Tacitus, the epic successor Virgil, Lucan, and the narrative of civil war in the histories
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&#...
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| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston
Brill
2012
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| Series: | Mnemosyne supplements
volume 345 |
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