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Author : William John Thomas (M.R.C.S.)
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Total Pages : 220 pages
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Download or read book The Achillead, in Twelve Books written by William John Thomas (M.R.C.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William John Thomas
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Download or read book The Achillead, in twelve books written by William John Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David R. Slavitt
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Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Broken Columns written by David R. Slavitt and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I would urge anyone who thinks that Statius only wrote gruesome epic and Claudian only dull panegyric to read this slim and sprightly volume.--Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Author : C T Hadavas
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (569 download)
Download or read book Statius, Achilleid written by C T Hadavas and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-08-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides vocabulary and commentary to Statius' unfinished epic poem Achilleid ("[The book or story] of Achilles"), which was intended to tell the life of the hero Achilles from his youth to his death at Troy. The one book and part of a second that survive (a total of 1,128 lines) recount Achilles' life from his time with the centaur Chiron to an episode in which his mother, the sea goddess Thetis, disguises him as a girl on the island of Scyros, where he falls in love with, rapes, and impregnates the princess Deidamia, who gives birth to a son, Pyrrhus. Or, to put it in somewhat different (and far more eloquent) words: "It is about a wild boy brought up in the disappointment of lost immortality, his first experience of human culture, his encounter with the odd puzzle of sex and gender; and it dramatizes the emergence, despite Achilles' confused family circumstances and lack of clear paternal guidance, of his innate virtue and destiny as an epic hero. It is thus a meditation on sons, mothers, foster-fathers and biological fathers, men and animals, men and gods, sex as power, gender as a cultural construction, and gender as innate and essential." (P. J. Heslin, The Transvestite Achilles [Cambridge, 2005], 297) The notes explicate certain syntactical and grammatical aspects that may be challenging for intermediate-advanced students, point out some (not all!) of the various literary/rhetorical figures and tropes that are employed, and supply information on historical, social, cultural, and literary issues raised by Statius' text. In order to encourage reading of the text out loud (an essential component of Latin verse's literary and musical essence, and one that often works hand-in-glove with the literary/rhetorical figures and tropes used, a section of the introduction is devoted to dactylic hexameter, the meter in which Statius' poem - like that of nearly all Latin epics - is written. Also included is John Gower's "Tale of Achilles and Deidamia," a Middle English retelling from the year 1390 of the central episode of Statius' Achilleid. For Gower's verses, glosses of words and idioms whose spelling and/or meaning has changed considerably since his time have been provided to assist the reader in understanding this fascinating offspring of Statius' poem.
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Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (7 download)
Download or read book The London and Paris Observer Or, Chronicle of Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts written by and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William John Thomas (M.R.C.S.)
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Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (548 download)
Download or read book The Achillead, in Twelve Books written by William John Thomas (M.R.C.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Metropolitan : a Monthly Journal of Literature, Science and the Fine Arts written by and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Publius Papinius Statius
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421402777
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)
Download or read book The Thebaid written by Publius Papinius Statius and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2007-03-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, dramatized long before by Aeschylus in his tragedy Seven against Thebes. Statius chose his subject well: the Rome of his day, ruled by the emperor Domitian, was not too distant from the civil wars that had threatened the survival of the empire. Published in 92 A.D., the Thebaid was an immediate success, and its fame grew in succeeding centuries. It reached its peak of popularity in the later Middle Ages and Renaissance, influencing Dante, Chaucer, and perhaps Shakespeare. In recent times, however, it has received perhaps less attention than it deserves, in large part because there has been no accessible, dynamic translation of the work into English. Charles Stanley Ross offers a compelling version of the Thebaid rendered into forceful, modern English. Casting Statius's Latin hexameter into a lively iambic pentameter more natural to the modern ear, Ross frees the work from the archaic formality that has marred previous translations. His translation reinvigorates the Thebaid as a whole: its meditative first half and its violent second half; its intimate portrayal of defeat and retribution, and the need to seek justice at any cost. In a wide-ranging introduction, Ross provides an overview of the poem: its composition, reception and legacy; its major themes and literary influences; and its place in Statius' life. And in a helpful series of notes, he offers background information on the major characters and incidents.
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Author : William John Thomas
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781019510384
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)
Download or read book The Achillead [In Verse] written by William John Thomas and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This epic poem tells the story of Achilles, hero of the Trojan War, in rich and evocative language. With its vivid descriptions of battle scenes and intimate portraits of characters such as Hector, Troilus, and Briseis, the poem brings to life the drama and tragedy of one of the most enduring stories in Western literature. This edition includes extensive notes and commentary to help readers understand the historical and literary context of the poem. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Total Pages : 858 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The London and Paris Observer written by and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 600 pages
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Download or read book The Metropolitan written by and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Publius Papinius Statius
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781904675112
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (751 download)
Download or read book Achilleid written by Publius Papinius Statius and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statius' Achilleid is perhaps the most remarkable of all Latin epic poems. Its project - to tell the whole life of Achilles - was cut short by the poet's untimely death. Yet the completed first book and the earliest part of the second have a charm and freshness matched only in some of Ovid's most lively and engaging work. The poem tells how the sea-nymph Thetis, in a vain attempt to save her son from his destined end in the Trojan war, hid him on the island of Scyros, disguised as a girl. There he fell in love with the beautiful Deidamia, but at the same time, with the idea of glory in war. His feminine disguise was eventually penetrated by Ulysses and Diomedes, who tricked him into exposure of his truly warlike aspirations. In relating this story Statius explores the nature of gender and the limits of the epic genre, while playfully and wittily positioning himself in the epic - and wider - poetic tradition. These themes are explored in a new introduction by Robert Cowan, which surveys the latest research on the poem. Its assessment, very much in the modern critical manner, contrasts with and complements the traditional textual and philological commentary by O.A.W. Dilke. The combination of these two distinct approaches will assist undergraduates and postgraduates in reading the text, and, at the same time, it will provide a valuable resource for the more advanced scholar.
Author : Aeschylus
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198020155
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Seven Against Thebes written by Aeschylus and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1991-04-25 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The formidable talents of Anthony Hecht, one of the most gifted of contemporary American poets, and Helen Bacon, a classical scholar, are here brought to bear on this vibrant translation of Aeschylus' much underrated tragedy The Seven Against Thebes. The third and only remaining play in a trilogy dealing with related events, The Seven Against Thebes tells the story of the Argive attempt to claim the Kingdom of Thebes, and of the deaths of the brothers Eteocles and Polyneices, each by the others hand. Long dismissed by critics as ritualistic and lacking in dramatic tension, Seven Against Thebes is revealed by Hecht and Bacon as a work of great unity and drama, one exceptionally rich in symbolism and imagery.
Author : Statius
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801458080
Total Pages : 541 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Thebaid written by Statius and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Thebaid, a Latin epic in twelve books by Statius (c. 45–96 C. E.) reexamines events following the abdication of Oedipus, focusing on the civil war between the brothers Eteocles, King of Thebes, and Polynices, who comes at the head of an army from Argos to claim his share of royal power. The poem is long—each of the twelve books comprises over eight hundred lines—and complex, and it exploits a broad range of literary works, both Greek and Latin. Severely curtailed though he was by the emperor Domitian and his Reign of Terror, Statius nevertheless created a meditation on autocratic rule that is still of political interest today. Popular in its own time and much admired in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance—most notably by Dante and Chaucer—the poem fell into obscurity and has, for readers of English, been poorly served by translators. Statius composed his poem in dactylic hexameters, the supreme verse form in antiquity. In his hands, this venerable line is flexible, capable of subtle emphases and dramatic shifts in tempo; it is an expressive, responsive medium. In this new and long-awaited translation the poet Jane Wilson Joyce employs a loose, six-beat line in her English translation, which allows her to reveal something of the original rhythm and of the interplay between sentence structure and verse framework. The clarity of Joyce's translation highlights the poem's superb versification, sophisticated use of intertextuality, and bold formal experimentation and innovation. A substantial introduction and annotations make this epic accessible to students of all levels.
Author : Albert Reginald Corns
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Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Bibliography of Unfinished Books in the English Language written by Albert Reginald Corns and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Publius Papinius Statius
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ISBN 13 : 9780674012080
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Statius: Thebaid, books 1-7 written by Publius Papinius Statius and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : P. Papinius Statius
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674012097
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Thebaid, Volume II written by P. Papinius Statius and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2004-02-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fraternal strife, and the young Achilles. Statius published his Thebaid in the last decade of the first century. This epic recounting the struggle between the two sons of Oedipus for the kingship of Thebes is his masterpiece, a stirring exploration of the passions of civil war. The extant portion of his unfinished Achilleid is strikingly different in tone: this second epic begins as a charming account of Achilles’ life. Statius was raised in the Greek cultural milieu of the Bay of Naples, and his Greek literary education is reflected in his poetry. The political realities of Rome in the first century are also evident in the Thebaid, in representations of authoritarian power and the drive for domination. Shackleton Bailey’s new edition of the two epics, with a highly skillful translation, addresses a number of puzzles in the text and its interpretation and provides essential information on mythological and other references. Kathleen M. Coleman, Professor of Latin at Harvard University, contributes a survey of recent scholarship on Statius’ epics. The new Loeb Classical Library edition of Statius is complete in three volumes.
