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LITERATURE

Ancient / Statius / Thebaid / Cycles / Dublin, Chester Beatty Library, MS 76 (Northern Italy, c1380-1390)
Ancient / Statius / Thebaid / Book VII: The Argives leave Nemea and approach Thebes, first battles / vv. 492-538: Jocasta, supported by her daughters, enters the Argive camp and begs Polyneices to stop the war
Ancient / Statius / Thebaid / Book VII: The Argives leave Nemea and approach Thebes, first battles / vv. 564-598: Aconteus kills the sacred tigresses of Bacchus that had ravaged the Argives
Ancient / Statius / Thebaid / Book VII: The Argives leave Nemea and approach Thebes, first battles / vv. 632-648: The first battles at the Argive camp
Ancient / Statius / Thebaid / Book VII: The Argives leave Nemea and approach Thebes, first battles / vv. 816-823: Amphiaraus drives his chariot into Hades

Further details

Artist or creator

Altichiero (born 1330, died before 1393) (attributed)

Date

1380 (before) - 1390

Location

Dublin, Chester Beatty Library, 76

Book, text or document (source of image)

Statius (Publius Papinius Statius). Thebaid.

Notes on photograph

Collection

Hamburg stamp (Bibliothek Warburg)

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Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

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