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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin epic poem ⓘ
alternateTitle Tebaide ⓘ
approximateCompositionDates c. 80–92 CE ⓘ
author Publius Papinius Statius ⓘ
linked to: Statius
basedOn Theban cycle of Greek myth ⓘ
linked to: Theban cycle

stories about Oedipus and his sons ⓘ
centralCharacters Adrastus ⓘ
Amphiaraus ⓘ
Antigone ⓘ
Capaneus ⓘ
Eteocles ⓘ
Hippomedon ⓘ
Jocasta ⓘ
Oedipus ⓘ
Parthenopaeus ⓘ
Polyneices’ wife Argia ⓘ
Polynices ⓘ
Tydeus ⓘ
circulation widely read in the Middle Ages ⓘ
containsEpisode Argia and Antigone’s burial of Polynices ⓘ
Capaneus’ blasphemous assault on the walls ⓘ
Nemean games foundation narrative ⓘ
Tydeus’ embassy to Thebes ⓘ
cremation and burial of the brothers ⓘ
duel of Eteocles and Polynices ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Roman Empire ⓘ
dateWritten late 1st century CE ⓘ
dedicatedTo Emperor Domitian ⓘ
linked to: Domitian
featuresDeities Apollo ⓘ
Bacchus ⓘ
linked to: Dionysus

Diana ⓘ
Furies ⓘ
linked to: Erinyes

Juno ⓘ
Jupiter ⓘ
Mars ⓘ
Mercury ⓘ
Minerva ⓘ
Neptune ⓘ
Pluto ⓘ
Proserpina ⓘ
linked to: Persephone
followedBy Statius’ Achilleid ⓘ
linked to: Achilleid
genre epic poetry ⓘ
influenced Dante Alighieri ⓘ
Giovanni Boccaccio ⓘ
medieval French romances on Thebes ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
literaryInfluence Homeric epics ⓘ
Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ
Virgil’s Aeneid ⓘ
linked to: Virgil's Aeneid
literaryPeriod Silver Age of Latin literature ⓘ
mainSubject conflict between the sons of Oedipus ⓘ
war of the Seven against Thebes ⓘ
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 ⓘ
fate and divine intervention ⓘ
fraternal conflict ⓘ
pietas and impietas ⓘ
tyranny and power ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eteocles → literaryAppearance → Statius' Thebaid ⓘ
Jocasta → appearsIn → Thebaid (lost epic) ⓘ
linked to: Statius' Thebaid
Adrastus → appearsIn → Statius’ Thebaid ⓘ
linked to: Statius' Thebaid
Hypsipyle → appearsIn → Statius’ Thebaid ⓘ
linked to: Statius' Thebaid
Tydeus → appearsIn → Thebaid (Statius) ⓘ
linked to: Statius' Thebaid
Capaneus → portrayedIn → Statius' epic Thebaid ⓘ
linked to: Statius' Thebaid
Parthenopaeus → portrayedIn → Statius' epic "Thebaid" ⓘ
linked to: Statius' Thebaid
Polynices and his Argive allies → describedIn → Statius’ epic "Thebaid" ⓘ
linked to: Statius' Thebaid
Hippomedon → mentionedIn → Statius' epic "Thebaid" ⓘ
linked to: Statius' Thebaid
Opheltes (Archemorus) → appearsInWork → Statius' Thebaid ⓘ
Lycurgus of Nemea → sourceText → Statius, Thebaid ⓘ
linked to: Statius' Thebaid
Archemorus → appearsIn → Statius, Thebaid ⓘ
linked to: Statius' Thebaid