the Thebaid and the reinterpretation of the Aeneid /
Randall T. Ganiban.
Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
1 online resource (x, 258 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-242) and indexes.
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Oedipus' curse; Chapter 3 Horror, prophecy, and the gods; Chapter 4 Hypsipyle's narrative of nefas; Chapter 5 Bacchus and the outbreak of war; Chapter 6 Dis and the domination of hell; Chapter 7 Delay and the rout of Pietas; Chapter 8 Spectacle, crime, and monarchy at Thebes; Chapter 9 Pietas, burial, and clementia in a world of nefas; Works cited; General index; Index locorum.
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Explores the degree to which Statius' Thebaid is engaged in a dialogue with the ideas and poetry of Virgil's Aeneid.
Statius and Virgil.
Statius, P. Papinius, (Publius Papinius)., Thebais.