Research Catalog

Title

Statius / edited and translated by D.R. Shackleton Bailey.

Author

Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius)

Publication

Cambridge, Massachusetts. : Harvard University Press, 2003-2015.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Shackleton Bailey, D. R. (David Roy), 1917-2005
• Parrott, Christopher A.
• Coleman, K. M. (Kathleen M.)
• Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius).

Description

3 volumes : map; 17 cm

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.

Series Statement

Loeb classical library ; 206-207, 498

Uniform Title

• Works. English & Latin
• Loeb classical library ; 206-207, 498.

Alternative Title

Works.

Subjects

• Epic poetry, Latin
• Achilles (Mythological character)
• Occasional verse, Latin
• Eteocles, King of Thebes (Mythological character)
• Sibling rivalry
• Epic poetry, Latin > Translations into English
• Achilles (Mythological character) > Poetry
• Occasional verse, Latin > Translations into English
• Poetry
• Eteocles, King of Thebes (Mythological character) > Poetry
• Greece > Thebes
• Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) > Poetry
• Polynices (Greek mythological figure) > Poetry
• Sibling rivalry > Poetry
• Thebes (Greece) > Poetry

Genre/Form

• Epic poetry, Latin.
• Epic poetry, Latin – Translations into English.
• Occasional verse, Latin.
• Occasional verse, Latin – Translations into English.
• Poetry.

Note

• Volume 1: with corrections by Christopher A. Parrott
• Volume 1: first published 2003, corrected edition 2015.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language (note)

• Poems in Latin with English translations on facing pages; introduction in English.

Contents

• [Volume] I. Silvae -- [volume] II. Thebaid, books 1-7 -- [volume] II. Thebaid, books 8-2 ; Achilleid.
• [Volume]. I. Introduction ; Recent scholarship on the Silvae / Kathleen M. Coleman ; Abbreviations ; SILVAE: Book I: Prefatory notes ; Statius to his friend Stella ; The Statue of Domitian ; Epithalamium in honour of Stella and Violentilla ; The Villa of Manilius Vopiscus ; To Rutilius Gallicus ; The Baths of Claudius Etruscus ; The Kalends of December -- Book II: Prefatory notes ; Statius to his friend Melior ; Glaucias ; The Villa of Pollius Felix ; The Tree of Atedius Melior ; The Parrot of the Same ; The Tame Lion ; Consolation to Flavius Ursus ; To Polla on Lucan's Birthday -- Book III: Prefatory notes ; Statius to his friend Pollius ; The Hercules at Surrentum ; Send-off to Maecius Celer ; Consolation to Claudius Etruscus ; The hair of Flavius Earinus ; To His Wife Claudia -- Book IV: Prefatory notes ; Statius to his friend Marcellus ; The Seventeenth Consulship of Domitian ; To the Emperor Domitian ; The Domitian Way ; To Vitorius Marcellus ; Ode to Septimius Severus ; The Hercules Statuette ; Ode to Vibius Maximus ; Poem of Congratulation ; Jesting Hendecasyllabics -- Book V: Prefatory notes ; Statius to his friend Abascantus ; On the Death of Priscilla ; Praises of Crispinus ; Lament of His Father ; Sleep ; A Lament for His Boy ; Critical appendix ; Index -- [volume] II. Introduction ; Recent scholarship on the epics / Kathleen M. Coleman ; Abbreviations ; THEBAID: Books 1- 7 -- [volume] III. THEBAID: Books 8-12 ; ACHILLEID: Books 1-2.

Call Number

PA6156

ISBN

• 9780674996908
• 0674996909
• 9780674012080
• 0674012089
• 9780674012097
• 0674012097

OCLC

958935213

Author

Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius), author.

Title

Statius / edited and translated by D.R. Shackleton Bailey.

Publisher

Cambridge, Massachusetts. : Harvard University Press, 2003-2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Loeb classical library ; 206-207, 498

Loeb classical library ; 206-207, 498.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language

Poems in Latin with English translations on facing pages; introduction in English.

Added Author

Shackleton Bailey, D. R. (David Roy), 1917-2005, translator.

Parrott, Christopher A., editor.

Coleman, K. M. (Kathleen M.), author of critical introductory matter.

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)

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR PA6156 .S83