Research Catalog

Title

Silvae / Statius ; edited and translated by D.R. Shackleton Bailey ; with corrections by Christopher A. Parrott.

Author

Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius)

Publication

• Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2015.
• ©2015

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Details

Additional Authors

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

Description

xxx, 427 pages; 17 cm.

Summary

"Statius' Silvae, thirty-two occasional poems, were written probably between 89 and 96 AD. 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. Statius was raised in the Greek cultural milieu of the Bay of Naples, and his Greek literary education lends a sophisticated veneer to his ornamental verse. The role of the emperor and the imperial circle in determining taste is also readily apparent: the figure of the emperor Domitian permeates these poems."-- Publisher description.

Series Statement

• Loeb classical library ; 206
• Statius ; 1
• Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius). Works. English. (Shackleton Bailey) ; 1.
• Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius). Works. Latin. (Shackleton Bailey) ; 1.

Uniform Title

Loeb classical library ; 206.

Subject

• Statius, P. Papinius > Criticism and interpretation
• 81 - 96
• Occasional verse, Latin > Translations into English
• Occasional verse, Latin
• Rome > History > Domitian, 81-96 > Poetry
• Rome (Empire)

Genre/Form

• History.
• Poetry.
• Translations.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

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

Contents

Recent scholarship on the Silvae / Kathleen M. Coleman -- Statius to his friend Stella -- The statue of Domitian -- Wedding ode in honor of Stella and Violentilla -- The villa of Manilius Vopiscus -- To Rutilius Gallicus -- The Baths of Claudius Etruscus -- The kalends of December -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Statius to his friend Abascantus -- On the death of Priscilla -- Praises of Crispinus -- Lament for his father -- Sleep -- A lament for his boy.

Call Number

PA6156

ISBN

• 9780674996908
• 0674996909

LCCN

2014947089

OCLC

909602481

Author

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

Title

Silvae / Statius ; edited and translated by D.R. Shackleton Bailey ; with corrections by Christopher A. Parrott.

Publisher

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2015.

Copyright Date

©2015

Edition

Corrected edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Loeb classical library ; 206

Statius ; 1

Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius). Works. English. (Shackleton Bailey) ; 1.

Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius). Works. Latin. (Shackleton Bailey) ; 1.

Loeb classical library ; 206.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language

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

Chronological Term

81 - 96

Added Author

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

Parrott, Christopher A., editor.

Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius). Silvae. English. (Shackleton Bailey)

Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius). Silvae. Latin. (Shackleton Bailey)

Coleman, K. M. (Kathleen M.). Recent scholarship on the Silvae.

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR PA6156 .A1 LCL 206, corrected ed.