Transvestite achilles, the: gender and genre in statius' achilleid
Auteur :
Heslin, P. J.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521851459
Date de publication :
11 août 2005
Dimensions :
23,5 x 16,0 x 2,8 cm
Poids :
655 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Statius' unfinished epic, the Achilleid, explores Achilles' mother's attempt to save her son from the Trojan War by dressing him as a girl. This first book-length study of the poem offers a detailed interpretation and explores questions of the poem's reception and of gender in antiquity.