Selected Silvae of Publius Papinius Statius
Author | : Publius Papinius Statius |
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Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 1911 |
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Author | : Publius Papinius Statius |
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Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 1911 |
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Author | : Professor Publius Papinius Statius |
Publisher | : Literary Licensing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2014-08-07 |
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ISBN | : 9781498170529 |
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1908 Edition.
Author | : David R. Slavitt |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 111 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 081221630X |
There is more to classical literature than just the classics. Here David Slavitt expands the canon by presenting vivid, graceful, and amusing translations of two neglected fragmentary works of Latin literature. The first is Publius Papinius Statius's first-century epic Achilleid, an extraordinary fusion of epic and New Comedy sentiments and humor that may represent the earliest literary imagining of the charm of adolescence. It relates the story of the education of Achilles under the centaur Chiron, his adopting the disguise of a girl during his sojourn at the court of Lycomedes in Scyros, his love affair with Deidamia, his detection by Ulysses and Diomedes, and his departure for Troy. The second work is Claudius Claudianus's unfinished fourth-century epic version of the rape of Proserpine. The two works together make a delightful pair. The afterword by David Konstan explores the traditions in which—and against which—Statius and Claudian composed their versions of these well-known stories.
Author | : Abraham Wasserstein |
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Release | : 1951 |
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Author | : Mike J. Edwards |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2021-09-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1527574350 |
Publius Papinius Statius was born in Naples (Neapolis) around the middle of the first century AD, the son of a distinguished professional poet. Statius’ own oeuvre was considerable: an epic in twelve books on the theme of the Seven against Thebes; an unfinished epic on the story of Achilles of which one book and a portion of a second survive; and five books of Siluae comprising thirty-two occasional poems written for rich patrons. This volume presents a text of the Siluae with a facing translation, preceded by a chronologically arranged introduction to the transmission of the text, and a bibliography of editions and relevant secondary literature.
Author | : Publius Papinius Statius |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 552 |
Release | : 2006-10-05 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
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Author | : Publius Papinius Statius |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2004-02-20 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780253216670 |
Publius Papinius Statius lived from the 40s to the mid-90s C.E. Born in Naples, he was the son of a professional poet and teacher. In his teens he moved to Rome, and there, some years later, he embarked on his own career in poetry. Published near the end of his life, the Silvae is a collection of witty and engaging occasional poems, but beyond their verbal artistry lies their importance as social documents, contemporary witnesses to the Roman world during the reign of Domitian. The poems open a literary window on the material culture of the age and provide valuable insight into the lives of the Roman elite. Betty Rose Nagle's graceful translation brings the world of Statius alive, making accessible this important literary gem. Her Introduction locates Statius in his historical and literary context, considers the importance of his Silvae, and gives a brief history of the text.
Author | : Publius Papinius Statius |
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Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 1908 |
Genre | : Occasional verse, Latin |
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Author | : Statius |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 541 |
Release | : 2011-03-15 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 0801458080 |
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 the brothers Eteocles, King of Thebes, and Polynices, who comes at the head of an army from Argos to claim his share of royal power. The poem is long—each of the twelve books comprises over eight hundred lines—and complex, and it exploits a broad range of literary works, both Greek and Latin. Severely curtailed though he was by the emperor Domitian and his Reign of Terror, Statius nevertheless created a meditation on autocratic rule that is still of political interest today. Popular in its own time and much admired in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance—most notably by Dante and Chaucer—the poem fell into obscurity and has, for readers of English, been poorly served by translators. Statius composed his poem in dactylic hexameters, the supreme verse form in antiquity. In his hands, this venerable line is flexible, capable of subtle emphases and dramatic shifts in tempo; it is an expressive, responsive medium. In this new and long-awaited translation the poet Jane Wilson Joyce employs a loose, six-beat line in her English translation, which allows her to reveal something of the original rhythm and of the interplay between sentence structure and verse framework. The clarity of Joyce's translation highlights the poem's superb versification, sophisticated use of intertextuality, and bold formal experimentation and innovation. A substantial introduction and annotations make this epic accessible to students of all levels.
Author | : Publius Papinius Statius |
Publisher | : Palala Press |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2016-04-27 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781354899311 |
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