Exemplary epic

By Ben Tipping

Subjects: Ethics, Epic poetry, history and criticism, Punica, Example, Virtues in literature, Vice in literature, Latin poetry, history and criticism, History, Ethics in literature

Description: The force of example was a distinctive determiner of Roman identity. In this study of the representation of certain central characters in Silius Italicus' 'Punica', Ben Tipping considers the virtues & vices they embody, their status as exemplars, & the process by which Silius as epic poet heroizes, demonizes, & establishes models.