The Poetry of Statius
by Smolenaars, Johannes J. L.; Van Dam, Harm-janFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-09-15
Publisher(s): Brill Academic Pub
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Summary
This volume, the outcome of an international symposium on Statius held in Amsterdam in 2005, contains original contributions to the study of Statius' epics (ThebaidandAchilleid) and occasional poetry (Silvae), as well as the reception of both in European literature and scholarship.
Table of Contents
| 'In pondere non magno satis ponderosae ...': Gronovius and the printed tradition of the Thebaid | p. 1 |
| Stones in the forest: epigraphic allusion in the Silvae | p. 19 |
| Wandering woods again: from Poliziano to Grotius | p. 45 |
| The equine cuckoo: Statius' Ecus Maximus Domitiani Imperatoris and the Flavian Forum | p. 65 |
| Battle narrative in Statius, Thebaid | p. 85 |
| Statius and the Greek Tragedians on Athens, Thebes and Rome | p. 111 |
| Jupiter in Thebaid 1 again | p. 129 |
| Statius in the Silvae | p. 143 |
| Statius, Domitian and acknowledging paternity: rituals of succession in the Thebaid | p. 175 |
| Dust, water and sweat: the Statian puer between charm and weakness, play and war | p. 195 |
| Statius Thebaid 1.72: is Jocasta dead or alive? The tradition of Jocasta's suicide in Greek and Roman drama and in Statius' Thebaid | p. 215 |
| Bibliography | p. 239 |
| Index of passages discussed | p. 251 |
| General index | p. 261 |
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