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Silvae

Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius)2015
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Statius's Silvae, thirty-two occasional poems, were written probably between 89 and 96 CE. The verse is light in touch, with a distinct pictorial quality. D. R. Shackleton Bailey's edition, which replaced the earlier Loeb Classical Library edition by J. H. Mozley, is now reissued with corrections by Christopher A. Parrott. Statius's 'Silvae', thirty-two occasional poems, were written probably between AD 89 and 96. Here the poet congratulates friends, consoles mourners, offers thanks, admires a monument or artistic object, and describes a memorable scene. The verse is light in touch, with a distinct pictorial quality. Statius gives us in these impromptu poems clear images of Domitian's Rome.
Main title:
Silvae / Statius ; edited and translated by D.R. Shackleton Bailey ; with corrections by Christopher A. Parrott.
Edition:
Corrected edition.
Imprint:
Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Collation:
xxx, 427 pages ; 17 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references, appendix, and index.Poems in Latin with English translations on facing pages; introduction in English.
ISBN:
9780674996908
Language:
EnglishLatin
BRN:
341181
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