Wild animals in Roman epic

Roman epic authors extended, reinvented and created new wild animal representations that stood apart from traditional Greek epic renderings. The treatment of wild animals in seven Roman epics (Virgil’s Aeneid, Lucan’s Civil War, Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Statius’ Thebaid and Achilleid, Valerius’ Argonau...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hawtree, Laura Joy
Other Authors: Dickey, Eleanor
Published: University of Exeter 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.548982