Exemplary epic

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.

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

People: Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus,  Tiberius Catius Silius Italicus

Places: Rome