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: January 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9780812216301
Subjects: Other prose: classical, early & medieval; Poetry anthologies: classical, early & medieval; Literature: Classics; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Roman Literature; Literary Collections / Ancient, Classical & Medieval; General
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.