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"This book offers an intertextual study of dawn and dusk descriptions in Statius' Thebaid. Poetic images such as rosy-fingered Dawn and the fiery chariot of the Sun sinking into the Ocean are the result of learned work on the previous literary tradition. The striking dawn and dusk descriptions in the Thebaid offer a perfect illustration of the way in which the traditional characteristics of the motif can be remodelled to produce new meaning. Each chapter in this monograph examines one of the aspects associated with dawns and dusks: formulaic diction, structuring role, relation to time and light, allegory"--

Dawn in literature. --- Twilight in literature. --- Intertextuality --- Epic poetry, Latin --- Aube dans la littérature. --- Dawn in literature --- Twilight in literature --- History and criticism. --- Statius, P. Papinius --- Thebais (Statius, P. Papinius) --- Statius, P. Papinius - (Publius Papinius). - Thebais.