The	DT	O
genre	NN	O
of	IN	O
the	DT	O
«	)	O
Punica	NP	B-AWORK
»	(	O
is	VBZ	O
over-determined	VBN	O
by	IN	O
tradition	NN	O
and	CC	O
hemmed	VBD	O
in	IN	O
by	IN	O
conventions	NNS	O
.	SENT	O

Silius	NP	B-AAUTHOR
treads	VBZ	O
a	DT	O
careful	JJ	O
line	NN	O
between	IN	O
fidelity	NN	O
to	TO	O
the	DT	O
epic	NN	O
tradition	NN	O
and	CC	O
innovation	NN	O
within	IN	O
it.	NP	O

Compared	VBN	O
with	IN	O
other	JJ	O
writers	NNS	O
of	IN	O
Latin	JJ	O
epic	NN	O
,	,	O
Silius	NP	B-AAUTHOR
avoids	VBZ	O
the	DT	O
technique	NN	O
of	IN	O
intertextual	NN	O
«	)	O
quotation	NN	O
»	(	O
.	SENT	O

He	PP	O
prefers	VBZ	O
alternative	JJ	O
means	NNS	O
-	:	O
in	IN	O
particular	JJ	O
,	,	O
the	DT	O
coincidence	NN	O
of	IN	O
situation	NN	O
and	CC	O
detail	NN	O
(	(	O
the	DT	O
story	NN	O
of	IN	O
Falernus	NP	O
at	IN	O
7	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
166-211	CD	I-REFSCOPE
alludes	VBZ	O
to	TO	O
Ovid	NP	B-REFAUWORK
,	,	I-REFAUWORK
met.	NP	I-REFAUWORK
3	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
664	CD	I-REFSCOPE
ff.	NP	I-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
met.	NP	B-REFAUWORK
8	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
624	CD	I-REFSCOPE
ff.	NP	I-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
and	CC	O
fast.	NP	B-REFAUWORK
5	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
495	CD	I-REFSCOPE
ff.	NN	I-REFSCOPE
;	:	O
the	DT	O
story	NN	O
of	IN	O
Solimus	NP	O
at	IN	O
9	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
90-177	CD	I-REFSCOPE
was	VBD	O
inspired	VBN	O
by	IN	O
Ovid	NP	B-REFAUWORK
,	,	I-REFAUWORK
met.	NP	I-REFAUWORK
4	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
55	CD	I-REFSCOPE
ff.	NP	I-REFSCOPE
and	CC	O
7	CD	B-REFSCOPE
,	,	I-REFSCOPE
690	CD	I-REFSCOPE
ff.	NN	I-REFSCOPE
)	)	I-REFSCOPE
.	SENT	I-REFSCOPE

Most	JJS	O
of	IN	O
the	DT	O
time	NN	O
Silius	NP	B-AAUTHOR
has	VBZ	O
multiple	JJ	O
intertexts	NNS	O
in	IN	O
mind	NN	O
,	,	O
prose	NN	O
as	IN	O
well	RB	O
as	IN	O
verse	NN	O
.	SENT	O

Silius	NP	B-AAUTHOR
is	VBZ	O
post-Ovidian	JJ	O
in	IN	O
his	PP$	O
aesthetics	NNS	O
.	SENT	O

His	PP$	O
engagement	NN	O
with	IN	O
Vergil	NP	B-AAUTHOR
is	VBZ	O
not	RB	O
direct	JJ	O
and	CC	O
uncontaminated	JJ	O
.	SENT	O

The	DT	O
complexity	NN	O
enhances	VBZ	O
the	DT	O
interest	NN	O
of	IN	O
this	DT	O
,	,	O
the	DT	O
most	RBS	O
intertextual	JJ	O
of	IN	O
poems	NNS	O
.	SENT	O