The beautiful face of war: refreshing epic and reworking Homer in Flavian poetry

At Statius Thebaid 8.342-427 the second day of fighting begins, after Amphiaraus is swallowed up by the earth. Although this is far from being the beginning of the poem, not even the beginning of the fighting, Statius in this passage creates an image of new war, by going back to the beginnings of ep...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lovatt, Helen
Other Authors: Bessone, Federica
Format: Book Section
Published: De Gruyter 2017
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51004/