Statius and epic games : sport, politics, and poetics in the Thebaid /
Epic games are more than just an interlude; they reflect the realities of epic: heroism, power and war. This first major study of the athletic games in Statius'Thebaid Book 6 uses them to produce a new reading of the poem as a whole. It explores each event in Statius'games, discussing inte...
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| Typ dokumentu: | Kniha |
| Jazyk: | Angličtina Latina |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2005
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| Vydání: | First published |
| Edice: | Cambridge classical studies
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| On-line přístup: | Elektronická verze přístupná pouze pro studenty a pracovníky MU |
| Příbuzné jednotky: | Tištěná verze::
Statius and epic games |
| Shrnutí: | Epic games are more than just an interlude; they reflect the realities of epic: heroism, power and war. This first major study of the athletic games in Statius'Thebaid Book 6 uses them to produce a new reading of the poem as a whole. It explores each event in Statius'games, discussing intertextual manoeuvres, historical context and poetic positioning, developing a theme from each: audience power, cosmic disruption, national identity, masculinity and the body, games and war, kingship and narrative control. This book uses a close reading of one part of one text to range over ancient literature. It casts light on the tradition of games in ancient epic as a whole, examining the works of Homer, Virgil, Apollonius, Ovid and Lucan. It is essential reading for the student of Statius and of ancient epic and of interest to historians of Roman society with an interest in sport and spectacle. |
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| Fyzický popis: | 1 online zdroj (xii, 336 stran) |
| Bibliografie: | Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy a rejstřík |
| ISBN: | 0-511-11155-X |