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Introduction Introduction
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Moralizing civil war Moralizing civil war
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The sameness of the Greeks and Phrygians The sameness of the Greeks and Phrygians
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The strength of the Greek and Phrygian alliance The strength of the Greek and Phrygian alliance
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The terminology of civil war The terminology of civil war
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Gigantomachy in Cyzicus Gigantomachy in Cyzicus
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Correcting Cyzicus Correcting Cyzicus
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Res Phrygiae Res Phrygiae
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Might they be giants? Part I: Cyzicus Might they be giants? Part I: Cyzicus
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Jason vs. Cyzicus, Olympian vs. Saturnian Jason vs. Cyzicus, Olympian vs. Saturnian
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Might they be giants? Part II: The Doliones Might they be giants? Part II: The Doliones
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The bigger they are… The bigger they are…
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Phlegyas Phlegyas
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Hercules the giant-slayer Hercules the giant-slayer
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Appendix: Gigantomachy and civil war in Colchis Appendix: Gigantomachy and civil war in Colchis
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4 4 Gigantomachy and Civil War in Cyzicus
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Published:July 2012
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Abstract
This chapter demonstrates that Valerius depicts the battle between the Doliones and Argonauts in Cyzicus as a terrestrial Gigantomachy. Gigantomachic motifs are used to distinguish the good from the evil, as the Doliones play the role of anti-Jovian Giants who are out of step with the new world order being inaugurated by Argo's voyage. Valerius also portrays the battle as a civil war, and he does so partly by drawing on a semantic code developed by Lucan for describing the horror of civil strife. However, given Valerius' strategy of employing gigantomachic image-complexes in order to disambiguate the opposing sides, what ensues is a very un-Lucanian civil war. This represents a recuperative return to the normative thrust of the Gigantomachy model, which had been undermined by Lucan. For Valerius civil war can thus be a catalyst for positive historical change.
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