A ritual reading of the Coroebus episode in Statius' Thebaid
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- Tim Noens (UGent)
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- Abstract
- This article seeks to offer an alternative approach to the story of Apollo and Coroebus, narrated by king Adrastus, in the first book of Statius’ Thebaid. Further building on a recent tendency in Flavian scholarship, this analysis will read the tale as if Statius, from the start, presents the narrative through the character of Adrastus: as a (part of a) ritual. Relying on the anthropological theories of Arnold van Gennep and Victor Turner, it will be argued that a religious pattern underlies the king’s story, which contains a dynamic of consecutive rites. More specifically, the narrative will be considered as a threefold repetition of an abstract scheme in which a condition of fertility is followed by a death/disruption that must be resolved by an act of reconciliation/sacrifice.
- Keywords
- Thebaid, Coroebus episode, Statius, ritual, Victor Turner, Arnold van Gennep
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-7165239
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- Noens, Tim. “A Ritual Reading of the Coroebus Episode in Statius’ Thebaid.” QUADERNI URBINATI DI CULTURA CLASSICA, edited by Fabrizio Serra, vol. 111, no. 3, Libra, Fabrizio Serra editore, 2015, pp. 125–48.
- APA
- Noens, T. (2015). A ritual reading of the Coroebus episode in Statius’ Thebaid. QUADERNI URBINATI DI CULTURA CLASSICA, 111(3), 125–148.
- Chicago author-date
- Noens, Tim. 2015. “A Ritual Reading of the Coroebus Episode in Statius’ Thebaid.” Edited by Fabrizio Serra. QUADERNI URBINATI DI CULTURA CLASSICA 111 (3): 125–48.
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- Noens, Tim. 2015. “A Ritual Reading of the Coroebus Episode in Statius’ Thebaid.” Ed by. Fabrizio Serra. QUADERNI URBINATI DI CULTURA CLASSICA 111 (3): 125–148.
- Vancouver
- 1.Noens T. A ritual reading of the Coroebus episode in Statius’ Thebaid. Serra F, editor. QUADERNI URBINATI DI CULTURA CLASSICA. 2015;111(3):125–48.
- IEEE
- [1]T. Noens, “A ritual reading of the Coroebus episode in Statius’ Thebaid,” QUADERNI URBINATI DI CULTURA CLASSICA, vol. 111, no. 3, pp. 125–148, 2015.
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abstract = {{This article seeks to offer an alternative approach to the story of Apollo and Coroebus, narrated by king Adrastus, in the first book of Statius’ Thebaid. Further building on a recent tendency in Flavian scholarship, this analysis will read the tale as if Statius, from the start, presents the narrative through the character of Adrastus: as a (part of a) ritual. Relying on the anthropological theories of Arnold van Gennep and Victor Turner, it will be argued that a religious pattern underlies the king’s story, which contains a dynamic of consecutive rites. More specifically, the narrative will be considered as a threefold repetition of an abstract scheme in which a condition of fertility is followed by a death/disruption that must be resolved by an act of reconciliation/sacrifice.}},
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editor = {{Serra, Fabrizio}},
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title = {{A ritual reading of the Coroebus episode in Statius' Thebaid}},
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year = {{2015}},
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