Statius: Achilleid: Edited with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Charles McNelisSeries:Oxford Commentaries on Flavian PoetryPublish date:2024-11-30Pages:464
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198871453ISBN-10:198871457UPC:9780198871453Book Category:Literary Collections, Literary Criticism, PoetryBook Subcategory:Ancient, Classical & Medieval, Ancient and ClassicalSize:9.28 x 6.51 x 1.24 inchesWeight:1.9621Product ID:SCFE1KTHWJ
Statius: Achilleid: Edited with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary
Statius' Achilleid is the most extensive treatment of the myth of Achilles hiding disguised as a girl on the island of Scyros. In the Achilleid, the hero, who had been trained to be an outstanding warrior by the centaur Chiron, complies with a scheme devised by his divine mother, Thetis, who does not want him to sail to Troy since her son is fated to die there. She proposes that he dress as a...
Series: Oxford Commentaries on Flavian Poetry
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198871453ISBN-10:198871457UPC:9780198871453Book Category:Literary Collections, Literary Criticism, PoetryBook Subcategory:Ancient, Classical & Medieval, Ancient and ClassicalSize:9.28 x 6.51 x 1.24 inchesWeight:1.9621Product ID:SCFE1KTHWJ
Charles McNelis, Professor of Classics, Georgetown University Charles McNelis is Professor in the Department of Classics at Georgetown University.
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