The Return of the Seven: Allusion to the Thebaid in Statius’ Achilleid

Abstract

This article seeks to establish the Thebaid as an important intertext for the Achilleid . Many echoes of the Thebaid may be found, especially in the description of the mustering at Aulis and the portrayal of Achilles. The Thebaid is exploited to help construct the Achilleid ’s struggle between arma and amor : the episodes most heavily drawn on are those which thematise the tussle between love and war, with war prevailing. Such intertextual investigation may contribute to the debate over the Achilleid ’s epic identity.

The Deidamia Achilli: An Eleventh Century Statian-Ovidian Epistle

“…Hagedorn (2004: 38) oversimplifies when she argues that "the "Deidamia Achilli" author creates a female voice and a perspective that subtly challenges and corrects the conclusion of the Achilleid, which focuses on Achilles and his quest for martial glory at the expense of the domestic sphere". In fact, one may find the elegiac and epic perspectives competing at the end of the Achilleid, as they have done so throughout: see Parkes (2008), 399-400. 27.…”