Statius and Virgil : the Thebaid and the reinterpretation of the Aeneid / Randall T. Ganiban.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ganiban, Randall Toth, 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Statius, P. Papinius.

Virgil--Influence.

Virgil.

Virgil. Aeneid.

Epic poetry, Latin--History and criticism.

Epic poetry, Latin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 258 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Statius & Virgil

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the end of the Thebaid, Statius enjoins his epic 'not to compete with the divine Aeneid but rather to follow at a distance and always revere its footprints'. The nature of the Thebaid's interaction with the Aeneid is, however, a matter of debate. 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. It also demonstrates how the Thebaid's fascination with horror, spectacle, and unspeakable violence is tied to Statius' critique of the moral and political virtues at the heart of the Aeneid. Professor Ganiban offers both a way to interpret the Thebaid and a largely sequential reading of the poem.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Chapter 1 Introduction

The thebaid and the aeneid

Statian intertextuality

The coroebus narrative

Pietas and Nefas

Coroebus and the aeneid

Coroebus and augustan ideology

Adrastus and the problem of pietas

Chapter 2 Oedipus' curse

Oedipus and the virgilian juno

The poetics of nefas

Oedipus' curse

Oedipus, dis, and tisiphone

Chapter 3 Horror, prophecy, and the gods

The prologue: foregrounding the crimes of the war

Jupiter's (mis)representations of the fraternal war

Prophecy and intertext at argos

Prophecy and nefas at thebes

"Tu peior, tu cede": rewriting the prophetic past

Statius' Laius

Chapter 4 Hypsipyle's narrative of nefas

Introducing hypsipyle: aeneas, pietas, and the allure of nefas

Hypsipyle's narrative and the defeat of virgilian pietas

Hypsipyle's narrative i : the lemnian massacre and hypsipyle's aeneas

Bacchus and the Virgilian Venus

"Becoming" Dido

Hypsipyle's narrative i i : the argonauts

Hypsipyle and the death of pietas

Chapter 5 Bacchus and the outbreak of war

Bacchus and virgil's juno in thebaid 4

Bacchus and virgil's juno in thebaid 7

Bacchus and ovid's juno

Bacchus, jupiter, and virgil's venus in thebaid 7

Bacchus' defeat and the power of virgil's allecto

The power of statius' virgilian fury

Chapter 6 Dis and the domination of hell

Plot, divine strife, and dis' call for nefas

Tydeus' crime

The deaths of hippomedon and parthenopaeus, and the helplessness of the superi

Hopleus and dymas: the problem of pietas

Menoeceus and capaneus

The death of capaneus

Tisiphone, nefas, and the ascendancy of hell

Chapter 7 Delay and the rout of Pietas

Tisiphone as juno: megaera as allecto

The theme of delay

Jocasta's delay

Antigone's delay

Adrastus' delay

The rout of pietas

Chapter 8 Spectacle, crime, and monarchy at Thebes

The spectacle of nefas: watching the rout of jupiter

The duel and oedipal madness in the thebaid

The duel: death and transformation

Oedipus, creon, and the nefas of theban kingship

The furies and kingship

Chapter 9 Pietas, burial, and clementia in a world of nefas

Antigone, argia, and creon's burial prohibition

Interpreting theseus

The altar of clementia and roman clementia

Seneca on clementia

Theseus, clementia, and moral confusion

Thebaid 11 and 12

Thebaid 12 and aeneid 12

From pietas to clementia

Works cited

General index

Index locorum

Last Page.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-242) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-107-16276-9

1-280-81536-1

0-511-27442-4

0-511-48219-1

0-511-27512-9

0-511-27280-4

0-511-32089-2

0-511-27359-2

OCLC:

213380306