Thebaid: A Song of Thebes by Jane Wilson Joyce, Publius Papinius Statius

Thebaid: A Song of Thebes

Jane Wilson Joyce, Publius Papinius Statius

502 pages first pub 1854 (editions)

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The Thebaid, a Latin epic in twelve books by Statius (c. 45-96 C. E.) reexamines events following the abdication of Oedipus, focusing on the civil war between the brothers Eteocles, King of Thebes, and Polynices, who comes at the head of an army f...

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