『テーバイス』独自の特色 : 『アエネーイス』と比較して

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  • The Originality of the Thebais
  • テーバイス ドクジ ノ トクショク アエネーイス ト ヒカク シテ

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Statius' Thebais follows the example of the "divine Aeneis" (Theb 12 816) But it is more than imitation Thebais has its own peculiar tone. The purpose of this paper is to elucidate the originality of the Thebais by comparison with its model First, Laius' appearance in Eteocles' dream (Theb 2 89-133) is compared with the episode of Allecto-Turnus (Aen 7 413-472) The three main characteristics of the Thebais can be summarized as follows 1) Fierce hatred within a family Statius lays stress on this deep-rooted human emotion Although in Aen Allecto shows hatred, she does so on account of imprudent words against her infernal dignity, in other words, it is a mere accident On the other hand, Laius' hatred of his grandson has continued from the very moment of the patricide and will never perish Moreover, the family relationship makes his hatred fiercer Such gloomy emotion of Laius shows a lack of pietas, which was essential to the families in Aeneis 2) Desire for autocracy Turnus' defiance of Aeneas depends (partly) on his patriotic motivation On the other hand, Eteocles desires to keep his autocratic power only He does not defend fatherland or citizens He has no sense of responsibility to his status His people do not put reliance on him either but hate this tyrant Here again we can see a lack of pietas 3) Fear as a motive of an assault Eteocles is stimulated to the war by his fearfulness Both Turnus and Eteocles are seized by an awful fear, but the fear of Eteocles is different from Turnus' It was an infernal appearance of Allecto that horrified Turnus, whose feeling gradually changes into madness and anger Fear can not be said to be an immediate cause for the war Eteocles, on the other hand, is terrified by the news of his brother's betrothal which must be a great menace to his throne Then he immediately launches an attack Thus, his fear is a motive to promote the battle, rather than to prevent it Such a function of fear has not been seen in previous works These three characteristics are confirmed also by further comparisons, for example, the Katabasis of Amphiaraus (Theb 8 1-126) with the scene of Charon (Aen 6 384-410) The third (fear as a motive of an assault) frequently occurs in Thebais (for example 5 347-358, 12 682-697) Thus, although Statius seemingly follows Vergihus, he fills his epic with impious emotions, which give it unique characteristics

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