Statius and Virgil - The Thebaid and the Reinterpretation of the Aeneid

Statius' Thebaid tells the tale of the curse Oedipus places on his sons and the fratricidal war that results. In this 2007 book, Professor Ganiban offers a reading of the epic and explores the degree to which it is engaged in a dialogue with the ideas and poetry of Virgil's Aeneid.