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Ritual and Religion in Flavian Epic (Hardcover)
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Ritual and Religion in Flavian Epic (Hardcover)
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This edited collection addresses the role of ritual representations
and religion in the epic poems of the Flavian period (69-96 CE):
Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica, Silius Italicus' Punica, Statius'
Thebaid, and the unfinished Achilleid. Drawing on various modern
studies on religion and ritual, and the relationship between
literature and religion in the Greco-Roman world, it explores how
we can interpret the poets' use of the relationship between gods
and humans, cults and rituals, religious activities, and the role
of the seer / prophet and his identification with poetry.
Divided into three major sections, the volume includes essays on
the most important religious activities (prophecy or augury,
prayers and hymns) and the relationship between religion and
political power under the Flavian emperors. It also addresses
specific episodes in Flavian epic which focus on religious
activities associated with the dead and the Underworld, such as
purification, necromancy, katabasis, suicide, and burial. It
finally explores the role of gender in ritual and religion.
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