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Record Nr.

UNISA996218336503316

Autore

Statius P. Papinius (Publius Papinius)

Titolo

Silvae / / Statius ; edited and translated by D.R. Shackleton Bailey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA : , : Harvard University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-674-99604-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Loeb Classical Library ; ; 206

Disciplina

871/.01

Soggetti

Epic poetry, Latin

Occasional verse, Latin

Rome History Domitian, 81-96 Poetry

Rome (Empire)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Sommario/riassunto

Greek literary education and Roman political reality are evident in the poetry of Statius (c. 50-96 CE). His Silvae are thirty-two occasional poems. His masterpiece, the epic Thebaid, recounts the struggle for kingship between the two sons of Oedipus. The extant portion of his Achilleid begins an account of Achilles' life and renews epic.