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Exemplary epic : Silius Italicus' Punica /

The 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tipping, Ben
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Series:Oxford classical monographs.
Subjects:
Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius. > Punica.
Punica (Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius)
Punica.
Ethics in literature.
Virtues in literature.
Vice in literature.
Ethics > Rome.
Example > History.
Virtue in literature.
Morale dans la littérature.
Vertus dans la littérature.
Vice dans la littérature.
Morale > Rome.
Exemple > Histoire.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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