Thebaid, Volume II Books 8-12. Achilleid

Name: Thebaid, Volume II Books 8-12. Achilleid
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ISBN: 9780674012097

ISBN-10: 0674012097

ISBN-13: 9780674012097

Edition: 2003

Authors: Statius, D. R. Shackleton Bailey

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Statius published his Thebaid in the last decade of the first century. This epic recounting the struggle between the two sons of Oedipus for the kingship of Thebes is his masterpiece, a stirring exploration of the passions of civil war. The extant portion of his unfinished Achilleid is strikingly different in tone: this second epic begins as a charming account of Achilles' life. Statius was raised in the Greek cultural milieu of the Bay of Naples, and his Greek literary education is reflected in his poetry. The political realities of Rome in the first century are also evident in the Thebaid, in representations of authoritarian power and the drive for domination. This two-volume edition…

Book details

Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 2/17/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Size: 4.25" wide x 6.37" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

D. R. Shackleton Bailey was Pope Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Harvard University.



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