10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THEBAID»
Discover the use of
Thebaid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Thebaid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Thebaid: a song of Thebes
"The Thebaid, a Latin epic in twelve books by Statius (c. 45-96 C. E.) reexamines events following the abdication of Oedipus, focusing on the civil war between the brothers Eteocles, King of Thebes, and Polynices, who comes at the head of ...
Publius Papinius Statius, Jane Wilson Joyce, 2008
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Thebaid: A Song of Thebes
The clarity of Joyce's translation highlights the poem's superb versification, sophisticated use of intertextuality, and bold formal experimentation and innovation.
Publius Papinius Statius, Jane Wilson Joyce, 2008
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The
Thebaid: Seven against Thebes
Casting Statius's Latin hexameter into a lively iambic pentameter more natural to the modern ear, Ross frees the work from the archaic formality that has marred previous translations.
Publius Papinius Statius, 2010
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Statius and the
Thebaid
Dr Vessey examines Thebaid as an elaborate and sustained allegory of the emotions - a study in the extremes of human behaviour.
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Statius'
Thebaid and the Poetics of Civil War
This study focuses on ways in which Statius' epic Thebaid, a poem about the civil war between Oedipus' sons Eteocles and Polynices, reflects the theme of internal discord in its narrative strategies.
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Statius
Thebaid VII: A Commentary
This commentary examines in close detail Statius' mannered style and analyses the text as a system of intertextual references.
Johannes Jacobus Louis Smolenaars, 1994
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Statius and Epic Games: Sport, Politics and Poetics in the ...
Offers a new reading of Statius' Thebaid through an examination of the games in Book 6.
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Poems in Context: Greek Poetry in the Egyptian
Thebaid ...
Laura Miguélez Cavero demonstrates that the traditional image of a “school of Nonnos” is not justified ? rather, Triphiodorus, Nonnus, Musaeus, Colluthus, Cyrus of Panopolis and Christodorus of Coptos are just the tip of a literary ...
Laura Miguélez-Cavero, 2008
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Statius and Virgil: The
Thebaid and the Reinterpretation of ...
This 2007 book argues that the Thebaid reworks themes, scenes, and ideas from Virgil in order to show that the Aeneid's representation of monarchy is inadequate.
The Thebaid of Publius Papinas Statius, an epic poem in twelve books completed in about A.D. 90, has been thought by many to stand second only to Virgil's Aeneid among Latin narrative poems.
Publius Papinius Statius, 1995
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THEBAID»
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Thebaid is used in the context of the following news items.
La controra nel Mezzogiorno d'Italia. Una tradizione tutta meridionale..
Anche le ombre dei morti riputavansi comparire e andar vagando sul mezzogiorno, come vedesi sì nei citati versi di Stazio (Thebaid., lib. IV), sì presso Filostrato, ... «Vesuvio Live, May 15»
Life of St. Paul of Thebes (+341AD) by St. Jerome
... at Rome andCyprian at Carthage shed their blood in blessed martyrdom, many churches inEgypt and the Thebaid were laid waste by the fury of the storm. «NFTU, Jan 15»
The Secret History of the Triple Goddess, Part 2: The Search for the …
Statius' Thebaid, written in the 1st century CE, identifies Diana as the moon and describes her as having a threefold aspect: “thou dost vary in threefold wise the ... «Patheos, Nov 14»
Chantilly exhibits Fra Angelico and Botticelli
For the first time, the recomposition of the multi-panelled Thebaid, a dismembered painting about monastic life by Guido di Pietro, known as Beato Angelico and ... «ANSAmed, Aug 14»
The wild past of Villa Cetinale, Tuscany
Both strands make sense of Cetinale, where intimations of the sacred and profane still pepper the Thebaid, as the Holy Wood is also called, encircled by a wall ... «Financial Times, Jul 14»
Transferurile record din „Big Four” în luna iulie
O splendidă apariţie, coborâtă parcă din ceruri la Casa de licitaţie, este “Scene din Thebaid” de Fra Angelico, o pictură considerată drept una dintre operele ... «Cotidianul, Nov 12»
Egyptian monk and bishop St. Paphnutius celebrated on Sept. 11
Constantine is said to have met frequently with the bishop from the Upper Thebaid, showing his respect by kissing the wound left by the loss of his eye. «Catholic News Agency, Sep 12»
ST. PAPHNUTIUS
Constantine is said to have met frequently with the bishop from the Upper Thebaid, showing his respect by kissing the wound left by the loss of his eye. «Catholic News Agency, Sep 12»
Egypt and baptism
Fifth Century: The emperor in Constantinople sends troops to destroy the Pachomian Koinonia in the Thebaid after the Council of Chalcedon. The Copts did not ... «The Christian Century, Jan 11»
VI. SEMNE DIN CER PERSPECTIVA CRESTIN-ORTODOXa …
The Northern Thebaid, -Tebaida nordului - St.Herman - Alaska Brotherhood, 1975, pp. 91-92. ** St. Nilus, The Power of God and Man's Weakness (in Russian) ... «CrestinOrtodox.ro, Oct 09»
