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Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-08-14 - Publisher: BRILL
Language: en
Pages: 551
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The five books of the Silvae bring together the occasional verses which Statius wrote in addition to his two epics. In these short descriptive poems Statius ela
Language: en
Pages: 260
Pages: 260
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-02-20 - Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publius Papinius Statius lived from the 40s to the mid-90s C.E. Born in Naples, he was the son of a professional poet and teacher. In his teens he moved to Rome
Language: en
Pages: 366
Pages: 366
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-03-14 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Statius' Silvae, written late in the reign of Domitian (AD 81–96), are a new kind of poetry that confronts the challenge of imperial majesty or private wealth