• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Punica 2
  • Contributor: Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius [VerfasserIn]; Bernstein, Neil W. [HerausgeberIn]
  • Published: [Oxford]: Oxford University Press, 2018
  • Extent: 1 online resource
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 9780191864520
  • DOI: 10.1093/actrade/9780198747864.book.1
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  • Keywords: Epic poetry, Latin ; Translations into English
  • Description: Silius Italicus' 'Punica', a Latin epic poem on the second Punic war written at the end of the first century CE, is one of the few Roman historical epics to survive from antiquity. This volume represents the first full-length scholarly commentary in any language on Book 2 of the 17-book epic and accompanies a recent resurgence in scholarly interest in the Punica. It includes an extensive introduction to the poem's historical and literary contexts, along with the full Latin text and apparatus criticus, English translation, and detailed line-by-line commentary.
  • Footnote: Previously issued in print: 2017. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 15, 2018)