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The Poetry of Statius
Language: en
Pages: 289
Authors: Johannes Jacobus Louis Smolenaars
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: BRILL

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The Roman poet P. Papinius Statius (ca. 45-96) is the author of two epics (the "Thebaid" and the unfinished "Achilleid") and a large corpus of occasional verse
Statius' Thebaid and the Poetics of Civil War
Language: en
Pages: 214
Authors: Charles McNelis
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-02-08 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This study focuses on ways in which Statius' epic Thebaid, a poem about the civil war between Oedipus' sons Eteocles and Polynices, reflects the theme of intern
Statius Silvae 5
Language: en
Pages: 552
Authors: Publius Papinius Statius
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-10-05 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Thebaid
Language: en
Pages: 541
Authors: Statius
Categories: Poetry
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-03-15 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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The Thebaid, a Latin epic in twelve books by Statius (c. 45–96 C. E.) reexamines events following the abdication of Oedipus, focusing on the civil war between
Statius' Silvae and the Poetics of Empire
Language: en
Pages: 366
Authors: Carole E. Newlands
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-03-14 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Statius' Silvae, written late in the reign of Domitian (AD 81–96), are a new kind of poetry that confronts the challenge of imperial majesty or private wealth