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The Transvestite Achilles

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Description

Statius' unfinished epic, the Achilleid, explores Achilles' mother's attempt to save her son from the Trojan War by dressing him as a girl. This first book-length study of the poem offers a detailed interpretation and explores questions of the poem's reception and of gender in antiquity.

Book Details
EAN:
9780521851459
Binding:
Hardback
Dimensions(mm):
237 x 162 x 25 mm
Publication Date:
2005-08-11
Publication Country:
GB