Sanderson, Elaine C 
ORCID: 0000-0002-0855-7802
(2022)
KIN CONFLICTS AND STASIS: CIVIL WAR ON PEUCE IN VALERIUS FLACCUS’<i>ARGONAUTICA</i>.
The Classical Quarterly, 72 (1).
pp. 303-315.
Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>While it is no secret that Valerius Flaccus’<jats:italic>Argonautica</jats:italic>explores civil-war themes at great length, the conflicts arising on the island of Peuce between the Colchians and the Argonauts and within the Argonautic party itself in the epic's final book (8.217–467) have been overlooked in critical studies of Valerian civil war. This article argues that Valerius presents the conflicts on Peuce as examples of civil war—emphasizing the bonds of kinship between the conflicting parties and illustrating effects of this discord using imagery of stasis and cosmic dissolution associated with civil war in the wider Latin literary tradition—and thus invites reflection on the development and manifestation of internecine strife within the<jats:italic>Argonautica</jats:italic>.</jats:p>
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Histories, Languages and Cultures |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Jun 2022 15:05 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Mar 2024 14:30 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0009838822000246 |
| Open Access URL: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009838822000246 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3156668 |
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