Brill's Companion to Silius Italicus

Antony Augoustakis, Ph.D. (2001) in Classics, Brown University, is Associate Professor of Classics at Baylor University. His publications include Motherhood and the Other: Fashioning Female Power in Flavian Epic (Oxford, 2010) and Plautus' Mercator (Bryn Mawr, 2009).Contributors include: Enrico Ariemma; Paolo Asso; Neil Bernstein; Robert Cowan; William Dominik; Marco Fucecchi; Randall Ganiban; Bruce Gibson; Stephen Harrison; Alison Keith; Elizabeth Kennedy Klaassen; Helen Lovatt; Eleni Manolaraki; Raymond Marks; Frances Muecke; Arthur Pomeroy; Ben Tipping.

• Foreword and Acknowledgments Texts and Abbreviations Notes on ContributorsA. INTRODUCTION1. Silius Italicus, A Flavian Poet, Antony AugoustakisB. THE PUNICA: CONTEXT AND INTERTEXT2. To Silius Through Livy and his Predecessors, Arthur Pomeroy3. Silius Italicus: A Consular Historian? Bruce Gibson4. Virgil’s Dido and the Heroism of Hannibal in Silius’ Punica, Randall T. Ganiban5. Imitation and the Hero, Elizabeth Kennedy Klaassen6. Silius and Lucan, Raymond Marks7. Interplay: Silius and Statius in the Games of Punica 16, Helen LovattC. THE PUNICA: THEMES AND IMAGESa. Silius and the Tradition of Exemplary Heroism8. Hercules as a Paradigm of Roman Heroism, Paolo Asso9. Virtue and Narrative in Silius Italicus’ Punica, Ben Tipping10. The Shield and the Sword: Q. Fabius Maximus and M. Claudius Marcellus as Models of Heroism inSilius’ Punica , Marco Fucecchi11. Fons Cuncti Varro Mali: The Demagogue Varro in Punica 8–10, Enrico M. Ariemmab. Ekphrasis and Imagery12. Picturing the Future Again: Proleptic Ekphrasis in Silius’ Punica , Stephen J. Harrison13. Silius’ Natural History: Tides in the Punica , Eleni Manolaraki14. Virtual Epic: Counterfactuals, Sideshadowing, and the Poetics of Contingency in the Punica , Robert Cowanc. Gender15. Engendering Orientalism in Silius’ Punica , Alison M. Keithd. Epic and Society16. Family and State in the Punica , Neil W. BernsteinD. RECEPTION AND CRITICISM17. Silius Italicus in the Italian Renaissance, Frances Muecke18. The Reception of Silius Italicus in Modern Scholarship, William J. DominikBibliography General IndexIndex Locorum IIndex Locorum II

"This book is … a comprehensive treatment of some of the most important aspects of [the Punica]; it makes a significant contribution to the scholarship developing around this poet …" – Jessica S. Dietrich, in: The Classical Review 61/2"Brill’s Companion to Silius Italicus is an essential acquisition for the growing number of scholars now working on Flavian epic. Its success in highlighting the essential aspects of Silian poetics owes much to the judicious and imaginative arrangement of 18 wide-ranging contributions within a cohesive structure by Antony Augoustakis." – Joy Littlewood, in: The Classical Journal 2011/08/09"Antony Augoustakis' team (including several leading scholars on Silius) here brings together a wealth of refreshing viewpoints and new intertextual observations." – Michiel van der Keur, in: BMCR 2010.10.07