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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 1st-century Roman person
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 NERFINISHED
Vespasian NERFINISHED
floruitCentury 1st century
genre epic poetry
historicalReputation important poet of the Flavian period
influencedBy Apollonius of Rhodes NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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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this entity surface form: Valerius Flaccus’ Argonautica