Epic games reflect the realities of epic: heroism, power and war. This first major examination of the games in Statius' Thebaid offers a new reading of the poem as a whole. General consideration is also given to the tradition of games in ancient epic, from Homer to Lucan.
Tells of a quest to the ends of the earth, of the villainous usurper King Pelias, of dragons' teeth, of the doom of... Læs mere
Explores ideas of vision, gender and power from Homer to Nonnus, Virgil to Silius Italicus. Readers of epic and students of ancient society will... Læs mere