Statius, Thebaid 2 / edited with an introduction, translation, and commentary by Kyle Gervais.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius), author.

Contributor:

Gervais, Kyle, editor, translator, writer of added commentary.

John W. Faires Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius). Thebais--Liber 2.

Statius, P. Papinius.

Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology)--Poetry.

Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology).

Epic poetry, Latin--History and criticism.

Epic poetry, Latin.

Epic poetry, Latin--Translations into English.

Thebais (Statius, P. Papinius).

Genre:

Poetry.

Translations.

Physical Description:

liii, 374 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Statius, Thebaid II

Statius, Thebaid two

Thebaid 2

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

Text in Latin, with facing English translation; critical material in English.

Summary:

This volume represents the first full-length scholarly commentary in English on Book 2 of the twelve-book Latin epic, greatly expanding on and updating Mulder's Latin language commentary published in 1954 by Groningen. An extensive introduction covers the poem's historical, textual, and literary contexts, with particular attention to Statius' adaptation of prior literary tradition and especially the epics of Homer, Virgil, Ovid, Lucan, Valerius Flaccus, and Silius Italicus. The Latin text, accompanied by a clear translation and apparatus criticus, is newly edited to take advantage of the recent detailed editorial work on the poem by Hall, Ritchie, and Edwards and is supplemented by a comprehensive and incisive line-by-line commentary which addresses a range of textual, linguistic, and literary topics. The result is a keenly focused yet accessible critical edition that will be of interest both to specialist scholars of Latin poetry and to advanced graduate students studying Flavian epic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-351) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John W. Faires Memorial Fund.

Contains:

Container of: Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius). Thebais. Liber 2

Container of: Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius). Thebais. Liber 2. English.

ISBN:

9780198744702

0198744706

OCLC:

950964947