Valerius Flaccus: Argonautica, Book 8 Edited with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary

This is the first dedicated commentary on the eighth and final book of Valerius Flaccus' Flavian epic Argonautica. It includes the Latin text, a new English translation, and detailed discussion of a range of literary, linguistic, and textual issues. It is the final work of the promising scholar Cristiano Castelletti, edited by friends and colleagues. The edition benefits from his wide-ranging knowledge of ancient poetry and provides perceptive insights into the texture of this important book. It will make the final section of the poem more easily accessible to an international readership and addresses questions of the original length of the poem, of intertextuality, and of poetic practices in late first-century CE Rome.

1 - Context and Aim of this Commentary
2 - The Poem's Ideology in a Sphragis
3 - The Eighth Book and the End of the Poem
4 - Text, Sigla, Editions, and Textual Abbreviations

The late Cristiano Castelletti (1971-2017) was a Swiss classical scholar, who published widely on Valerius Flaccus and other Roman poets. Antony Augoustakis is Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Marco Fucecchi is Associate Professor of Latin Language and Literature at the University of Udine. Gesine Manuwald is Professor of Latin at University College London.