Silvae / Statius ; edited and translated by D.R. Shackleton Bailey.
Silvae / Statius ; edited and translated by D.R. Shackleton Bailey.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2003.
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Date
2003.
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N871.01/8
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- English
- Latin
Latin
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vii, 438 p. ; 17 cm.
Contents
Recent Scholarship on the Silvae / Kathleen M. Coleman -- Statius to His Friend Stella -- 1. The Statue of Domitian -- 2. Epithalamium in Honour of Stella and Violentilla -- 3. The Villa of Manilius Vopiscus -- 4. To Rutilius Gallicus -- 5. The Baths of Claudius Etruscus -- 6. The Kalends of Decembe...
8. Poem of Congratulation -- 9. Jesting Hendecasyllabics -- Statius to His Friend Abascantus -- 1. On the Death of Priscilla -- 2. Praises of Crispinus -- 3. Lament for His Father -- 4. Sleep -- 5. A Lament for His Boy.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2003.
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Massachusetts
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2003.
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"Statius' Silvae, thirty-two occasional poems, were written probably between 89 and 96 A.D. Here the poet congratulates friends, consoles mourners, sends thanks, admires a monument or artistic object, describes a memorable scene. The verse is light in touch, with a distinct picture quality. Statius gives us in these impromptu poems clear images of...
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Silvae / Statius ; edited and translated by D.R. Shackleton Bailey.
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Loeb classical library ; 206.
Statius ; 1.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N871.01/8
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74VveJjmaojO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VveJjmaojO
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ISBN
0674012097 (v. 3)
9780674996045 (alk. paper)
0674996046 (alk. paper)
9780674996045 :
0674996046 :
9780674012080 (v. 2)
0674012089 (v. 2)
9780674012097 (v. 3)
DDC
871.01
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991017029719702626
