The poetry of Statius
By: edited by Johannes J.L. Smolenaars, Harm-Jan van Dam, Ruurd R. Nauta.
Contributors: Smolenaars, Johannes Jacobus Louis.; Dam, Harm-Jan van, 1948-; Nauta, Ruurd R.
Series: Mnemosyne. Supplements -- 306
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9789004171343
Subjects: Statius, P. Papinius -- Criticism and interpretation; Epic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: In pondere non magno satis ponderosae : Gronovius and the printed tradition of the Thebaid / Valery Berlincourt; title: Stones in the forest : epigraphic allusion in the Silvae / Kathleen M. Coleman; title: Wandering woods again : from Poliziano to Grotius / Harm-Jan van Dam; title: The equine cuckoo : Statius' Ecus Maximus Domitiani Imperatoris and the Flavian Forum / Michael Dewar; title: Battle narrative in Statius, Thebaid / Bruce Gibson; title: Statius and the Greek tragedians on Athens, Thebes and Rome / P.J. Heslin; title: Jupiter in Thebaid 1 again / D.E. Hill; title: Statius in the Silvae / Ruurd R. Nauta; title: Statius, Domitian and acknowledging paternity : rituals of succession in the Thebaid / Gianpiero Rosati; title: Dust, water and sweat : the Statian puer between charm and weakness, play and war / Lorenzo Sanna; title: Statius Thebaid 1.72 : is Jocasta dead or alive? the tradition of Jocasta's suicide in Greek and Roman drama and in Statius' Thebaid / Johannes J.L. Smolenaars.