The Thebaid: Seven Against Thebes by Charles Stanley Ross, Publius Papinius Statius

The Thebaid: Seven Against Thebes

Charles Stanley Ross, Publius Papinius Statius

432 pages first pub 1854 (editions)

fiction classics poetry adventurous slow-paced
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A classical epic of fratricide and war, the Thebaid retells the legendary conflict between the sons of Oedipus — Polynices and Eteocles — for control of the city of Thebes. The Latin poet Statius reworks a familiar story from Greek myth, dramatize...

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