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the transvestite achilles Statius’ Achilleid is a playful, witty, and allusive epic in the manner of Ovid. As we follow Achilles’ metamorphosis from wild boy to demure girltopassionatelovertofiercehero,thepoetbrilliantlyillustratesaseries ofcontrastingcodesofbehavior:maleandfemale,epicandelegiac.This firstfull-lengthstudyofthepoemaddressesnotonlythenarrativeitself, butalsosetsthemythofAchillesonScyroswithinabroadinterpretive framework. This exploration ranges from the reception of the Achilleid inBaroqueoperatotheanthropologicalparallelsthathavebeenadduced toexplainthemythofAchilles’transvestism.Theexpansiveapproachof this study, which contributes to discussions of Latin intertextuality, the earlyreceptionofOvid,psychoanalyticperspectivesonancientliterature, and theorizations of gender in antiquity, makes it essential reading not onlyforstudentsofStatius,butalsoforstudentsofLatinliteratureand ofgenderinantiquity. p.j.heslin is a lecturer in the Department of Classics and Ancient HistoryattheUniversityofDurham. (cid:1) The Transve ite Achilles Gender and Genre in Statius’ Achilleid p j heslin . . (cid:1) cambridge university press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridgecb22ru,UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521851459 ©P.J.Heslin2005 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionof relevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplace without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. Firstpublishedinprintformat 2005 isbn-13 978-0-511-13043-4 eBook (NetLibrary) isbn-10 0-511-13043-0 eBook (NetLibrary) isbn-13 978-0-521-85145-9 hardback isbn-10 0-521-85145-9 hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyofurls forexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication,anddoesnot guaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. What Song the Syrens ſang, or what name Achilles a(cid:2)umed when he hid himſelf among women, though puzling Queſ- tionsarenotbeyondallconje(cid:3)ure. ThomasBrowne,Hydriotaphia,orUrne-Buriall For Aideen Contents Acknowledgments · ix Introduction · xi 1. OpeningNightsattheOpera1641–1744 · 1 2. TheDesignoftheAchilleid · 57 3. Womanhood,Rhetoric,andPerformance · 105 4. Semivir,Semifer,Semideus · 157 5. TransvestisminMythandRitual · 193 6. Rape,Repetition,andRomance · 237 7. Conclusion · 277 WorksCited · 301 IndexLocorum · 331 GeneralIndex · 343 vii Acknowledgments It was KathleenColemanwhofirstsuggestedthatIshouldgooffandread Statius,andeversincethenshehasbeenunfailinginhersupportformywork. At Trinity College, Dublin, she supervised from beginning to end the Ph.D. thesisfromwhichthisbookhasdeveloped,providingconstantencouragement andmeticulouscriticism.WhenshemovedtoHarvard,Kathyarrangedforme tospendayearthereasavisitinggraduatestudent,anditwasthenthatmuch ofthepresentworkwaswrittenorrewritten.IthankGregoryNagy,Richard Tarrant,RichardThomas,andtheentireDepartmentoftheClassicsfortheir hospitality, and Dean Christoph Wolff of the Graduate School of Arts and SciencesatHarvardforprovidingthegenerousfinancialsupportthatenabled metostay.IwouldalsoliketothankGloriaFerrariandAlbertHenrichs,who readportionsofthisworkandmadevaluablesuggestions. IwasfortunatetohavehadStephenHindsandDamienNelisasexaminers ofmythesis;theygavemeagreatdealofencouragementanddetailedsugges- tionsforrevision.IwasalsoveryluckyinthefeedbackIgotfromthereaders forthepress:AlessandroBarchiesibroughttomyattentionverymanyimpor- tantitemsofbibliographyofwhichIwouldotherwisehavebeenignorant,and ElaineFantham’sskepticaleyehelpedtoimprovetheargumentinanumberof places. My editor, Michael Sharp, and my superb copy-editor, Angela Black- burn, generously put up with the idiosyncrasies of an author who insisted on designinghisownbook. Forvariouskindsofhelpalongtheway,Iwouldliketothank:HaraldAn- derson,JanBremmer,JonathanBurgess,LeslieCahoon,JohnDillon,Andrew Erskine,EdithHall,ChristineMorris,PeterRhodes,ChristopherRowe,and BenTipping.IamgratefultomycolleaguesatDurhamforallowingmeaterm ofleavein2002,whichenabledmetofinishtheresearchforthisbook. Mygreatestdebtistomywife,Aideen,forherpatienceandsupport. ix

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the transvestite achilles Statius’ Achilleid is a playful, witty, and allusive epic in the manner of Ovid. As we follow Achilles’ metamorphosis from wild boy to demure girltopassionatelovertofiercehero,thepoetbrilliantlyillustratesaseries ofcontrastingcodesofbehavior:maleandfemale,epicandelegiac.This firstfull-lengthstudyofthepoemaddressesnotonlythenarrativeitself, butalsosetsthemythofAchillesonScyroswithinabroadinterpretive framework. This exploration ranges from the reception of the Achilleid inBaroqueoperatotheanthropologicalparallelsthathavebeenadduced toexplainthemythofAchilles’transvestism.Theexpansiveapproachof this study, which contributes to discussions of Latin intertextuality, the earlyreceptionofOvid,psychoanalyticperspectivesonancientliterature, and theorizations of gender in antiquity, makes it essential reading not onlyforstudentsofStatius,butalsoforstudentsofLatinliteratureand ofgenderinantiquity. p.j.heslin is a lecturer in the Department of Classics and Ancient HistoryattheUniversityofDurham. (cid:1) The Transve ite Achilles Gender and Genre in Statius’ Achilleid p j heslin . . (cid:1) cambridge university press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridgecb22ru,UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521851459 ©P.J.Heslin2005 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionof relevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplace without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. Firstpublishedinprintformat 2005 isbn-13 978-0-511-13043-4 eBook (NetLibrary) isbn-10 0-511-13043-0 eBook (NetLibrary) isbn-13 978-0-521-85145-9 hardback isbn-10 0-521-85145-9 hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyofurls forexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication,anddoesnot guaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. What Song the Syrens ſang, or what name Achilles a(cid:2)umed when he hid himſelf among women, though puzling Queſ- tionsarenotbeyondallconje(cid:3)ure. ThomasBrowne,Hydriotaphia,orUrne-Buriall For Aideen Contents Acknowledgments · ix Introduction · xi 1. OpeningNightsattheOpera1641–1744 · 1 2. TheDesignoftheAchilleid · 57 3. Womanhood,Rhetoric,andPerformance · 105 4. Semivir,Semifer,Semideus · 157 5. TransvestisminMythandRitual · 193 6. Rape,Repetition,andRomance · 237 7. Conclusion · 277 WorksCited · 301 IndexLocorum · 331 GeneralIndex · 343 vii Acknowledgments It was KathleenColemanwhofirstsuggestedthatIshouldgooffandread Statius,andeversincethenshehasbeenunfailinginhersupportformywork. At Trinity College, Dublin, she supervised from beginning to end the Ph.D. thesisfromwhichthisbookhasdeveloped,providingconstantencouragement andmeticulouscriticism.WhenshemovedtoHarvard,Kathyarrangedforme tospendayearthereasavisitinggraduatestudent,anditwasthenthatmuch ofthepresentworkwaswrittenorrewritten.IthankGregoryNagy,Richard Tarrant,RichardThomas,andtheentireDepartmentoftheClassicsfortheir hospitality, and Dean Christoph Wolff of the Graduate School of Arts and SciencesatHarvardforprovidingthegenerousfinancialsupportthatenabled metostay.IwouldalsoliketothankGloriaFerrariandAlbertHenrichs,who readportionsofthisworkandmadevaluablesuggestions. IwasfortunatetohavehadStephenHindsandDamienNelisasexaminers ofmythesis;theygavemeagreatdealofencouragementanddetailedsugges- tionsforrevision.IwasalsoveryluckyinthefeedbackIgotfromthereaders forthepress:AlessandroBarchiesibroughttomyattentionverymanyimpor- tantitemsofbibliographyofwhichIwouldotherwisehavebeenignorant,and ElaineFantham’sskepticaleyehelpedtoimprovetheargumentinanumberof places. My editor, Michael Sharp, and my superb copy-editor, Angela Black- burn, generously put up with the idiosyncrasies of an author who insisted on designinghisownbook. Forvariouskindsofhelpalongtheway,Iwouldliketothank:HaraldAn- derson,JanBremmer,JonathanBurgess,LeslieCahoon,JohnDillon,Andrew Erskine,EdithHall,ChristineMorris,PeterRhodes,ChristopherRowe,and BenTipping.IamgratefultomycolleaguesatDurhamforallowingmeaterm ofleavein2002,whichenabledmetofinishtheresearchforthisbook. Mygreatestdebtistomywife,Aideen,forherpatienceandsupport. ix

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