The Roman Hannibal remembering the enemy in Silius Italicus' Punica
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Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2014.
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1 online resource (289 pages)
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9781781385920 (e-book)
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Silius Italicus' Punica, the longest surviving epic in Latin literature, has seen a resurgence of interest among scholars in recent years. A celebration of Rome's triumph over Hannibal and Carthage during the second Punic war, Silius' poem presents a plethora of familiar names to its readers: Fabius Maximus, Claudius Marcellus, Scipio Africanus and, of course, Rome's 'ultimate enemy' - Hannibal. Where most recent scholarship on the Punica has focused its attention of the problematic portrayal of Scipio Africanus as a hero for Rome, this book shifts the focus to Carthage and offers a new reading of Hannibal's place in Silius' epic, and in Rome's literary culture at large. Celebrated and demonised in equal measure, Hannibal became something of an anti-hero for Rome; a man who acquired mythic status, and was condemned by Rome's authors for his supposed greed and cruelty, yet admired for his military acumen. For the first time this book provides a comprehensive overview of this multi-faceted Hannibal as he appears in the Punica and suggests that Silius' portrayal of him can be read as the culmination to Rome's centuries-long engagement with the Carthaginian in its literature. Through detailed consideration of internal focalisation, Silius' Hannibal is revealed to be a man striving to create an eternal legacy, becoming the Hannibal whom a Roman, and a modern reader, would recognise. The works of Polybius, Livy, Virgil, and the post Virgilian epicists all have a bit-part in this book, which aims to show that Silius Italicus' Punica is as much an example of how Rome remembered its past, as it is a text striving to join Rome's epic canon.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Stocks, C. (2014). The Roman Hannibal: remembering the enemy in Silius Italicus' Punica . Liverpool University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Stocks, Claire. 2014. The Roman Hannibal: Remembering the Enemy in Silius Italicus' Punica. Liverpool University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Stocks, Claire. The Roman Hannibal: Remembering the Enemy in Silius Italicus' Punica Liverpool University Press, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Stocks, Claire. The Roman Hannibal: Remembering the Enemy in Silius Italicus' Punica Liverpool University Press, 2014.
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