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Silius Italicus: Punica, Book 9 - Edited with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (Hardcover)
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Silius Italicus: Punica, Book 9 - Edited with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Commentaries on Flavian Poetry
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Book 9 of Silius Italicus' first-century Latin epic poem Punica
begins the narrative of the Battle of Cannae (August 216 BC). This
book is an integral part of the epic's three-book movement that
narrates one of the largest battles in Roman history. It opens with
the dispute between the consuls Paulus and Varro over giving
battle, in the face of hostile omens and Hannibal's record of
successful combat. On the eve of the battle, the Roman soldier
Solymus accidentally kills his father Satricus, thereby presenting
an omen of disaster for the Roman army. After Hannibal and Varro
encourage their troops, the initial phase of the battle commences.
The gods descend to the battlefield, and Mars and Minerva fight the
sole full-scale theomachy in Latin epic. Aeolus summons the
Vulturnus wind at Juno's request to devastate the Roman ranks.
After the gods have departed, Hannibal's elephant troops advance
and scatter the Roman forces. The book ends by recapitulating the
opening episode: Varro admits his mistake in giving battle and
flees the battlefield. This volume is the first full-scale
commentary in English devoted exclusively to Punica 9. It features
the Latin text with a critical apparatus and a parallel English
translation. Detailed commentary notes provide information on
literary style, use of language, poetic intertexts, and scholarly
interpretation. The Introduction offers further context and
background, including sections on Silius Italicus and his era, the
historiographic and rhetorical traditions that he adopted, the
inter- and intra-textuality of the Cannae episode, and the book's
use of diction and metre.
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