Exemplary Epic by Ben Tipping
The 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 by which Silius as epic poet heroizes, demonizes, and establishes models. Tipping argues that example is a vital source of significance within the Punica, but also an inherently unstable mode, the lability of which affects both Silius' epic heroes and his villainous Hannibal.-
Inventing the Barbarian
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The Roman Army at War 100 BC - AD 200
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Religion and Society in Ancient Thessaly
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Women in Ancient Persia, 559-331 BC
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Between Empires
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The Rhetoric of the Past in Demosthenes and Aeschines
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Consentius' De barbarismis et metaplasmis
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Epicurus’ Human Beings
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Revenge in Seneca's Tragedies
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Exemplarity and Allusion in Macrobius' Saturnalia
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Roman Priests from Republic to Empire
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Emperor Worship and Roman Religion
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Singing for the Gods
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Agathokles of Syracuse
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Pseudo-Arcadius' Epitome of Herodian's De Prosodia Catholica
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The Kingdom of Priam
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Divine Talk
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Historiography at the End of the Republic
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Pindar and the Cult of Heroes
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The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite
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Child Emperor Rule in the Late Roman West, AD 367-455
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Plutarch Against Colotes
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Agrarian Change in Late Antiquity
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Episcopal Elections 250-600
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The Stoics on Lekta
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The Chorus of Drama in the Fourth Century BCE
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Greek Praise Poetry and the Rhetoric of Divinity
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Roman Republican Augury
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Pindar and the Poetics of Permanence
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Reading Quintilian
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Powers of Expression, Expressions of Power
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Sievers' Law and the History of Semivowel Syllabicity in Indo-European and Ancient Greek
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Alcibiades and Athens
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Guilt by Descent
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Lucan: Spectacle and Engagement
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Cicero, Rhetoric, and Empire
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Canons of Style in the Antonine Age
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Animal Sacrifice in Ancient Greek Religion, Judaism, and Christianity, 100 BC to AD 200
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Plato's Symposium
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Callimachus' Book of Iambi
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Stasis and Stability
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Experiencing Pain in Imperial Greek Culture
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Cicero's Role Models
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Jerome, Vita Malchi
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Kings and Usurpers in the Seleukid Empire
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Thucydides: Narrative and Explanation
This book will be required reading for those who study the Punica, Flavian epic, and the subject of exemplarity in general * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *
Ben Tipping is Assistant Professor of the Classics, Harvard University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199550111 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199550115 |
| Title | Exemplary Epic |
| Author | Ben Tipping |
| Series | Oxford Classical Monographs |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2010-05-13 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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