The Thebaid by Publius Papinius Statius
A sprawling Latin epic that follows the bloody rivalry between Oedipus’s sons and the doomed expedition of the champions who march on Thebes: noble leaders gather, oracles and curses foretell disaster, gods and fate manipulate mortal pride, and the assault unfolds in a sequence of heroic clashes, betrayals, and horrific deaths. Through vivid battle scenes, prophetic counts, and the tragic downfall of celebrated warriors, the poem explores the corrosive effects of familial hatred, the relentlessness of vengeance, and the devastating human cost of civil war, ending in ruin for the city and its houses.
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- Thebais
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