02046nam 2200385 450 99620845120331620231103112320.00-674-99306-3(CKB)3820000000012329(NjHacI)993820000000012329(EXLCZ)99382000000001232920231103d1934 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPunica, Volume IIVolume I /Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius ItalicusCambridge :Harvard University Press,1934.1 online resource (506 pages)Loeb classical library ;278Annotation Silius (T. Catius Silius Italicus), 25 CEâe"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 (218âe"202 BCE), is based for facts largely on Livy's account. Conceived as a contrast between two great nations (and their supporting gods), 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 (and other poets); 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.Loeb classical library ;278.Epic poetry, LatinRome (Empire)Epic poetry, Latin.Rome (Empire)873.4Italicus Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius1434675NjHacINjHaclBOOK996208451203316Punica, Volume II3590034UNISA