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This paper offers a study of the working of non-regular clauses in dactylic hexameter in Silius Italicus’ Punica and makes a comparison between his procedures and the «model poets», mainly Virgil’s. Silius Italicus uses non-regular clauses much less frequently than Virgil, but with similar stylistic values. The most frequent clauses are those we will call si bona norint and armaque nostra , which usually appear related to enjambement. However, Silius Italicus’ main innovation lies in his use of both types of clauses, combined with enjambement and chiasmus.
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