Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica, Book 1
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- ISBN 9780199219490
- Weight: 921g
- Dimensions: 162 x 241mm
- Publication Date: 17 Jul 2008
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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A text (with apparatus criticus), translation, and commentary, with introduction, of the first book of Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica, an unfinished Roman epic extending to eight books and several thousand lines, written in the Flavian period (69-96 CE). The commentary addresses both textual and semantic matters and broader questions of stylistics, poetics, thematics, and cultural context. Particularly close attention is paid to Valerius' choice of diction, his sophisticated use of figures and tropes, his often sly erudition, the recurring and strategic resort to subtle intertextual gestures, and, where appropriate, the reception of his work in later authors. The substantial introduction provides an overview of the poet and his poem.
Andrew Zissos is Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of California at Irvine.
