<I>Thebaid</I> Seven Against Thebes

Name: <I>Thebaid</I> Seven Against Thebes
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ISBN: 9780801886362

ISBN-10: 0801886368

ISBN-13: 9780801886362

Edition: 2005

Authors: Publius Papinius Statius, Charles Stanley Ross

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A classical epic of fratricide and war, the Thebaid retells the legendary conflict between the sons of Oedipus -- Polynices and Eteocles -- for control of the city of Thebes. The Latin poet Statius reworks a familiar story from Greek myth, dramatized long before by Aeschylus in his tragedy Seven against Thebes. Statius chose his subject well: the Rome of his day, ruled by the emperor Domitian, was not too distant from the civil wars that had threatened the survival of the empire. Published in 92 A.D., the Thebaid was an immediate success, and its fame grew in succeeding centuries. It reached its peak of popularity in the later Middle Ages and Renaissance, influencing Dante, Chaucer, and…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 3/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.11" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Charles S. Ross is Professor of English and Chair of the Comparative Literature Program at Purdue University.



Introduction



Exile



Ambush



Omens



Thirst



Women of Lemnos



Funeral Games



Earth Opens



Savage Hunger



Tide and Time



Sacrifices



Piety



Clemency


Notes


Selected Proper Names


Selected Annotated Bibliography


Acknowledgments