Preview   Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica, over the course of the past several decades, has received a notable increase in critical scrutiny and appreciation.  Tim Stover’s timely new book, Valerius Flaccus and Imperial Latin Epic, examines the intertextual interaction between Valerius’ text and four epic successors: Silius’ Punica, Statius’ Thebaid and Achilleid, and Claudian’s De Raptu … Continue reading Valerius Flaccus and imperial Latin epic