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Description of  Animal Encounters in Valerius Flaccus Argonautica (Mnemosyne Supplements: Monographs on Greek and Latin Language and Literature, 460)

We reveal Latin epic poet Valerius empathetic portrayal of animals, and his challenge to assumptions about human dominion. The analysis ranges from animal experience and subjectivity, to the role of animals in Valerius poetics, to what makes a monster.