Statius and Epic Games Hardback: Sport, Politics and Poetics in the Thebaid (Cambridge Classical Studies) - Hardcover

Lovatt

9780521847421: Statius and Epic Games Hardback: Sport, Politics and Poetics in the Thebaid (Cambridge Classical Studies)

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ISBN 10: 0521847427 ISBN 13: 9780521847421

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2005

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Epic games reflect the realities of epic: heroism, power and war. This first major examination of the games in Statius' Thebaid offers a new reading of the poem as a whole. General consideration is also given to the tradition of games in ancient epic, from Homer to Lucan.

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'An excellent resource for the student of Statius, it is also a very useful consideration of epic games.' The London Association of Classical Teachers

'... provides an illuminating presentation of the interconnection between games and war. ... Lovatt's close reading of the Thebaid and its poetic predecessors has performed a valuable service, revealing the games of Book 6 as an integral part of the poem and locating them within the context of the epic tradition. ... I am sure that this interesting book will provoke lively discussion among Statian scholars.' Journal of Roman Studies

Biograf�a del autor:

Helen Lovatt is Lecturer in Classics at the University of Nottingham. She has written numerous articles on Latin epic and its reception.

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