Epic Spectacles 2 ‘ What if We Had a War and Everybody Came? ’War as Spectacle and the Duel of Iliad 31 The duel The transition from duel to warfare The warfare begins: the role of the audience 3 From Our Own Correspondent Authorial Commentary on the ‘Spectacles of War’ in Homer and in the Tale of the Heike Authorial comments in Homer Authorial comments in the Tale of the Heike 4 ‘The Clash of Weapons and the Sight of War’ Spectatorship and Identification in Roman Epic The spectacle of war and the problem of spectator identification Homeric origins Economies of lives: the champions’ duel and spectator identification While the men fight below: the female teichoscopy Death from above: the male commander’s survey of the battlefield Indistinguishable corpses and fameless ends: surveying the aftermath of battle Conclusion: reading in peace, viewing like the gods 5 Death on the Margins Statius and the Spectacle of the Dying Epic Hero Canonical deaths: spectacle and space Statius’ marginal boys Other marginal boys: Atys and Crenaeus The crumbling edges: Hippomedon, Amphiaraus, Capaneus Too close for comfort: Tydeus Conclusion B. Table of contents : Cover page Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page Dedication Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors 1 Introduction War as Spectacle, a Multi-sensory Event Worth Watching?1 Spectacles of war across ancient and modern genres and media Spectacles of war in material culture Spectacles of war on stage and in modern media Part One Ancient and Modern Literary Spectacles of War A.

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