The beautiful face of war: refreshing epic and reworking Homer in Flavian poetry
(2017)
Book Chapter
Lovatt, H. (2017). The beautiful face of war: refreshing epic and reworking Homer in Flavian poetry. In F. Bessone, & M. Fucecchi (Eds.), The literary genres in the Flavian Age: canons, transformations, reception. De Gruyter
At Statius Thebaid 8.342-427 the second day of fighting begins, after Amphiaraus is swallowed up by the earth. Although this is far from being the beginning of the poem, not even the beginning of the fighting, Statius in this passage creates an image... Read More about The beautiful face of war: refreshing epic and reworking Homer in Flavian poetry.