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Ancient Greek & Roman

Statius

c. AD 45 – c. 96

Publius Papinius Statius was a Roman poet who flourished in the late first century AD, under the Emperor Domitian.

He wrote a collection of occasional poems, the Silvae, the twelve-book epic Thebaid on the Seven against Thebes, and the unfinished Achilleid on the youth of Achilles; the Silvae are not included here.

Major Works (3)

  1. Achilleid — translated by J. H. Mozley (1928)
  2. Thebaid — translated by J. H. Mozley (1928)
  3. The First Book of Statius's Thebais — translated by Alexander Pope (1712)

Poems (64)

  1. Silvae I.1: The Equestrian Statue of Domitian
  2. Silvae I.2: The Marriage of Stella and Violentilla
  3. Silvae I.3: The Pleasaunce of Vopiscus at Tibur
  4. Silvae I.4: The Restoration to Health of Rutilius Gallicus
  5. Silvae I.5: The Baths of Claudius Etruscus
  6. Silvae I.6: The Emperor's Carnival
  7. Silvae II.1: Condolence with Melior on the Death of Glaucias
  8. Silvae II.2: The Villa of Pollius Felix at Surrentum
  9. Silvae II.3: The Legend of the Plane-tree in Melior's Grounds
  10. Silvae II.4: In Memory of Melior's Parrot
  11. Silvae II.5: On Melior's Tame Lion Killed in the Amphitheatre
  12. Silvae II.6: To Flavius Ursus on the Death of a Favourite Slave
  13. Silvae II.7: Lucan's Birthday
  14. Silvae III.1: The Temple of Hercules at Sorrento
  15. Silvae III.2: A Send-off for Maecius Celer
  16. Silvae III.3: Consolation to Claudius Etruscus on the Death of His Father
  17. Silvae III.4: The Dedication of the Lock to Aesculapius
  18. Silvae III.5: To His Wife Claudia, on Settling in Naples
  19. Silvae IV.1: Domitian's Seventeenth Consulship
  20. Silvae IV.2: Statius Banquets with the Emperor
  21. Silvae IV.3: The Emperor's Road
  22. Silvae IV.4: A Letter to Marcellus
  23. Silvae IV.5: An Ode to Septimius of Leptis
  24. Silvae IV.6: Vindex and His Art-Treasures
  25. Silvae IV.7: In Honour of Maximus
  26. Silvae IV.8: To Menecrates on the Birth of a Third Child
  27. Silvae IV.9: To Grypus on a Christmas Gift
  28. Silvae V.1: Consolation to Abascantus on the Death of His Wife Priscilla
  29. Silvae V.2: To Crispinus on His Promotion and Departure from Rome
  30. Silvae V.3: In Memory of the Poet's Father
  31. Silvae V.4: To Sleep
  32. Silvae V.5: The Death of the Poet's Adopted Son
  33. Silvae I.1 (Mozley): The Great Equestrian Statue of the Emperor Domitian
  34. Silvae I.2 (Mozley): An Epithalamium in Honour of Stella and Violentilla
  35. Silvae I.3 (Mozley): The Villa of Manilius Vopiscus at Tibur
  36. Silvae I.4 (Mozley): To Rutilius Gallicus, on His Recovery from Illness
  37. Silvae I.5 (Mozley): The Baths of Claudius Etruscus
  38. Silvae I.6 (Mozley): The Kalends of December
  39. Silvae II.1 (Mozley): Glaucias, the Favourite of Atedius Melior
  40. Silvae II.2 (Mozley): The Villa of Pollius Felix at Surrentum
  41. Silvae II.3 (Mozley): The Tree of Atedius Melior
  42. Silvae II.4 (Mozley): Melior’s Parrot
  43. Silvae II.5 (Mozley): The Tame Lion
  44. Silvae II.6 (Mozley): A Poem of Consolation to Flavius Ursus on the Death of a Favourite Slave
  45. Silvae II.7 (Mozley): An Ode to Polla in Honour of Lucan’s Birthday
  46. Silvae III.1 (Mozley): The Temple of Hercules Built by Pollius Felix at Surrentum
  47. Silvae III.2 (Mozley): A Send-off Poem to Maecius Celer
  48. Silvae III.3 (Mozley): A Poem of Consolation to Claudius Etruscus
  49. Silvae III.4 (Mozley): The Tresses of Flavius Earinus
  50. Silvae III.5 (Mozley): The Poet to His Wife Claudia
  51. Silvae IV.1 (Mozley): The Seventeenth Consulship of the Emperor Augustus Germanicus
  52. Silvae IV.2 (Mozley): A Poem of Thanksgiving to the Emperor Augustus Germanicus Domitianus
  53. Silvae IV.3 (Mozley): The Domitian Road
  54. Silvae IV.4 (Mozley): A Letter to Vitorius Marcellus
  55. Silvae IV.5 (Mozley): A Lyric Ode to Septimius Severus
  56. Silvae IV.6 (Mozley): The Hercules Statuette of Novius Vindex
  57. Silvae IV.7 (Mozley): A Lyric Ode to Vibius Maximus
  58. Silvae IV.8 (Mozley): A Poem of Congratulation to Julius Menecrates
  59. Silvae IV.9 (Mozley): Lines Written in Jest to Plotius Grypus
  60. Silvae V.1 (Mozley): A Poem of Consolation on the Death of Priscilla
  61. Silvae V.2 (Mozley): The Praises of Crispinus, Son of Vettius Bolanus
  62. Silvae V.3 (Mozley): The Poet’s Lament for His Father
  63. Silvae V.4 (Mozley): To Sleep
  64. Silvae V.5 (Mozley): A Lament for His Adopted Son

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