Broken Columns: Two Roman Epic Fragments 
Subtitle: The Achilleid of Publius Papinius Statius and the Rape of Proserpine of Claudius Claudianus
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: December 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 98
ISBN-13: 9780812234244
Subjects: Other prose: classical, early & medieval; Poetry anthologies: classical, early & medieval; Literature: Classics; Latin Literature; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Latin; Roman Literature; Poetry; General; Achilles (Greek mythology); Epic poetry, Latin; Proserpina (Roman deity); Translations into English
First sentence: Of the great-spirited hero of Aeacus' line, of him even the Thunderer feared to beget, lest, as Proteus warned, the son might exceed the father, inheriting heaven, goddess, tell-of that famous Achilles whose deeds immortal Homer sang.