Abstract
This project aims to study the characterization of the character Tydeus of Statius' Thebaid, presenting a comparison between his portrayal in the Statian epic with the portrayal of Diomedes, son of Tydeus, in Homer's Iliad. In order to fulfill this objective, we will make use of old rhetorical texts, the progymnásmata of Aelius Theon of Alexandria, Ps.-Hermogenes and Aphthonius, in which …