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Language: en
Pages: 541
Pages: 541
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-03-15 - Publisher: Cornell University Press
The Thebaid, a Latin epic in twelve books by Statius (c. 45–96 C. E.) reexamines events following the abdication of Oedipus, focusing on the civil war between
Language: la
Pages: 488
Pages: 488
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Harvard University Press
Language: en
Pages: 434
Pages: 434
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-03-01 - Publisher: JHU Press
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 cit
Language: en
Pages: 522
Pages: 522
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher: BRILL
This commentary examines in close detail Statius' mannered style and analyses the text as a system of intertextual references. Passages from Homer to Valerius F
Language: en
Pages: 305
Pages: 305
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
The third play in an Oedipus-themed trilogy produced by Aeschylus in 467 BC. The trilogy is sometimes referred to as the Oedipodea. It concerns the battle betwe