Statius and epic games
Subtitle: sport, politics, and poetics in the Thebaid
By: Helen Lovatt.
Series: Cambridge classical studies
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
Subjects: Statius, P. Papinius; Statius, P. Papinius -- Political and social views.; Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) in literature.; Political poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.; Epic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.; Politics and literature -- Greece.; Poetics -- History -- To 1500.; Sports in literature.; Games in literature.; Thebes (Greece) -- In literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-329) and indexes.