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Author / Creator:Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius)
Uniform title:Works. English & Latin. 2003
Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2003.
Description:3 volumes : map ; 17 cm.
Language:English
Series:Loeb classical library ; 206, 207, 498
Loeb classical library ; 206, 207, 498.
Subject:
Achilles -- (Mythological character) -- Poetry.
Polynices -- (Greek mythological figure) -- Poetry.
Eteocles, -- King of Thebes (Mythological character) -- Poetry.
Achilles -- (Mythological character)
Eteocles, -- King of Thebes (Mythological character)
Polynices -- (Greek mythological figure)
Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) -- Poetry.
Sibling rivalry -- Poetry.
Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology)
Sibling rivalry.
Thebes (Greece) -- Poetry.
Greece -- Thebes.
Epic poetry, Latin.
Poetry.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4843825
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Other uniform titles:Container of (expression): Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius). Achilleis. English (Shackleton Bailey)
Container of (expression): Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius). Achilleis. Latin (Shackleton Bailey)
Container of (expression): Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius). Thebais. English (Shackleton Bailey)
Container of (expression): Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius). Thebais. Latin (Shackleton Bailey)
Container of (expression): Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius). Silvae. English (Shackleton Bailey)
Container of (expression): Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius). Silvae. Latin (Shackleton Bailey)
Shackleton Bailey, D. R. (David Roy), 1917-2005.
ISBN:0674996046 (v. 1) (alk. paper)
9780674996045 (v. 1) (alk. paper)
0674012089 (v. 2)
9780674012080 (v. 2)
0674012097 (v. 3)
9780674012097 (v. 3)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Latin and English on opposite pages.
Summary:Statius' Silvae, thirty-two occasional poems, were written probably between 89 and 96 AD. Here the poet congratulates friends, consoles mourners, sends thanks, admires a memorable scene. The verse is light in touch, with a distinct picture quality. Statius gives us in these impromptu poems clear images of Domitian's Rome. Statius published his Thebaid in the last decade of the first century. This epic recounting the struggle between the two sons of Oedipus for the kingship of Thebes is his masterpiece, a stirring exploration of the passions of civil war. The extant portion of his unfinished Achilleid is strikingly different in tone; this second epic begins as a charming account of Achilles' life. -- Jacket.

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