Valerius Flaccus and Imperial Latin Epic

This is the first book-length study of the reception of Valerius Flaccus'' Argonautica in the epic poems of Silius Italicus (Punica), Statius (Thebaid, Achilleid), and Claudian (De Raptu Proserpinae). It sheds new light on the importance of Valerius'' poem and enhances our understanding of the intertextual richness of imperial Latin epic. The readings offered in this book provide new evidence to s...