The Siege of Thebes
John Lydgate
Medieval Institute Publications, 2001
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The only Middle English poetic text that recounts the fratricidal struggle between Oedipus's sons Eteocles and Polynices as they contend for the lordship of Thebes. The text reflects the problem of poetic authority and the political and ethical themes of Lydgate's poetic career in the 1420s
- ISBN-13
- 9781580440745
- ISBN-10
- 1580440746
- Publisher
- Medieval Institute Publications
- Year
- 2001
- Publication date
- 2001-03-01
- Pages
- 208
- Dimensions
- 254x178x