Statius and Ovid

Moving beyond Virgil-centric readings of Statius' poetry, this book offers an innovative, intermedial, and Ovidian reading of the Thebaid, suggesting that the poem reworks both Virgil and Ovid's politically loaded myths and spatial narratives to scrutinise the new realities of Flavian Rome through the mythical story of Thebes.

Trecand dincolo de lecturile centrate pe Virgiliu ale poeziei lui Statius, aceasta carte ofera o lectura inovatoare, intermediara si ovidiana a Tebaidei, sugerand ca poemul reelaboreaza atat miturile si naratiunile spatiale incarcate politic ale lui Vergiliu, cat si ale lui Ovidiu pentru a cerceta noile realitati ale Romei Flavian prin intermediul povestea mitica a Tebei.