Ganiban Randall T., Randall T. Ganiban

Statius and Virgil

The Thebaid and the Reinterpretation of the Aeneid

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 2007 book explores the degree to which Statius' Thebaid is engaged in a dialogue with the ideas and poetry of Virgil's Aeneid.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 443g
• ISBN-13: 9780521169110
• ISBN-10: 0521169119
• Artikelnr.: 31385589

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Oedipus' curse
3. Horror, prophecy, and the gods
4. Hypsipyle's narrative of nefas
5. Bacchus and the outbreak of war
6. Dis and the domination of hell
7. Delay and the rout of Pietas
8. Spectacle, crime, and monarchy at Thebes
9. Pietas, burial, and clementia in a world of nefas
Works cited
Indexes.