Silvae
by Publius Papinius Statius, David R. Shackleton Bailey
HistoryHistory and criticismLatin Laudatory poetryLatin Occasional versePoetry
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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.
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HistoryHistory and criticismLatin Laudatory poetryLatin Occasional versePoetrySocial life and customs
Setting
RomeRome (Italy)Domitian, 81-96
About the authors
Publius Papinius Statius
45 – 96
David R. Shackleton Bailey
10 Dec 1917 – 28 Nov 2005
David Roy Shackleton Bailey FBA (10 December 1917 – 28 November 2005) was a British scholar of Latin literature (particularly in the field of textual criticism) who spent his academic life teaching at the University of Cambridge, the University of Michigan, and Harvard. He is best known for his work on Horace (editing his complete works for the Teubner series), and Cicero, especially his commentaries and translations of Cicero's letters.[1] -Wikipedia
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