Animal Encounters in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica (Mnemosyne, Supplements)

Tuttle Mackay, Anne

Brill（2022/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 282 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789004519602

Full Description

This first in-depth study of Valerius Flaccus' animals reveals their role in his poetic programme and the manifold ways in which he establishes their subjectivity. In one encounter, a trapped bird becomes a tragic victim, while the trapper is dehumanized. Elsewhere there are touching portrayals of animal/human camaraderie and friendship. Furthermore, Valerius' provocative consideration of the 'monstrous' challenges simplistic definitions of any being's nature, or the nature of relationships across species. His challenge entails profound ethical implications for his Roman readership, which resonate with us as we assess our own relationship to animals and the natural world today.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

General Introduction

 1 Background 1: Discussions in Valerian Scholarship

 2 Background 2: The Literary & Cultural Contexts of Valerius' Animals

 3 Methodology

1 Empathy: Animal Experience in Simile

 1 Bulls & Herds: Safety in Numbers

 2 The Animal Mother: Gender & Generic Boundaries

 3 Behaviour Patterns: Life Cycles & Phases

 Conclusion

2 Relating: Human/Animal Interactions

 1 Human Dominion

 2 Human & Animal Trans-Species Collaboration

 Conclusion

3 Identity: Human Appropriation of Animal Skins

 1 Heroic Identification

 2 (Re)emergence of the Animal

 Conclusion

4 Presence: Animal Emissaries & Cult Companions

 1 Sight: Jupiter's Birds

 2 Sound: The Animal Voice

 Conclusion

5 Serpentine: Meditation on the Monstrous

 1 Snaky Monsters & the New World Order

 2 Snakes on Cyzicus, Arg. 3.456-458

 3 Medea & Her draco

 Conclusion

General Conclusion

Appendix: Indices of Animal & Related References in Valerius Flaccus.

Bibliography

Index