Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hu, Alice

Titel

NIGHT-TIME FIGHTING IN STATIUS: Heimliche Nachtaktionen in der Thebais des Statius. (Orbis Antiquus 57.) Pp. x + 408. Münster: Aschendorff, 2022. Paper, €56. ISBN: 978-3-402-14469-5

Ist Teil von

• The Classical Review, 2024, Vol.74 (1), p.113-115

Ort / Verlag

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The focus on the category of clandestine nocturnal activities is thus less readily apparent in these chapters, and so too the most novel and exciting element of A.'s intervention: reading clandestine nocturnal activities as a narrative structure uniquely revelatory of the Thebaid and its poetics. [...]A.'s discussion of, for example, the monstrous potential inherent in Tydeus’ heroism, while capably executed, feels rather general. The final chapter, in contrast, brings the focus back to clandestine nocturnal activities, and demonstrates the value of A.'s careful reading of Statius’ adaptation of this narrative structure from his models.