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The Thebaid. Seven against Thebes. Translated with an introduction by Charles Stanley Ross
Verlag: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004, 2004
, Statius, Publius Papinius, 45-96. The Thebaid. Seven against Thebes. Translated with an introduction by Charles Stanley Ross. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004, xxxvii, 386pp., very good dust-jacket, very good gray cloth, light wear. Series: Johns Hopkins new translations from antiquity. - An epic story of fratricide and war, the Thebaid retells the legendary conflict between the sons of Oedipus - Polynices and Eteocles - for control of the city of Thebes. The Latin poet Statius chose to rework a familiar tale from Greek myth, dramatized long before by Aeschylus in his tragedy Seven against Thebes. Published in a.d. 92, the Thebaid was an immediate success, and its fame grew in succeeding centuries. It reached its peak of popularity in the later Middle Ages and the Renaissance, influencing Dante, Chaucer, and quite possibly Shakespeare. More recently, however, it has received less attention than it deserves, in large part because there has been no accessible, dynamic translation of the work into English. / Charles Stanley Ross offers a compelling version of the Thebaid rendered into forceful, modern English. Casting Statius s Latin hexameter into a lively iambic pentameter more natural to the modern ear, Ross frees the work from the archaic formality that has limited previous translations. His translation reinvigorates the Thebaid as a whole: its meditative opening and its violent conclusion; its intimate portrayal of defeat, retribution, and the need to seek justice at any cost. In a wide-ranging introduction, Ross provides an overview of the poem s composition, reception, and legacy; major themes and literary influences; and place in Statius s life. And in a well-chosen series of notes, he offers background information on major characters and incidents. 9780801869082 ISBN 0801869080.
