{"product_id":"ancient-latin-epics-in-girolamo-stefano-cianciosi-9789004738669","title":"Ancient Latin Epics in Girolamo Vida's Christiad","description":"The \u003ci\u003eChristiad\u003c\/i\u003e (1535) is a Neo-Latin epic by the Italian Renaissance writer Girolamo Vida, based on the Gospels and written at the behest of Pope Leo X. Long seen as a Christian \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e, it emerges in this study as a far more complex work, demonstrating that while Virgil remains the main model, Vida also engages deeply with Lucretius, Ovid, Lucan, Silius Italicus, and Statius. By examining Vida's imitative techniques and integration of multiple epic models, this monograph reassesses the \u003ci\u003eChristiad\u003c\/i\u003e's relationship with the ancient Latin epic tradition. In doing so, it sheds new light on the afterlife of these classical poems as print made them more widely available.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stefano Cianciosi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004738665\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004738669\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.10w x 0.63d","brand":"Stefano Cianciosi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47520661799167,"sku":"9789004738669","price":144.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_202f3e0a-3b26-474b-9831-7cae133b0bb0.jpg?v=1762886411","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ancient-latin-epics-in-girolamo-stefano-cianciosi-9789004738669","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}