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Statius: Thebaid 2

by Statius

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  • 21st century
  • Language: English

Composed towards the end of the first century CE, Statius' Thebaid relates the myth of the 'Seven against Thebes': the assault of the seven champions of Argos on the ancient city in a bid to oust Eteocles, son of Oedipus, from his throne in favour of his brother, Polynices. Book 2 presents several key events in the build-up to the Theban war: Eteocles' haunting by the ghost of his grandfather Laius, the ill-omened weddings of Polynices and his ally Tydeus to the princesses of Argos, and Tydeus' failed embassy to Eteocles, leading to his famed victory over a Theban ambush

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists.

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2017-04-20Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press eBooksEnglishUnknown

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