Silvae
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Contributions
- Shackleton Bailey, D. R. 1917- - Contributor
Publication
2003 - Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
109,500 words, Guess
Page Count
438 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3560448M
- ISBN-100674996046
- OCLC Control Number367783199
- OCLC Control Number49495129
- OCLC Control Number51738585
and 4 more
- OCLC Control Numbersilvae0000stat
- Library of Congress Control Number2002024274
- Goodreads1475661
- LibraryThing3105484
Classifications
- DDC871/.01
- LCCPA6697.E5 S5 2003
Description
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.
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- Translations into English.
- Poetry.
Series Statement
- Loeb classical library ;
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