Statius, In two Volumes / Loeb Classical Library

Loeb Classical Library 206/207, Statius, In three volumes (Silvae, Thebaid, Achilleid). Translated by J. H. Mozley.

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  • Condition / Etat: very good, dust jacket with minor shelf wear, small stain / très bon état, minimes traces d'usures, petite tache.
  • Volumes : 2 volumes.
  • Binding / Reliure : original red titled cloth with fine dust jacket, cartonné avec jaquette.
  • Format : In-16 / 17 x 11 cm.
  • Pages : XXXII, 571, 8; 595, 8 pp.
  • Editor : Cambridge, Harvard University Press / London, Heinemann.
  • Date : 1969 - 1982.
  • Language / Langue: Latin and English on opposite pages / Bilingue latin et anglais.

    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.

    Statius’ Silvae, thirty-two occasional poems, were written probably between 89 and 96 CE. 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 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 Thebes, is his masterpiece, a stirring exploration of the passions of civil war. The extant portion of his unfinished Achilleid is strikingly different in tone: this second epic begins as a charming account of Achilles’s life.

    The Loeb Classical Library® is the only existing series of books which, through original text and English translation, gives access to all that is important in Greek and Latin literature. Epic and lyric poetry; tragedy and comedy; history, travel, philosophy, and oratory; the great medical writers and mathematicians; those Church fathers who made particular use of pagan culture—in short, our entire classical heritage is represented here in convenient and well-printed pocket volumes in which an up-to-date text and accurate and literate English translation face each other page by page. The editors provide substantive introductions as well as essential critical and explanatory notes and selective bibliographies.


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Condition Gebraucht - Sehr gut
Sprache Vereinigtes Königreich
Illustrierd Nein
Publicaton Date 01.01.1969
Jahr 1969
Autor / Kartograph / Fotograf Statius Publilius Papinius
Editor Harvard University Press
First Edition Nein
Signed edition Nein
Signed binding Nein
Aux armes Nein
Bindung / Format Gebunden
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