Book Description 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 fromGreek 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...

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