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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Dust jacket is fully intact, only lightly rubbed at edges. All pages clean, crisp and fresh. Overall, very sound and presentable.Publisher's note: "Epic games are more than just an interlude; they reflect the realities of epic: heroism, power and war. This first major study of the athletic games in Statius' Thebaid Book 6 uses them to produce a new reading of the poem as a whole. It explores each event in Statius' games, discussing intertextual manoeuvres, historical context and poetic positioning, developing a theme from each: audience power, cosmic disruption, national identity, masculinity and the body, games and war, kingship and narrative control. This book uses a close reading of one part of one text to range over ancient literature. It casts light on the tradition of games in ancient epic as a whole, examining the works of Homer, Virgil, Apollonius, Ovid and Lucan. It is essential reading for the student of…
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Statius and Epic Games: Sport, Politics and Poetics in the Thebaid Hardcover - 2005
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- Title Statius and Epic Games: Sport, Politics and Poetics in the Thebaid
- Author Helen Lovatt
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 348
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press, 2005. 348p. Hardback. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. Epic games are more than just an interlude; they reflect the realitie
- Date 2005-05
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780521847421 / 0521847427
- Weight 1.32 lbs (0.60 kg)
- Dimensions 8.77 x 6.33 x 0.97 in (22.28 x 16.08 x 2.46 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Library of Congress subjects Epic poetry, Latin - History and criticism, Politics and literature - Greece
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004062846
- Dewey Decimal Code 873.01
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