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020 $a9780199550111 (hbk.)
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050 00 $aPA6695$b.T57 2010
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100 1 $aTipping, Ben.
245 10 $aExemplary epic :$bSilius Italicus' Punica /$cBen Tipping.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2010.
300 $avii, 245 p. ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aOxford classical monographs
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [201]-217) and indexes.
505 0 $aExordium. 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.
520 8 $aThe 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.
600 10 $aSilius Italicus, Tiberius Catius.$tPunica.
650 0 $aEthics in literature.
650 0 $aVirtues in literature.
650 0 $aVice in literature.
650 0 $aEthics$zRome.
650 0 $aExample$xHistory.
600 17 $aSilius Italicus, Tiberius Catius Asconius.$2swd
630 07 $aPunica.$2swd
830 0 $aOxford classical monographs.