The Punic motif in Claudian's De Bello Gildonico.

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Lobato Beneyto, T. (2018). The Punic motif in Claudian's De Bello Gildonico. : A case of memoria and exemplum in Late Antique Latin literature, (47), 263-276. Retrieved from http://emu.f.bg.ac.rs/lucidaintervalla/issues/47(2018).pdf
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Title

The Punic motif in Claudian's De Bello Gildonico.

Subtitle

A case of memoria and exemplum in Late Antique Latin literature

Author

Tamara, Lobato Beneyto

Journal

Lucida intervalla

Volume
Issue

47

Start page

263

End page

276

ISSN

1450-6645

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DOI
URL

http://emu.f.bg.ac.rs/lucidaintervalla/issues/47(2018).pdf

Date

2018

Abstract

De Bello Gildonico (The War against Gildo) is a composition in hexametres written by the Late Antique poet Claudian (c. 370 — c. 405). This paper discusses lines 76—91, which deal with the Carthaginian conflict. The passage highlights one of the main themes of the poetic work (loyalty in contrast to treason), thus contributing to its intra-textual coherence. From an ideological viewpoint the devices of memoria and exemplum conveyed by the Punic motif appear to be oblique comments on Claudian’s political and military context.

Keywords

Claudian, Ennius, exempla, historical epic, memoria, Punic Wars, Silius Italicus