Randall T. Ganiban, Statius and Virgil. The Thebaid and the Reinterpretation of the Aeneid, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Pp. 258.
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Recension par Bob Cowan (Balliol College, Oxford) dans Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2009.06.31.
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Présentation de l'éditeur:
At the end of the Thebaid, Statius enjoins his epic 'not to competewith the divine Aeneid but rather to follow at a distance and alwaysrevere its footprints'. The nature of the Thebaid's interaction withthe Aeneid is, however, a matter of debate. This book argues that theThebaid reworks themes, scenes, and ideas from Virgil in order to showthat the Aeneid's representation of monarchy is inadequate. It alsodemonstrates how the Thebaid's fascination with horror, spectacle, andunspeakable violence is tied to Statius' critique of the moral andpolitical virtues at the heart of the Aeneid. Professor Ganiban offersboth a new way to interpret the Thebaid and a largely sequentialreading of the poem.
Table des matières:
Preface Page vii
List of abbreviations x
1 Introduction 1
2 Oedipus' curse 24
3 Horror, prophecy, and the gods 44
4 Hypsipyle's narrative of nefas 71
5 Bacchus and the outbreak of war 96
6 Dis and the domination of hell 117
7 Delay and the rout of Pietas 152
8 Spectacle, crime, and monarchy at Thebes 176
9 Pietas, burial, and clementia in a world of nefas 207
Works cited 233
General index 243
Index locorum