lived. His epic "Punica," in 17 books, on the second War with Carthage , is based for facts largely on Livy's account. Conceived as a contrast between two great nations , championed by the two great heroes Scipio and Hannibal, his poem is written in pure Latin and smooth verse filled throughout with echoes of Virgil above all ; it exploits with easy grace, but little genius, all the devices and techniques of traditional Latin epic.

The Loeb Classical Library edition of Silius Italicus is in two volumes.

Language: Multiple languages

Pages: 512

Format: Hardcover

Release: January 01, 1934

ISBN 13: 9780674993068

Silius Italicus: Punica, Volume II, Books 9-17 (Loeb Classical Library No. 278)

James Duff Duff

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Silius , 25 CE-101, was consul in 68 and governor of the province of Asia in 69; he sought no further office but lived thereafter on his estates as a literary man and collector. He revered the work of Cicero, whose Tusculan villa he owned, and that of Virgil, whose tomb at Naples he likewise owned and near which he lived. His epic "Punica," in 17 books, on the second War with Carthage , is based for facts largely on Livy's account. Conceived as a contrast between two great nations , championed by the two great heroes Scipio and Hannibal, his poem is written in pure Latin and smooth verse filled throughout with echoes of Virgil above all ; it exploits with easy grace, but little genius, all the devices and techniques of traditional Latin epic.

The Loeb Classical Library edition of Silius Italicus is in two volumes.

Language: Multiple languages

Pages: 512

Format: Hardcover

Release: January 01, 1934

ISBN 13: 9780674993068

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