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Thebaid, Volume II: Books 8-12. Achilleid
By Statius
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By Statius
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Fraternal strife, and the young Achilles.
Statius published his Thebaid in the last decade of the first century. This epic recounting the struggle between the two sons of Oedipus for the kingship of Thebes is his masterpiece, a stirring exploration of the passions of civil war. The extant portion of his unfinished Achilleid is strikingly different in tone: this second epic begins as a charming account of Achilles’ life.
Statius was raised in the Greek cultural milieu of the Bay of Naples, a...
Statius published his Thebaid in the last decade of the first century. This epic recounting the struggle between the two sons of Oedipus for the kingship of Thebes is his masterpiece, a stirring exploration of the passions of civil war. The extant portion of his unfinished Achilleid is strikingly different in tone: this second epic begins as a charming account of Achilles’ life.
Statius was raised in the Greek cultural milieu of the Bay of Naples, a...
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