Thebaid, Books 1-7 (Loeb Classical Library)

Statius published his “Thebaid” in the last decade of the first century. This epic recounting the struggle between the two sons of Oedipus for the kingship of Thebes is his masterpiece, a stirring exploration of the passions of civil war. The extant portion of his unfinished “Achilleid” is strikingly different in tone: this second epic begins as a charming account of Achil….Read More