Flavian Poetry and its Greek Past

Antony Augoustakis is Associate professor of Classics at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign). He is the author of Motherhood and the Other: Fashioning Female Power in Flavian Epic (Oxford) and Plautus’ Mercator (Bryn Mawr). He has edited Brill's Companion to Silius Italicus (Leiden), Ritual and Religion in Flavian Epic (Oxford), and co-edited the Blackwell Companion to Terence (with Ariana Traill). He is completing a commentary on Statius' Thebaid Book 8 (Oxford).Contributors: Federica Bessone, Cristiano Castelletti, Robert Cowan, Marco Fucecchi, Daniela Galli, Jean-Michel Hulls, Simone Finkmann, Evangelos Karakasis, Darcy Krasne, R. Joy Littlewood, Ana Maria Lóio, Irene Mitousi, Margot Neger, Arianna Sacerdoti, Carey Seal, Pavlos Sfyroeras, Jörn Soerink, Michiel van der Keur, Marco van der Schuur.

"This volume serves two important purposes. First, it demonstrates the importance of Flavian engagement with Greek literature and thought even where we might least expect it, in writers like Silius and Martial. Second, it testifies to the vitality of the study of Flavian literature in contemporary Latin studies. These major poets are finally receiving the scrutiny and appreciation that they deserve." Peter Davis, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2014.08.53.

• TABLE OF CONTENTSANTONY AUGOUSTAKISIntroduction. Between Greece and Italy: Flavian Poetryand Its TraditionsI. FLAVIAN LITERATURE AND GREEK INTERTEXTS1. ARIANNA SACERDOTIQuis magna tuenti somnus? Scenes of Sleeplessness (and Intertextuality)in Flavian PoetryII. VALERIUS FLACCUS2. DARCY KRASNEWhen the Argo Met the Argo: Poetic Destruction in Valerius’ Argonautica3. CRISTIANO CASTELLETTIAratus and the Aratean Tradition in Valerius’ Argonautica4. SIMONE FINKMANNCollective Speech and Silence in the Argonautica of Apollonius and Valerius5. MARCO VAN DER SCHUURConflating Funerals: The Deaths of Idmon and Tiphys in Valerius’ Argonautica6. CAREY SEALCivil War and the Apollonian Model in Valerius’ Argonautica7. DANIELA GALLIDionysius Scytobrachion’s Argonautica and Valerius8. IRENE MITOUSIValerius’ Argonautica as an Ideological Epic of the Flavian eraIII. STATIUS9. JÖRN SOERINKTragic / Epic: Statius’ Thebaid and Euripides’ Hypsipyle10. JEAN-MICHEL HULLSGreek Author, Greek Past: Statius, Athens, and the Tragic Self11. FEDERICA BESSONEPolis, Court, Empire: Greek Culture, Roman Society,and the System of Genres in Statius’ poetry12. PAVLOS SFYROERASLike Purple on Ivory: A Homeric Simile in Statius’ AchilleidIV. SILIUS ITALICUS13. EVANGELOS KARAKASISHomeric Receptions in Flavian Epic: Intertextual Characterization in Punica 714. R. JOY LITTLEWOODLoyalty and the Lyre: Constructions of Fides in Hannibal’sCapuan Banquets15. MICHIEL VAN DER KEURmeruit deus esse uideri: Silius’ Homer in Homer’s Punica 1316. MARCO FUCECCHIThe Philosophy of Power: Greek Literary Tradition and Silius’ On KingshipV. MARTIAL17. MARGOT NEGER‘Graece numquid’ ait ‘poeta nescis?’ Martial and the GreekEpigrammatic Tradition18. ROBERT COWANFingering Cestos: Martial’s Catullus’ Callimachus19. ANA MARIA LÓIOInheriting Speech: Talking Books Come To Flavian RomeBIBLIOGRAPHYGENERAL INDEXINDEX LOCORUM