Stefano Rebeggiani

Fragility of Power

Statius, Domitian and the Politics of the Thebaid

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A new reading of Statius' Thebaid, based on a groundbreaking reconstruction of cultural and political life under Domitian. This book studies the Thebaid's view of imperial power and its interaction with Roman history. It provides a new vision of the poem's political stance and of its relationship with its literary predecessors.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780190251819
• ISBN-10: 0190251816
• Artikelnr.: 53777123

Autorenporträt

Stefano Rebeggiani is Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Southern California.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Nero in the Thebaid
Chapter 2: Riding among the stars
Chapter 3: Hercules in the Thebaid
Chapter 4: Thebes and Rome
Chapter 5: The unexpected savior: Coroebus and Flavian ideology
Chapter 6: The Gauls on the Capitol
Conclusions
Bibliography