The fragility of power : Statius, Domitian and the politics of the Thebaid / Stefano Rebeggiani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rebeggiani, Stefano, 1983- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Statius, P. Papinius.

Thebais (Statius, P. Papinius).

Politics and literature.

Latin literature--History and criticism.

Latin literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xiv, 321 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]

Contents:

1.1 The tragedy of history p. 1

1.2 Literature and ideology p. 8

1.3 Critical views of the Thebaid's politics p. 12

1.4 Domitian and the elite p. 18

1.5 Nero and his world p. 21

1.6 Seneca and Lucan p. 24

1.7 Caesar's sword p. 26

1.8 The pessimism of the Thebaid p. 28

1.9 Thebes and Rome p. 32

1 Nero in the Thebaid p. 38

1.1 Renaissance p. 43

1.2 From clementia to saevitia: Domitian and the elite p. 49

1.3 Nero and Domitian p. 56

1.4 Martyrs and survivors: The Annaeans p. 65

1.5 The death of Maeon: Reading Nero back into the Thebaid p. 68

1.6 Myth and reality p. 72

1.7 Seneca's Oedipus and the Thebaid p. 76

1.8 Theseus and clementia p. 84

2 Riding among the stars p. 93

2.1 Solar ideology p. 94

2.2 Phaethon p. 100

2.3 The solar charioteer p. 103

2.4 A race among the stars p. 106

2.5 Amphiaraus and the death of the king p. 110

2.6 Succession p. 114

2.7 Tales of imperial harmony: Amphiaraus and the Dioscuri p. 116

2.8 Apollo, Osiris, and Mithras: Domitian and the East p. 119

3 Hercules in the Thebaid p. 123

3.1 Hercules' crater p. 124

3.1.1 A prize worthy of Hercules p. 125

3.1.2 The seven Centaurs p. 126

3.1.3 Roman Centaurs p. 128

3.2 Heroism in the political arena p. 130

3.3 Hercules between epic and tragedy p. 132

3.4 The failed Hercules: Polynices p. 135

3.5 Between beast and god: Tydeus p. 138

3.6 Knocking on heaven's door: Capaneus p. 142

3.7 A new Hercules p. 147

4 Thebes and Rome p. 153

4.1 Civil war and imperial power p. 155

4.2 Imperial power and civil war in the Silvae p. 163

4.3 Imperial power, civil war, and cosmic upheaval in the Thebaid p. 167

4.4 Complex chronologies: Being first, being last p. 176

4.5 From Aeneas to Vitellius p. 181

4.6 Tyranny and civil war p. 191

5 The unexpected savior: Coroebus and Flavian ideology p. 197

5.1 Religion and civil war in Rome p. 198

5.2 Ultio deorum p. 202

5.3 The Coroebus episode: A summary p. 205

5.4 Perseus and Ganymede p. 207

5.5 Callimachus, Virgil, and Statius p. 214

5.6 Argos and Alexandria p. 216

5.7 Argos and Rome p. 219

5.8 Coroebus in the Thebaid p. 224

5.9 Coroebus and Flavian Rome p. 229

6 The Gauls on the Capitol p. 234

6.1 A Gaul at Thebes p. 235

6.2 Bella Iovis p. 237

6.3 Magnus Annus p. 240

6.4 The Gallic sack in Flavian culture p. 244

6.5 The Gauls on the Capitol under Domitian p. 246

6.6 Corona civica p. 250

6.7 Self-sacrifice and the survival of the city p. 253.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Rebeggiani, Stefano, 1983- Fragility of power.

ISBN:

9780190251819

0190251816

OCLC:

1012703694