Statius
by Statius, P. Papinius, (Publius Papinius)
Statius' Silvae, thirty-two occasional poems, were written probably between 89 and 96 AD. Here the poet congratulates friends, consoles mourners, sends thanks, admires a memorable scene. The verse is light in touch, with a distinct picture quality. Statius gives us in these impromptu poems clear images of Domitian's Rome. Statius published his Thebaid in the last decade of the first century. This epic recounting the struggle between the two sons of Oedipus for the kingship of Thebes is his mast…
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- Full title :Statius / edited and translated by D.R. Shackleton Bailey.
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Statius' Silvae, thirty-two occasional poems, were written probably between 89 and 96 AD. Here the poet congratulates friends, consoles mourners, sends thanks, admires a memorable scene. The verse is light in touch, with a distinct picture quality. Statius gives us in these impromptu poems clear images of Domitian's Rome. Statius published his Thebaid in the last decade of the first century. This epic recounting the struggle between the two sons of Oedipus for the kingship of Thebes is his masterpiece, a stirring exploration of the passions of civil war. The extant portion of his unfinished Achilleid is strikingly different in tone; this second epic begins as a charming account of Achilles' life. -- Jacket.
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- Publication Date:2003.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge, Mass
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2003.
The Physical Object
- Description:3 volumes : : map ; : 17 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0674996046, 9780674996045, 0674012089, 9780674012080, 0674012097, 9780674012097
- oclc:ocn367783199
- LC Classification:PA6697.E5
- Dewey Decimal:871/.01
Table of Contents
v. 1. Silvae -- v. 2. Thebaid books 1-7 -- v. 3. Thebaid books 8-2. Achilleid.
v. 1. Introduction -- Recent scholarship on the Silvae / Kathleen M. Coleman -- Abbreviations -- SILVAE -- Book I -- Prefatory notes -- Statius to his friend Stella -- The Statue of Domitian -- Epithalamium in honour of Stella and Violentilla -- The Villa of Manilius Vopiscus -- To Rutilius Gallicus -- The Baths of Claudius Etruscus -- The Kalends of December -- Book II -- Prefatory notes -- Statius to his friend Melior -- Glaucias -- The Villa of Pollius Felix -- The Tree of Atedius Melior -- The Parrot of the Same -- The Tame Lion -- Consolation to Flavius Ursus -- To Polla on Lucan's Birthday -- Book III -- Prefatory notes -- Statius to his friend Pollius -- The Hercules at Surrentum -- Send-off to Maecius Celer -- Consolation to Claudius Etruscus -- The hair of Flavius Earinus -- To His Wife Claudia -- Book IV -- Prefatory notes -- Statius to his friend Marcellus -- The Seventeenth Consulship of Domitian -- To the Emperor Domitian -- The Domitian Way -- To Vitorius Marcellus -- Ode to Septimius Severus -- The Hercules Statuette -- Ode to Vibius Maximus -- Poem of Congratulation -- Jesting Hendecasy…
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