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Charles Ross, professor of English, translated the "Thebiad," which was first published by Publius Papinius Statius in 92 A.D., from Latin into American verse. His "Thebaid: Seven Against Thebes" ($55) will be published by John Hopkins University in December. The "Thebaid" tells how two brothers, Polynices and Eteocles, sons of Oedipus fight for control of the city Thebes. Statius' epic strongly influenced European literature, Ross says. It also provides an apt counterpart to the famous Japanese film "The Seven Samurai" and the Hollywood film that imitated it, the 1960s western "Magnificent Seven."
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