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Published 1994
Statius Thebaid VII : a commentary /

: The epic poem the Thebaid by P. Papinius Statius, written about AD 80 to 92, deals with the fraternal strife between Oedipus' sons Eteocles and Polynices for the mastery of Thebes. Book VII describes the forced march of the Seven and their arrival at Thebes, Jocasta's vain attempt at mediation and Amphiaraus' spectacular katabasis . This book is the first which deals with Thebaid VII since Barth (1664) and Amar andamp; Lemaire (1825-30). Apart from being a commentary in the philological sense, it examines in close detail the poet's mannered style and analyses the text as a system of intertextual references. In addition to Homer and Vergil, specific passages from Euripides, Lucan, Seneca and especially Valerius Flaccus were exploited by Statius to create his challenging imitation. The identification of these sources offers the key to interpret and evaluate the poet's artistic intentions. The Introduction discusses Statius' technique of multiple imitation. The information brought together has been made easily accessible by full indexes and an appendix listing the passages imitated by Statius.
: 1 online resource (xlii, 462 pages) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 424-434) and indexes. : 9789004329393 : 0169-8958 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 1976
Inlaboratus et facilis : aspects of structure in some letters of Seneca /

: English or Latin. : 1 online resource (182 pages) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-176) and index. : 9789004327474 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2005
Mythical and legendary narrative in Ovid's Fasti /

: This book analyses the mythical and legendary narratives in Ovid's Fasti as narrative and concentrates on the neglected literary aspects of these stories. It combines traditional tools of literary criticism with more modern techniques (taken especially from narratology and intertextuality). From a narratological viewpoint it covers important features such as aperture, closure, characterization, internal narrators, description, space, time and cinematic technique. On the intertextual level it examines the narratives' complex relationship with Virgil, Livy and Ovid's own earlier works. Recent criticism on the Fasti has addressed various elements (religious, historical, political, astronomical et cetera), but detailed narrative study has been wanting. This book fills that gap, to provide a more informed and balanced appreciation of this multifaceted poem aimed at classicists and literary critics in general (for whom all the Latin is translated).
: 1 online resource (xiii, 299 pages) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-294) and indexes. : 9789047407225 : 0169-8958 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2004
Poetic memory : allusion in the poetry of Callimachus and the Metamorphoses of Ovid /

: This book explores Callimachus' allusive practice in his Aetia prologue and Hymns 4, 5, and 6, and in Ovid's Metamorphoses . The study includes an overview of modern approaches to poetic allusion, a close (re-)examination of the lexical allusions in the Aetia's and Metamorphoses' prologues, extensive examinations of allusive techniques within selections of these works, the poets' use of \'signposting\' and \'authorization\' techniques, and the relationship between allusion and genre.
: 1 online resource (viii, 218 pages) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-206) and indexes. : 9789047406624 : 0169-8958 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.