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Ancient / Statius / Thebaid / Cycles / Dublin, Chester Beatty Library, MS 76 (Northern Italy, c1380-1390)
Ancient / Statius / Thebaid / Book XI: Single combat between Eteocles and Polyneices / vv. 315-353: Jocasta, mother of Eteocles, begs him not to enter into the combat
Ancient / Statius / Thebaid / Book XI: Single combat between Eteocles and Polyneices / vv. 354-382: Antigone, standing on the wall, begs her brother Polyneices not to enter into the combat
Ancient / Statius / Thebaid / Book XI: Single combat between Eteocles and Polyneices / vv. 499-508: The single combat between Eteocles and Polyneices begins on horseback
Ancient / Statius / Thebaid / Book XI: Single combat between Eteocles and Polyneices / vv. 540-573: The dying Eteocles stabs the triumphant Polyneices into the heart
Ancient / Statius / Thebaid / Book XI: Single combat between Eteocles and Polyneices / vv. 594-626: Blind Oedipus, supported by Antigone, arrives to lament for his sons

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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