Valerius Flaccus
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Valerius Flaccus was a 1st-century Roman poet best known for his unfinished epic "Argonautica," a major work of the Silver Age of Latin literature.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
1st-century Roman person
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Latin poet ⓘ Roman poet ⓘ |
| activeDuringReignOf | Vespasian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Flavian literary circle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| cognomen | Flaccus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Flavian Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathApproximateDate | c. 90 CE (uncertain) ⓘ |
| dedicatedWorkTo |
Titus
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Vespasian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floruitCentury | 1st century ⓘ |
| genre | epic poetry ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | important poet of the Flavian period ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Apollonius of Rhodes
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Ovid NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | Latin epic Argonautica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Silver Latin ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Silver Age of Latin literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | highly rhetorical Silver Latin style ⓘ |
| mythologicalCharactersInWork |
Aeetes
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Argonauts NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason NERFINISHED ⓘ Medea NERFINISHED ⓘ Pelias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalObjectInWork | Golden Fleece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mythologicalTheme | voyage of the Argo ⓘ |
| name | Gaius Valerius Flaccus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Roman ⓘ |
| nomen | Valerius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Argonautica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | poet ⓘ |
| praenomen | Gaius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Roman Italy (probable) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scholarlyDebate | date and completeness of Argonautica are debated ⓘ |
| subjectOfWork | Argonautica retells the myth of Jason and the Argonauts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| survivingWorksCount | 1 major surviving work ⓘ |
| textualTransmission | Argonautica survives in medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| workBasedOn | Argonautica is based on Greek mythological material ⓘ |
| workBooksCount | Argonautica has 8 books (extant) ⓘ |
| workForm | Argonautica is written in dactylic hexameter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workStatus | Argonautica is unfinished ⓘ |
| workTitle | Argonautica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workType | mythological epic ⓘ |
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Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica