Tacitus, the epic successor Virgil, Lucan, and the narrative of civil war in the histories

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Joseph, Timothy A. (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Leiden ; Boston Brill 2012
• Σειρά: Mnemosyne supplements volume 345
• Θέματα: Λουκανός, > 39-65; Virgil > 70-19; Τάκιτος >; Ρώμη > Ιστοριογραφία

Allusions to the epic poets Virgil and Lucan in the writing of the Roman historian Tacitus (c. 55 - c. 120 C.E.) have long been noted. This monograph argues that Tacitus fashions himself as a rivaling literary successor to these poets; and that the emulative allusions to Virgil's 'Aeneid&#...