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Family in Flavian Epic examines the treatment of family bonds in Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica, Statius’ Thebaid and Achilleid, and Silius Italicus’ Punica. The eleven contributions consider the representation of epic parents, children, siblings, and spouses, and their interaction with each other, demonstrating the Flavian poets’ engagement with their epic, and more generally literary, tradition. At the same time, Roman attitudes towards the family and Flavian concerns especially related to dynastic harmony and civil war also characterise both historical and mythological members of Flavian epic families.

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""This collection of essays by both young and senior scholars makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of an increasingly important field of Latin literary study."" P.J. Davis, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2017.03.04

This collection of essays by both young and senior scholars makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of an increasingly important field of Latin literary study. P.J. Davis, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2017.03.04

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Nikoletta Manioti, Ph.D. (2012), Durham, is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of St Andrews. She is currently working on a three-year project on “View from Above: Aerial Perspectives in Latin Epic”, and preparing a monograph on epic sisters. Contributors are: Antony Augoustakis, Neil Bernstein, Federica Bessone, Emma Buckley, Peter Heslin, Alison Keith, Joy Littlewood, Nikoletta Manioti, Carole Newlands, Claire Stocks, and Tim Stover.

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