Silvae [I], [Books I-V] / Statius ; edited and translated by D.R. Shackleton Bailey ; with corrections by Christopher A. Parrott

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Editeur / Publisher : Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press , 2015, cop. 2015

Type : Livre / Book

Langue / Language : anglais / English

Langue / Language : latin / Latin

ISBN : 978-0-674-99690-8

ISBN : 0-674-99690-9

EAN : 9780674996908

Oeuvre liée : Silves

Poésie latine -- Traductions anglaises

Rome -- 69-96 (Flaviens)

Classification Dewey : 878

Shackleton Bailey, David Roy (1917-2005) (Editeur scientifique / editor)

Parrott, Christopher A. (Editeur scientifique / editor)

Collection : The Loeb classical library : Latin authors / Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard university press , 1912-

Relation : Silvae / Statius ; Edited and translated by D.R. Shackleton Bailey ; with corrections by Christopher A. Parrott / Corrected edition / Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press , [2015]

Résumé / Abstract : "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."-- Description de l'éditeur