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Title The poetry of Statius / edited by Johannes J.L. Smolenaars, Harm-Jan van Dam, Ruurd R. Nauta.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 269 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Mnemosyne, 0169-8958 ; v. 306
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 306.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and indexes.
Contents 'In pondere non magno satis ponderosae ... ': Gronovius and the printed tradition of the Thebaid / Valéry Berlincourt -- Stones in the forest : epigraphic allusion in the Silvae / Kathleen M. Coleman -- Wandering woods again : from Poliziano to Grotius / Harm-Jan van Dam -- The equine cuckoo : Statius' Ecus Maximus Domitiani Imperatoris and the Flavian Forum / Michael Dewar -- Battle narrative in Statius, Thebaid / Bruce Gibson -- Statius and the Greek tragedians on Athens, Thebes and Rome / P.J. Heslin -- Jupiter in Thebaid 1 again / D.E. Hill -- Statius in the Silvae / Ruurd R. Nauta -- Statius, Domitian and acknowledging paternity : rituals of succession in the Thebaid / Gianpiero Rosati -- Dust, water and sweat : the Statian puer between charm and weakness, play and war / Lorenzo Sanna -- Statius Thebaid 1.72 : is Jocasta dead or alive? the tradition of Jocasta's suicide in Greek and Roman drama and in Statius' Thebaid / Johannes J.L. Smolenaars.
Summary The Roman poet P Papinius Statius (ca 45-96) is the author of two epics (the "Thebaid" and the unfinished "Achilleid") and a large corpus of occasional verse ("Silvae"). This volume offers the papers delivered at a symposium on Statius by leading scholars in the field from Europe and North America.
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Subject Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius) -- Criticism and interpretation.
Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius)
Criticism and interpretation.
Statius, P. Papinius Statius, Publius Papinius -- Criticism and interpretation.
Statius, Publius Papinius, 45-96.
Statius, Publius Papinius.
Statius, Publius Papinius, approximately 45-approximately 96 e.Kr -- analys och tolkning.
Epic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism.
Epic poetry, Latin.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Congressen (vorm)
Added Author Smolenaars, Johannes Jacobus Louis.
Dam, Harm-Jan van, 1948-
Nauta, Ruurd R.
Other Form: Print version: Poetry of Statius. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008 (DLC) 2008033581
ISBN 9789047424659 (electronic book)
9047424654 (electronic book)
9789004171343 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9004171347 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004171343.i-276