Reading Trojan Rome: illegitimate epithets, avatars, and the limits of analogy in Silius Italicus' Punica
Silius Italicus' Punica is about Roman identity, and one of his principal means of exploring that is through the complex negotiation of Rome's identity with Troy. This article examines two specific techniques which the epic employs: firstly, Silius' use of Trojan epithets for third-ce...
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2007
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