Statius' Thebaid
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Statius' Thebaid is a 1st-century Latin epic poem that retells the tragic conflict between the sons of Oedipus and the war of the Seven against Thebes.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Statius’ Thebaid | 2 |
| Thebaid (lost epic) | 1 |
| Thebaid | 0 |
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Latin epic poem ⓘ |
| alternateTitle | Tebaide NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionDates | c. 80–92 CE ⓘ |
| author | Publius Papinius Statius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Theban cycle of Greek myth
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stories about Oedipus and his sons ⓘ |
| centralCharacters |
Adrastus
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Amphiaraus NERFINISHED ⓘ Antigone NERFINISHED ⓘ Capaneus NERFINISHED ⓘ Eteocles NERFINISHED ⓘ Hippomedon NERFINISHED ⓘ Jocasta NERFINISHED ⓘ Oedipus NERFINISHED ⓘ Parthenopaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ Polyneices’ wife Argia NERFINISHED ⓘ Polynices NERFINISHED ⓘ Tydeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation | widely read in the Middle Ages ⓘ |
| containsEpisode |
Argia and Antigone’s burial of Polynices
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Capaneus’ blasphemous assault on the walls ⓘ Nemean games foundation narrative ⓘ Tydeus’ embassy to Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ cremation and burial of the brothers ⓘ duel of Eteocles and Polynices ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateWritten | late 1st century CE ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Emperor Domitian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresDeities |
Apollo
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Bacchus NERFINISHED ⓘ Diana NERFINISHED ⓘ Furies NERFINISHED ⓘ Juno NERFINISHED ⓘ Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ Mars NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ Minerva NERFINISHED ⓘ Neptune NERFINISHED ⓘ Pluto NERFINISHED ⓘ Proserpina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Statius’ Achilleid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | epic poetry ⓘ |
| influenced |
Dante Alighieri
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Giovanni Boccaccio NERFINISHED ⓘ medieval French romances on Thebes ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryInfluence |
Homeric epics
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Ovid’s Metamorphoses NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgil’s Aeneid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Silver Age of Latin literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
conflict between the sons of Oedipus
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war of the Seven against Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metre | dactylic hexameter ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 12 ⓘ |
| openingInvocation | invocation to the gods and Domitian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Thebaidos libri XII ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of Flavian epic ⓘ |
| setting | Thebes in mythic time ⓘ |
| theme |
civil war
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fate and divine intervention ⓘ fraternal conflict ⓘ pietas and impietas ⓘ tyranny and power ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.