Thebaid, Books 1-7 (Loeb Classical Library) by D.R. Shackleton Bailey, Publius Papinius Statius

Thebaid, Books 1-7 (Loeb Classical Library)

D.R. Shackleton Bailey, Publius Papinius Statius

472 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction adventurous medium-paced
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Thebaid, Books 1-7 (Loeb Classical Library) by D.R. Shackleton Bailey, Publius Papinius Statius is a gripping and thought-provoking read that will captivate fans of epic poetry and classical literature, particularly those drawn to stories of power, ambition, and the human cost of war, as well as those interested in the intersection of Greek and Roman cultures.

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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 exta...

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