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P. Papinius Statius Volume IV : Siluae
Overview
Publius Papinius Statius was born in Naples (Neapolis) around the middle of the first century AD, the son of a distinguished professional poet. Statius' own oeuvre was considerable: an epic in twelve books on the theme of the Seven against Thebes; an unfinished epic on the story of Achilles of which one book and a portion of a second survive; and five books of Siluae comprising thirty-two occasional poems written for rich patrons.
This volume presents a text of the Siluae with a facing translation, preceded by a chronologically arranged introduction to the transmission of the text, and a bibliography of editions and relevant secondary literature.
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- ISBN-13: 9781527572843
- ISBN-10: 1527572846
- Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Publish Date: September 2021
- Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.7 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.05 pounds
- Page Count: 288
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