by jac3 | Oct 18, 2019
Ancient Greece (Egypt) Date of composition: 3rd century BCE Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica Apollonius of Rhodes composed the Argonautica in the mid-third century BC, probably working for the most part in Alexandria, which as the capital of Egypt under the rule of...
by jac3 | Aug 18, 2019
Italy Composed: 29-19 BCE Virgil, Aeneid The Aeneid is a narrative poem in twelve bookrolls on the legendary origins of Rome that fully annexes the world of Greek mythological epic to the Roman thought-realm. More specifically, the Aeneid is a foundation story for the...
by jac3 | Aug 18, 2019
Italy 8 CE Ovid, Metamorphoses Ovid’s programmatic exploration of his place in literary history in general, and his progress along a Vergilian poetic career path in particular, is especially visible in his surviving masterpiece, the epic Metamorphoses, on which...
by jac3 | Jul 18, 2019
Italy Composed: ca. 80-92 CEFirst published: 91 or 92 CE Publius Papinius Statius, Thebaid (Thēbaïs) Statius’s Thebaid relates the strife of two brothers, Polynices and Eteocles, the sons of Oedipus, who struggle for control of an Ancient Greek city. The myth...
by jac3 | Jul 18, 2019
Italy 94-96 CE Publius Papinius Statius, Achilleid (Achilleis) Most of what is known about Publius Papinius Statius (c. 45-96 CE) is derived from his Siluae, occasional poems in five books. Born in distinctly Greek Naples, he was the son of a successful...
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