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"The journal of sport literature."

Sports in literature --- Sports stories --- Sports --- Sports dans la littérature --- History and criticism

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Sports --- Sports in literature --- Sports dans la littérature --- Anthropological aspects --- Sociological aspects --- History --- Aspect anthropologique --- Aspect sociologique --- Histoire --- Sports dans la littérature

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Sports in literature --- Sports stories --- Sports --- Sports dans la littérature --- History and criticism --- Physical Education and Training. --- Education, Physical --- Physical Education --- Physical Education, Training --- Periodicals --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature --- Sports dans la littérature --- Sports in literature. --- Sports. --- Sports stories. --- Physical Education and Training

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Epic games are more than just an interlude; they reflect the realities of epic: heroism, power and war. This first major study of the athletic games in Statius' Thebaid Book 6 uses them to produce a new reading of the poem as a whole. It explores each event in Statius' games, discussing intertextual manoeuvres, historical context and poetic positioning, developing a theme from each: audience power, cosmic disruption, national identity, masculinity and the body, games and war, kingship and narrative control. This book uses a close reading of one part of one text to range over ancient literature. It casts light on the tradition of games in ancient epic as a whole, examining the works of Homer, Virgil, Apollonius, Ovid and Lucan. It is essential reading for the student of Statius and of ancient epic and of interest to historians of Roman society with an interest in sport and spectacle.

Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) in literature. --- Political poetry, Latin --- Epic poetry, Latin --- Politics and literature --- Sports in literature. --- Games in literature. --- Sept contre Thèbes (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature --- Poésie politique latine --- Poésie épique latine --- Politique et littérature --- Sports dans la littérature --- Jeux dans la littérature --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Statius, P. Papinius --- Poetics --- History --- Political and social views. --- Thebes (Greece) --- In literature. --- Sept contre Thèbes (Mythologie grecque) dans la littérature --- Poésie politique latine --- Poésie épique latine --- Politique et littérature --- Sports dans la littérature --- Jeux dans la littérature --- Games in literature --- Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) in literature --- Sports in literature --- History and criticism --- Estacio --- Stace --- Statius, Papinius --- Statius, Publius Papinius --- Thēvai (Greece) --- Thívai (Greece) --- Thebes (Greece : Ancient city) --- Thiva (Greece) --- Thēva (Greece) --- Tebe (Greece) --- Theben (Greece) --- Thebes (Greece : Extinct city) --- Θῆβαι (Greece) --- Thēbai (Greece) --- Θήβα (Greece) --- Stat︠s︡iĭ, Publiĭ Papiniĭ --- Стаций, Публий Папиний --- Stazio --- Arts and Humanities --- Political poetry, Latin - History and criticism. --- Epic poetry, Latin - History and criticism. --- Politics and literature - Greece. --- Poetics - History - To 1500.