"One of the most entertaining short narratives of all time, the
Achilleid is a stand-alone work of compelling contemporary interest
that moves with great rapidity and clarity. Its compact narrative,
which encompasses a brutish childhood, an overprotective mother,
temporary gender bending, sexual violence, and a final coming to
manhood with the promise of future military prowess, may be
unparalleled in a single narrative of such brevity. The text has
survived in hundreds of manuscripts, sometimes copied with Statius'
much longer and lugubrious Thebaid , but just as often with other
racy short narratives and dramas taught in the medieval schools.
The poem's literary playfulness, visual imagery, and lighthearted
treatment of mythological and historical data made it-and can still
make it-a goldmine in the classroom. Until now, however, it has
been virtually impossible to get a sense of the work if one did not
know Latin-recent translations notwithstanding. Stanley Lombardo's
translation of the Achilleid is a dream: it's sound, enthralling,
and will fully engage readers with this enticing, perplexing, at
times distressing, but ultimately rewarding work." -Marjorie Curry
Woods, Blumberg Centennial Professor of English and University
Distinguished Teaching Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
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