The epic successors of Virgil : a study in the dynamics of a tradition / Philip Hardie.

This short book is a study of the epic tradition of the early Roman empire and specifically of the epic poems of Ovid, Lucan, Statius, Valerius Flaccus and Silius Italicus. It explores the use they made of Virgil's Aeneid, an epic interpreted not just as a monument to the heroic construction of...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author:	Hardie, Philip R.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Series:	Roman literature and its contexts.
Subjects:	Virgil > Influence. Virgil. > Aeneis. Virgil. Aeneis (Virgil) Epic poetry, Latin > History and criticism. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Imitation in literature. Rome > In literature. Impersonation in literature. Epic poetry, Latin. Literature. Rome (Empire) Criticism, interpretation, etc.