Anticipation and anachrony in Statius' Thebaid
| 1. Verfasser: |
Simms, Robert,
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
London :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2019.
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| Umfang/Format: |
1 online resource (208 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9781350082601 |
| DOI: | 10.5040/9781350082601 |
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| Online-Zugang: |
Available online |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction: Notum iter ad Thebas Prisca Nomina An Audience for the Thebaid Suspense, Anticipation, and Surprise Epic and Drama Chapter 1: Beginning with the End They call me Jocasta The Thebaid's Prologue Chapter 2: Portentous Beginnings Argos and the Seeds of War The Wedding Portents The Necklace of Harmonia Argia's Unease Amphiaraus and the Flight of Birds The Bacchant and the Necromancy Chapter 3: Hypsipyle and the Army at NemeaHypsipyle's Lemnian NarrativeThe Death and Funeral of OpheltesFuneral Consolations Chapter 4: Jocasta Tisiphone's Fears Jocasta and Polynices Jocasta and Eteocles Chronology and Suspense Strategies of Elision Jocasta's Hope and Death Chapter 5: Iam Pater Est The Curse Anticipation Outcome Chapter 6: Portentous Ends Amphiaraus Tydeus Hippomedon Parthenopaeus Capaneus Adrastus Menoeceus Chapter 7: Hic imperat, ille minatur The Anonymous Critic Polynices EteoclesChapter 8: Concluding the Thebaid The Idalian Doves The Edict of Creon The Choices of Oryntus Ubi incluta fama Antigone? The Twin Flames Choosing Theseus Fidissime Phegeus Bibliography Index.
