02574nam 2200601 a 450 99620068970331620230725024641.01-282-60068-097866126006850-19-157640-9(CKB)2670000000039571(EBL)716797(OCoLC)649833565(SSID)ssj0000409890(PQKBManifestationID)11264535(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000409890(PQKBWorkID)10349990(PQKB)11776493(StDuBDS)EDZ0000076961(MiAaPQ)EBC716797(MiAaPQ)EBC7033755(Au-PeEL)EBL7033755(EXLCZ)99267000000003957120091203d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrExemplary epic[electronic resource] Silius Italicus' Punica /Ben TippingOxford Oxford University Press20101 online resource (256 p.)Oxford classical monographsDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-172061-5 0-19-955011-5 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Contents; Editions and Abbreviations; 1. Exordium; 2. Perspective and Paradigm; 3. Hannibal; 4. Fabius Maximus Cunctator; 5. Scipio Africanus Maior; 6. Upending; Bibliography; Index Locorum; General IndexThe force of example was a distinctive determiner of Roman identity. However, examples always rely upon the response of an audience, and are dependent upon context. Even where the example presented is positive, we cannot always suppress any negative associations it may also carry. In this study of the representation of certain central characters in Silius Italicus' Punica, Ben Tipping considers the virtues and vices they embody, their status as exemplars, and the process bywhich Silius as epic poet heroizes, demonizes, and establishes models. Tipping argues that example is a vital source of siOxford classical monographs.Epic poetryHistory and criticismLatin poetryHistory and criticismEpic poetryHistory and criticism.Latin poetryHistory and criticism.873.01Tipping Ben476709MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996200689703316Exemplary epic245093UNISA