Abstract
In Statius’ Thebaid, Alcidamas’ agonistic identity, drawing on Pollux’s heroism in Valerius, is threatened during the games and collapses in war: Valerius’ virtus finds no place in Statius. There’s a similar opposition between athleticism and war in Silius’ Punica, where Podaetus’ failure metapoetically signals that martial epic outclasses epic games.
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