'FACT' AND 'FICTION' IN ROMAN HISTORICAL EPIC. (October 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Manuwald, Gesine
• Is Part Of: Greece & Rome. Volume 61:Number 2(2014:Oct.)
• Page Start: 204
• Page End: 221
• Publication Date: 2014-10
• Subjects: Classical antiquities -- Periodicals; Classical philology -- Periodicals; Greek literature -- Periodicals; Latin literature -- Periodicals; Greece -- Periodicals; Rome -- Periodicals; 930
• DOI: 10.1017/S0017383514000047
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0017-3835

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="text-abstract"> <title> <x content-type="archive" xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>In the second half of the third century <sc>bce</sc> Roman historical epic (notably that written by Naevius and Ennius) and Roman historiography (notably that of Fabius Pictor) came into being at roughly the same time. Whether and in what ways these two literary forms may have mutually influenced each other in their early development is a matter of debate, but it is obvious that there are both similarities and a generic difference, demonstrated by the use of prose or verse respectively and the accompanying style. Such characteristics enable a distinction between different types of narrative, even if the same events in Roman history are covered.</p> </abstract>