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Silvae by Statius
Booksplease Price: £25.31Stately verse.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... -
The Silvae of Statius (1908) by Professor Publius Papinius Statius 9781498190381
RRP: £29.95Booksplease Price: £25.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498190381Author Professor Publius Papinius StatiusFormat PaperbackPage Coun -
Statius: Silvae Book II by P. Papinius Statius
Booksplease Price: £79.75With the exception of a poem on the unscripted death of a lion in the Colosseum, Book II of Statius' Silvae is largely domestic in theme. It reflects the more private side of Roman culture, its... -
Statius: Silvae Book II by P. Papinius Statius 9780521666237
Booksplease Price: £34.48With the exception of a poem on the unscripted death of a lion in the Colosseum, Book II of Statius' Silvae is largely domestic in theme. It reflects the more private side of Roman culture, its... -
The Thebaid of Statius: Volume 1 by Publius Papinius Statius 9780371737286
Booksplease Price: £25.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780371737286Author Publius Papinius StatiusFormat PaperbackPage Count 697 -
Thebaid by Statius 9780198147824
Booksplease Price: £98.07This is a new translation of the Thebaid of Publius Papinius Statius, an epic poem in twelve books, completed in about AD 90. The Thebaid has been thought by many to stand second only to Virgil... -
Achilleid by Publius Papinius Statius 9781624664069
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £8.95"One of the most entertaining short narratives of all time, the Achilleid is a stand-alone work of compelling contemporary interest that moves with great rapidity and clarity. Its compact narrative,... -
Statius: Achilleid by O.A.W. Dilke 9781904675112
Booksplease Price: £28.55Statius' Achilleid is perhaps the most remarkable of all Latin epic poems. Its project - to tell the whole life of Achilles - was cut short by the poet's untimely death. Yet the completed first book... -
The Silvae of Statius by Betty Rose Nagle
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £9.65Publius 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... -
Statius Silvae by E. Courtney 9780198146834
Booksplease Price: £45.46The Silvae of Statius have been preserved in one very corrupt fifteenth-century manuscript; in this new Oxford Classical Text, Professor Courtney takes the view, held by Klotz alone among editors but... -
Achilleid by Publius Papinius Statius 9781624664076
RRP: £27.99Booksplease Price: £20.94"One of the most entertaining short narratives of all time, the Achilleid is a stand-alone work of compelling contemporary interest that moves with great rapidity and clarity. Its compact narrative,... -
The Art of Complicity in Martial and Statius: Martial's Epigrams, Statius' Silvae, and Domitianic Rome by Erik Gunderson 9780192898111
RRP: £122.50Booksplease Price: £117.94The Art of Complicity in Martial and Statius examines the relationship between politics and aesthetics in two poets from the reign of Domitian. Gunderson offers a comprehensive overview of the... -
![The First Book of Statius, His Thebais. Translated [Into English Verse. with the Latin Text]. by Publius Statius 9781241110604](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/8051464/9087385/9781241110604__66713.1747709785.jpg?c=1 "The First Book of Statius, His Thebais. Translated [Into English Verse. with the Latin Text]. by Publius Statius 9781241110604")
The First Book of Statius, His Thebais. Translated [Into English Verse. with the Latin Text]. by Publius Statius 9781241110604
RRP: £23.95Booksplease Price: £23.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241110604Author Publius StatiusFormat PaperbackPage Count 552Imprint -
Thebaid: A Song of Thebes by Publius Papinius Statius
RRP: £31.00Booksplease Price: £20.42The 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... -
Silvae: A Selection by Publius Papinius Statius 9780856463877
Booksplease Price: £10.21In this delightful homage to the now unfashionable Neapolitan poet, two contemporary poets who share a fascination with his work present their selection of fresh versions from his best-known... -
Flavian Epic Interactions by Gesine Manuwald 9783110314274
RRP: £168.00Booksplease Price: £114.80This volume on the three Flavian epic poets (Valerius Flaccus, Statius and Silius Italicus) for the first time critically engages with a unique set-up in Roman literary history: the survival of four... -
Statius' Thebaid and the Poetics of Civil War by Charles McNelis 9780521867412
Booksplease Price: £90.57This 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 internal discord in its narrative strategies... -
![The First Book of Statius, His Thebais. Translated [Into English Verse. with the Latin Text]. Vol. II. a New Edition. by Professor Publius Papinius Statius 9781241104993](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/7720709/8756766/9781241104993__79154.1746704475.jpg?c=1 "The First Book of Statius, His Thebais. Translated [Into English Verse. with the Latin Text]. Vol. II. a New Edition. by Professor Publius Papinius Statius 9781241104993")
The First Book of Statius, His Thebais. Translated [Into English Verse. with the Latin Text]. Vol. II. a New Edition. by Professor Publius Papinius Statius 9781241104993
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £21.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241104993Author Professor Publius Papinius StatiusFormat PaperbackPage Coun -
Silvae: Bk. 4 by Publius Papinius Statius 9781853995828
Booksplease Price: £31.86The Roman poet Statius' 4th book of "Silvae", published in AD 95, follows its preface with nine poems celebrating occasions from the building of a road to the gift-giving Saturnalian festival. This... -
Statius' Thebaid and the Poetics of Civil War by Charles McNelis 9780521123617
Booksplease Price: £43.34This 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 internal discord in its narrative strategies... -
Prolegomena to an Edition of the Scholia to Statius by Robert Dale Sweeney 9789004014718
Booksplease Price: £30.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789004014718Author Robert Dale SweeneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Impr -
Statius' Silvae and the Poetics of Empire by Carole E. Newlands 9780521808910
Booksplease Price: £66.27Statius' 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 by new poetic strategies and forms. As... -
Statius, Poet Between Rome and Naples by Carole E. Newlands 9781780932132
Booksplease Price: £40.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780932132Author Carole E. NewlandsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprin -
The Poetic World of Statius' Silvae by Prof Michael Putnam 9780192869272
Booksplease Price: £95.90In the essays of this volume, Michael Putnam shows how seriously Statius pays homage to his canonical predecessor, Virgil, how thoroughly he interprets the complexities of Virgilian poetry, and how... -
Statius and the Thebaid by David W. T. C. Vessey 9780521147514
Booksplease Price: £48.26A critical study of Statius' Thebaid, Dr Vessey combats the common notion that the Thebaid is simply an exercise in anachronism, an episodic narrative of the Theban saga. He shows that the poem can... -
The Silvae of Statius: Structure and Theme by Stephen Thomas Newmyer 9789004058491
Booksplease Price: £28.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789004058491Author Stephen Thomas NewmyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 148 -
Statius' Silvae and the Poetics of Empire by Carole E. Newlands 9780521126113
Booksplease Price: £50.23Statius' 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 by new poetic strategies and forms. As... -
Anticipation and Anachrony in Statius' Thebaid by Dr Robert Simms 9781350191396
Booksplease Price: £34.84Applying the latest narratological theory and focusing on the use of anachrony (or 'chronological deviation'), this book explores how Statius competes - successfully - for a place within an... -
Togail na Tebe: The Thebaid of Statius by George Calder 9781107633070
Booksplease Price: £40.69Originally published in 1922, this edition of Togail na Tebe: The Thebaid of Statius contains the complete Irish version of the poem, together with a parallel English translation. The text was drawn... -
Thebaid: Bk. 8-12 by Publius Papinius Statius 9780674012097
Booksplease Price: £25.31Fraternal strife, and the young Achilles.Statius published his Thebaid in the last decade of the first century. This epic recounting the struggle between the two sons of Oedipus for the kingship of... -
Statius and Virgil: The Thebaid and the Reinterpretation of the Aeneid by Randall Toth Ganiban 9780521169110
Booksplease Price: £45.31At the end of the Thebaid, Statius enjoins his epic 'not to compete with the divine Aeneid but rather to follow at a distance and always revere its footprints'. The nature of the Thebaid's... -
Statius and Virgil: The Thebaid and the Reinterpretation of the Aeneid by Randall Toth Ganiban 9780521840392
Booksplease Price: £99.73At the end of the Thebaid, Statius enjoins his epic 'not to compete with the divine Aeneid but rather to follow at a distance and always revere its footprints'. The nature of the Thebaid's... -
Statius and Ovid: Poetics, Politics, and Intermediality in the Thebaid by Tommaso Spinelli 9781009282215
Booksplease Price: £90.63This is the first in-depth exploration of the extent and significance of Ovidian intertexts in Statius' Thebaid, with particular emphasis on the interplay between poetics, politics, and material... -
The Fragility of Power: Statius, Domitian and the Politics of the Thebaid by Stefano Rebeggiani 9780190251819
Booksplease Price: £83.12Statius' narrative of the fraternal strife of the Theban brothers Eteocles and Polynices has had a profound influence on Western literature and fascinated generations of scholars and readers. This... -
Abused Bodies in Roman Epic by Andrew M. McClellan 9781108482622
Booksplease Price: £99.73Greco-Roman martial epic poetry, from Homer and Virgil to Neronian and Flavian epic, is obsessed with the treatment of dead bodies. Sometimes corpses take centre-stage in grand funerals; sometimes,... -
The Poems of Optatian: Puzzling Out the Past in the Time of Constantine the Great Linda Jones Hall 9781350374416
Booksplease Price: £30.54For the first time, the poems and accompanying letters of Publilius Optatianus Porfyrius (Optatian) are published here with a translation and detailed commentary, along with a full introduction to... -
The Poems of Optatian: Puzzling out the Past in the Time of Constantine the Great by Linda Jones Hall 9781350374379
Booksplease Price: £90.57For the first time, the poems and accompanying letters of Publilius Optatianus Porfyrius (Optatian) are published here with a translation and detailed commentary, along with a full introduction to... -
The Transvestite Achilles: Gender and Genre in Statius' Achilleid by P. J. Heslin 9780521117753
RRP: £47.00Booksplease Price: £23.65Statius' Achilleid is a playful, witty, and open-ended epic in the manner of Ovid. As we follow Achilles' metamorphosis from wild boy to demure girl to lover to hero, the poet brilliantly illustrates... -
Statius and Epic Games: Sport, Politics and Poetics in the Thebaid by Helen Lovatt 9780521847421
Booksplease Price: £99.73Epic games are more than just an interlude; they reflect the realities of epic: heroism, power and war. This first major study of the athletic games in Statius' Thebaid Book 6 uses them to produce a... -
The <I>Thebaid</I>: Seven against Thebes by Publius Papinius Statius 9780801886362
Booksplease Price: £31.96A classical epic of fratricide and war, the Thebaid retells the legendary conflict between the sons of Oedipus-Polynices and Eteocles-for control of the city of Thebes. The Latin poet Statius...